[Pete]

Can you absorb music all day, every day without growing tired of it? Or perhaps you limit youself to a few hours a day? What are your listening habits?

 

[Music_Junkie]

I listen to a wide variety of music and ever since I was a little kid there has been music around me almost constantly. Sometimes feels weird without it being there. I do like select moments of silence like when I'm composing but then I'm listening to music in my head not on the stereo or radio. Or if I'm trying to really think something through I don't nessecarily always like music on but for the most part I listen to music a lot!

 

[Pete]

An additional question come to mind for those who listen to music many hours a day: does it ever become a background activity, or are you listening intently to every piece (beginning to end?)

 

[Music_Junkie]

I don't listen to just classical music, I listen to a wide variety. If it's classical music I'm listening to I usually can't help but listen intently and try to analyze it but with other, more secular music or rhythm stuff (Herbie Hancock, Oscar Peterson, Beatles etc) I either sing along or "groove out" to it.

 

[LiLi]

god, i could listen to music forever. i live off the stuff. it is nice to listen to both critically and just for fun.

 

[glezzery]

I could have some music going 24 hours a day, except an occasional time of complete silence, for reflection.
KILL YOUR TELEVISION AND WIN BACK YOUR SOUL!

 

[soul_syringe]

percussion music in the morning to get me up and running. bach and baroque pieces for focus late in the morning. flute and oriental music for siesta. rachmaninoff the rest of the day, alternative early evening. measure after measure of whole rests for the rest of the night. sounds and silences. i talk, breathe, eat, sleep music...

 

[Scottie]

I try have music around me all the time (bless my ipod). Lots of different styles and genres, it depends on the mood I'm in at the time.

 

[Drowning_by_numbers]

I agree - I could listen all day! I love lots of different types of music, but I listen to one "type" for most of a day, depending on what mood I'm in!

Yup - hurray for the IPod.

 

[Novelette]

I listen to music only when I have enough focus to concentrate on it. I don't like having music in the background, either I devote most of my attention to it or I have silence.

 

[Ravndal]

I havent seen this many ressurections of old threads since, ever.

but OT: i constantly go around with earplugs, listening to music.

 

[Guest]

Others grow tired of my musical tastes, so I listen mostly when I'm alone. Otherwise I would listen 24/7.

 

[Art Rock]

Usually 4-8 hours a day, but a mix of styles (classical, rock, jazz). Fortunately, my wife and I have a taste that is not that different (and if required, there is always the headphones set).

 

[Novelette]

I havent seen this many ressurections of old threads since, ever.

but OT: i constantly go around with earplugs, listening to music.

Mostly my fault, Ravndal: a little ballet of revenants to spice things up.

 

[OboeKnight]

I have an insatiable musical appetite. If I'm not playing, I'm listening haha.

 

[LordBlackudder]

not too often

 

[elgar's ghost]

Usually about three to five hours a day, sometimes more (especially over the weekend), sometimes less or occasionally none at all. What I actually listen to has changed over the years rather than how much - I now play far more classical and much less rock. In fact, I don't buy any new rock music at all - any I do get are retro gap-fillers or vinyl replacements.

 

[bigshot]

I never tire of music. That would be like being bored with love. The only reason I background music is because sometimes I have to earn a living or answer the phone.

 

[kv466]

Very strange habits for me, indeed. I can go for days and weeks on end both listening to and performing and mixing music and there are times when I can go for the same amount of time listening to nothing. I only play when I play out or with someone. The only time I play alone is to learn something. Also, when I first start to like a piece or band or song I will overplay the life out of it to no end and eventually reach a point where I listen to only every once in a while.

 

[moody]

I havent seen this many ressurections of old threads since, ever.

but OT: i constantly go around with earplugs, listening to music.

The reason is the absence of much that is interesting.