Spending adequate time with an album. Do You?

[Reign in Acai]

If you were to purchase a dozen albums, how many of those will you actually give a proper listen to before archiving it in your collection of never to be heard or seen from again dustpile?!?! I'm starting to feel overwhelmed by this hobby that I cherish so much. Calm me a pussy, fuck call me a pigmy, but to my left sits a stack of cds that I have no time frame in when exactly I will actually get around to them. This doesn't sound like a problem, until you throw inthe fact that I am jonesing to make another 20-30 cd haul in the near future. I'm trying my damnest to hold off on this investment. But thanks to certain outside elements like the weekly reco's I feel compelled to purchase more. It's to the point where I feel pressured to put an album away just so I will be able to move on to the next one. On the flip side of the coin if I don't hammer through a stack of albums quickly enough, I feel as if I'm missing out on an entire cosmos of wonderous music. I wish I had two sets of ears sometimes. Just a mild rant. Take it for what it's worth.

A proper listen I'd venture to say would be 20 spins. (ON AVG) This will give you a full grasp of the music. Furthermore, I learn more about records spun in the jalopy than I do at home. It's the 1 on 1 intimacy, lack of distractions, and the tendency to not swap the cd out due to laziness, that assists with forming this connection. As opposed to the album which is blasting from my stereo right this very second which I find to be absolutely kicking my dick in to my internal vagine, yet I don't even know what band I'm listening to.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

yeah I do. for the most part. not right away. but late at night is a good time to play an entire cd.

and all my cds are on my computer, so when in shuffle mode if it lands on something I wanna hear at the time. I just turn shuffle off and play the whole cd.
I listen to a lot of stuff that I normally would not because of the shuffle function.

 

[Krilons Resa]

You fucking pigmy.

 

[skeptik]

There are far too many albums I haven't given the proper attention to. Fuck, I still have 7 or 8 CDs/LPs/7"s that I haven't even played yet.

 

[Krilons Resa]

Yeah, on topic, I have a shitload of cd's I still need to give adequate time. Too much good music, not enough time.....presently. I do have the rest of my life though....however long that may be.

 

[IOfTheStorm]

As i said zillion times, it's not neccesary to discover/listen to all the music of the world right away, so i'll never understand this "omg give me more music, i want 10 fresh albums each day" thing. If you are so fuzzy about it, there will be no time to really understand this music, no time to be attached and be related with it, and definetally no time to even have a descent opinion about it. Albums are not stamps or coins.

 

[Krilons Resa]

IoTS just nailed it.

Unfortunately, I fall into the trap where if I discover something, I try hording it and pay later.

But, like I said, I jhave the rest of my life.

 

[unknown]

Furthermore, I learn more about records spun in the jalopy than I do at home. It's the 1 on 1 intimacy, lack of distractions, and the tendency to not swap the cd out due to laziness, that assists with forming this connection. As opposed to the album which is blasting from my stereo right this very second which I find to be absolutely kicking my dick in to my internal vagine, yet I don't even know what band I'm listening to.

this is usually what I do. My commute to school is about 30 minutes, so after a few days of listening to the same album and commuting, I have a fair opinion on it.

but I do go through the collection every now and then to weed out the non-hackers that can no longer serve my beloved corps

 

[Reign in Acai]

IoTS, I get a fair grasp of the albums I do devote time to. Pyramaze debut, Mael Morda's debut, and Slumber have all been clicking with me like a pair of Sammy Davis Jr. tap shoes. It's the other 40 albums waiting on the on deck circle that makes me gulp like Suspiria's bf at the sight of her bare torso.

Ken, Yea we have our whole lives to enjoy all this music, problem is, life is too short. Oh well, that may be the beauty of it.

 

[Necromunchkin]

Even when I purchase a large quantity of albums, I make a point of rotating through them. What happens is a couple stand out, get listened to more initially. A couple may pop up shortly thereafter in the next few weeks. The rest wait until the appropriate mood kicks in. I frequently end up rediscovering CDs that I initially just took got a glimmer of but find it to be brilliant. I never just leave them be, but I rotate everything.

 

[swizzlenuts]

I usually pick a few bands a week that I listen to quite a bit, on my ipod or my computer. As of late I haven't really checked out a lot of bands, but I enjoy it much better than spinning an album once then making a decision on it.

 

[General Zod]

Pyramaze debut, Mael Morda's debut, and Slumber have all been clicking with me like a pair of Sammy Davis Jr. tap shoes.

Pyramaze? Really? I didn't think they would hold any appeal for you. That said, I personally think it's one of the best Power Metal releases of the last ten years.

As for your original question, I probably fail to give CDs enough of a chance. I tend to get sucked into listening to too much new stuff.

Zod

 

[swizzlenuts]

While cleaning my house, I was thinking about this topic, and I usually put an album through about 10 spins before I feel like I've given it enough time, unless of course it's something like a metalcore CD or a style of music I have disliked before.

 

[JayKeeley]

swizzlenuts - aren't you like 17 years old or something man? How is it that you've been able to accumulate such a collection (or understanding) of all these metal albums, even 'rare' releases, from such a wide timespan!????

Did you start listening when you were 7 months old or something? You kids freak me out sometimes.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

swizzlenuts - aren't you like 17 years old or something man? How is it that you've been able to accumulate such a collection (or understanding) of all these metal albums, even 'rare' releases, from such a wide timespan!????

Did you start listening when you were 7 months old or something? You kids freak me out sometimes.

 

[Krilons Resa]

 

[swizzlenuts]

swizzlenuts - aren't you like 17 years old or something man? How is it that you've been able to accumulate such a collection (or understanding) of all these metal albums, even 'rare' releases, from such a wide timespan!????

Did you start listening when you were 7 months old or something? You kids freak me out sometimes.

I'm 20 you fucking bastard! Well I didn't know much until I broke up with my girlfriend over a year ago, so now all I do is study and listen to metal/read about metal. I can even study while listening to some music and I let my subconscious listen, and then after studying I give it my full attention. I also spend my Friday nights listening to metal until about 11 or so. So to sum up... Metal and School are the only things I do/care about.

 

[JayKeeley]

Good for you, I suppose.

Wouldn't some punani help round things up though? Metal, pussy, and school (in that order).

EDIT: wait, that order sequence might be wrong depending on the quality of pussy or class curriculum!!

 

[Krilons Resa]

Wait, you're talking about Swizzlenuts...ooh, you didn't know.

 

[Reign in Acai]

Swizzlenuts clowns on all the neighborhood hynas. (Hence the name) In fact he is known to do what has been coined the "slurpeebob", which involves taking said females gaping asshole and swirling his nuts in counterclockwise fashion in much the same way frozen yogurt pours from a motorized quickie mart machine. Talk about a clown with class. CLASS THAT ASS YO!