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April 23 2009
Too much, too many
Forget the blog, I might as well add my thoughts to yours here and now....
Back in the late seventies, early eighties (when I became musically aware) it was difficult to find the music I like. I remember that stuff on the radio was either too shallow or too pretentious. It made me turn my back on pop music halfway the eighties. It was only when I found T61 that I became hooked on pop again. During the twenty years in between I mainly listened to contemporary (classical) music and old jazz, plus occasionally some major pop artists like Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, Elvis Costello and Coldplay. I certainly wasn't looking out for anything unheard.
Nowadays it's very easy to avoid any music I don't like and there's still enough left to continuously listen to great songs I've never heard before. So now, in stead of having difficulties to find good music, it became a problem to keep up with the fast amount of new artists and songs that reaches us through the numerous blogs and sharing sites.
Becoming information anxious is one backdrop from the wealth of multimedia goodies Internet brings us. I have great respect for what you've achieved so far. It seems that you're really on top of things. I for myself don't think I have the right mindset nor the time to achieve anything similar.
I also feel some hesitation in even trying to get some grip on things. During my days at T61 I've already sensed the danger of allowing even the greatest music to turn into fast food snacks or disposable goods. Not because of shallowness or poor quality, but because off the quantity of offerings. Before you know it, it all becomes a matter of listen once, forget for good.
Ok, maybe it's not that bad, but when I go through my T61 tags, I can only match a tune to a title for one out of ten songs. This is probably even true for my top hits tag. So for my own psychological health and personal integrety it's better to not try to keep up. In stead I let fate decide what music reaches my ears (which means that I listen to music randomly) and try to find peace in knowing that I probably miss 99% of the awsomeness.
Back in the late seventies, early eighties (when I became musically aware) it was difficult to find the music I like. I remember that stuff on the radio was either too shallow or too pretentious. It made me turn my back on pop music halfway the eighties. It was only when I found T61 that I became hooked on pop again. During the twenty years in between I mainly listened to contemporary (classical) music and old jazz, plus occasionally some major pop artists like Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, Elvis Costello and Coldplay. I certainly wasn't looking out for anything unheard.
Nowadays it's very easy to avoid any music I don't like and there's still enough left to continuously listen to great songs I've never heard before. So now, in stead of having difficulties to find good music, it became a problem to keep up with the fast amount of new artists and songs that reaches us through the numerous blogs and sharing sites.
Becoming information anxious is one backdrop from the wealth of multimedia goodies Internet brings us. I have great respect for what you've achieved so far. It seems that you're really on top of things. I for myself don't think I have the right mindset nor the time to achieve anything similar.
I also feel some hesitation in even trying to get some grip on things. During my days at T61 I've already sensed the danger of allowing even the greatest music to turn into fast food snacks or disposable goods. Not because of shallowness or poor quality, but because off the quantity of offerings. Before you know it, it all becomes a matter of listen once, forget for good.
Ok, maybe it's not that bad, but when I go through my T61 tags, I can only match a tune to a title for one out of ten songs. This is probably even true for my top hits tag. So for my own psychological health and personal integrety it's better to not try to keep up. In stead I let fate decide what music reaches my ears (which means that I listen to music randomly) and try to find peace in knowing that I probably miss 99% of the awsomeness.
