I’m listening to music from the 50’s till now and there’s so much I like and I’ve never heard before (or haven’t paid attention to), I really don’t need any new music in my life any time soon! I only discovered Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath one or two years ago. I’m a running a bit behind…
I have gone through phases where I haven’t listened to music much at all, as my head is too busy, I can’t handle the extra ‘noise’. Or I just forget to put music on. And I couldn’t listen to music in my job that I had until last year.
I feel this is weird as I’m surrounded by people for which music is their life. It can be powerful for me too though. And I love going to see/hear live music, especially if there’s energy and I can be right amongst it, preferably right near the front. Yes, I enjoy getting bumped around and sweaty in moshpits.
A while ago I set up a last.fm account which keeps track of what I listen to in itunes. Interesting (for myself at least). It’s also making me listen to things I’ve never listened to (yes, all that copied music from friends…). At the moment I’ve listened to around 250 artists since signing up in March, but I have nearly 700 artists in itunes!
Photo: Alice in Chains at Soundwave 2009, soooo good!
