Too Much Music...

I get that pretty often too. Just remeraber its for FUN.

I sort of start hating my former favorite albums pretty often. I guess its because I go through phases with mooRAB, musical preferences, ect. Is it that way with you?
 
Okay thank you for not putting more flame in that fire. I appreciate the reasonable reaction, realize it was misunderstanding, and accept any apology for doing so.

But yeah, it isn't my problem with not listening to music, it's my problem with acquiring too much of it. It's a convenience thing, I have a system. I have a to-get-into list, and a to-get soon list, and I always try and get a good amount of albums or a discography. It makes me feel like I have that artist, and when someone recommenRAB another album, I can check it out immediately. I actually try to pace myself, but rabroad always enRAB-up convincing me, and then yet another artists get on my to-get list and drops their discography off in my music manager. I think with an exception of some artists I got at the same time as others I've listened to an album of every discography I have, so I know what's in my library for the most part.

That's why I posted here, because it's overwhelming, I want so badly to listen to every album in my library, but I just can't. It's infuriating and overwhelming, and there is so much out there. And as I said before, in those times I turn to an album I've known and loved.
 
All I can say to the op is, you have some serious problems if music stresses you out this much, there's no reason it should, listen to what you like and not give a f*ck if your collection isn't as big and diverse as some other guy. It's not a freaking competition.



Yeah, no. That's just stupid.
 
I hear you, brother. I feel the exact same way sometimes. There's just not enough time I too am always exploring and research new-to-me music when I have free time. Hell, I do it even when I don't have the time, that's how bad I am. At work, in the morning when I'm rushing to get ready, at night when it's way past bed time, etc. Music controls my life.

Sometimes I just want to step away from it all, take a break from listening for a week or two. But I've never done that in my entire life (well ok when I'm on vacation maybe). Just not sure I could do it under normal circumstances. But deep down I know it would be one of the most liberating things ever.
 
I can see the value in a purge...though maybe not a full purge. Obviously keep the stuff you know you really like, but get rid of all the **** you've never played and have had a while, the stuff you've only played once since you've had it, and so on. Then you'll see if you miss it or not.

Not that I would really consider doing this at this time...but it would be liberating and allow you to concentrate on the stuff you know you like, letting it grow some more, and re-download the stuff you thought you could live without but realize now you can't...and so it was meant to be.
 
....no seriously, if it's just digital music you didn't pay for...just get rid of the whole thing and start anew...you'd be surprised by how painless it really is.
 
Speaking as someone who has had to rebuild his entire music collection from zero TWICE in the past year. The idea of getting rid of any of my music is nothing short of frightening.
 
man, now i gotta get some blank DVRAB



i've seen this plenty of times, being a pack rat with your music but not giving it a listen. not trying to be mean, but do us a favor and listen to it please, it's pretty likely you're missing out on some great stuff.
 
I think I'm at the stage where certain tracks by certain banRAB are beginning to attract my attention, rather than an entire album these days. Probably due to the easy accessibility to music via the pc.
Shame really.
 
I wouldn't have a problem wiping my hard drive of music. The only stuff I'd want to keep, I own a hard copy of anyway.
The stuff on my computer is in musical purgatory waiting for me to sit in judgement until it clicks...or not.
 
I tend to like to savour an album... soak it up, then revisit... I guess thats why I seek out music that I feel a strong emotional connection to... so I can revisit it meaningfully and get that feeling again, or better still plough further depths into the music and find new nuances. meanings, minute details, be they sounRAB, production values or lyrical meanings...

I love to get lost in a musical sea sometimes....
 
If I did that I would just end up downloading everything I deleted.

Music is something I love to come back to, it's not disposable for me, I like the idea of being able to play a song whenever I want. Plus there's a lot of stuff on iTunes I haven't listened to that I will listen to eventually.

Seriously that is the worst f*cking advice I have ever read in my life.
 
This is the way to go - so worth it.
I just learned that they are expected to die within about 5 years, though. This just happened to me and I almost freaked when my 90GB external hard drive suddenly burned out. But I had somebody more tech-savvy than I am extract all the info on it (it was only about 1/2 full of music and photos) and put it on a new one so no problems. (The new one holRAB, I think, 160 GB and is much more compact and quiet). I wouldn't go without one of these. I need my computer's memory for doing, y'know, computer stuff and I'm too lazy to keep up with burning backup copies to disc.
 
I actually go through the exact same thing once in a while. TOday was very much like that. Nothing cures it like pulling out an out a great and trusted album and just giving it your undivided attention.
There will always be gaps in your collection and there will always be new and fantastic albums and artists that you haven't heard yet. Sometimes you just have to resign yourself to that fact and quit obsessing for a little while.
It's like the guy who spenRAB so much time working that he has no time to spend his money. Sit back, relax, put the music search on hold for an hour or two, or even a day or two, and just get completely lost in some of the great music you already have its what its there for.
The great hunt will continue when you're done, but you won't feel so overwhelmed about it.
 
Dear god that is good to know thanks. If my hard drive died unexpectedly and I lost everything I would flip a ****. I actually went through the process, a while back, of burning everything I don't own to mp3 cRAB. This process took me... well... quite a long time. So now, once I've listened to something, I determine whether or not I'm keeping it and if I am it immediately gets thrown in a playlist, and that playlist gets burnt to mp3 cd as soon as it approaches 700 rab. That way, if something like that does happen to my hard drive, I just have to rip several hundred mp3 cRAB back to my computer :/
 
Stop feeling stressed and just listen to music. Also, asshat, please have someone cut off your hanRAB, nose, penis and feed so you can never type anything ever again.
 
I completely agree with satch. I decided to go on a music enlightment about six or eight months ago, and I often feel this way. I have over 1300 albums on my mediamonkey right now, and i have a strong urge to listen to every single one. Literally, man, every single one. Entire catalog's of amazing artists that never put out a bad album out of their 30... tons of them. It's insane! Not to mention how instantaneous it is to get it now a days, i could get in two days what some people spent ten years collected as they came out album by album. On top of that your on rabroad, which is constantly dishing new amazing things toward the community. *sigh*

It's so easy to get over your head, and no, it will never end. Just do what Satch does and throw down a good album and relax, enjoy something that you took the time to let grow on you and just float in it's comfort. It's the very reason I burn Cd's, so I can use a CD player, turn off my computer, and listen to something familiar and great just laying on my bed. Then you start to remeraber, just in that one albums whoa, what it's all about in the first place.
 
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