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JustJoe. 05.04.20	i’ve been tired of music for years
JustJoe. 05.04.20	not that it’s not important or that i don’t love it but i personally have zen-discovered less overwhelming ways to enter into the same headspace my favorite albums bring me to
bloodshy 05.04.20	Actually sometimes I'm annoyed that it isn't easier to watch shows and listen to music at the same time. I favor TV, so I have to shelve music sometimes. Every now and then, though, if I listen for too long, my ears will get over saturated and silence is nice. I'm wondering if music in the past was a way for you to express emotions that you've been lacking lately. Also it's not uncommon for people to grow out of listening to new music. All my friends only listen to shit they liked 15 years ago.
budgie 05.04.20	when i'm depressed any music beyond ambient makes me nauseated if i'm in a normal mindstate music never gets boring point being maybe you're depressed or maybe you should just take a break and listen to ambient for a month to reenergize
JustJoe. 05.04.20	i’m not depressed i don’t think
JustJoe. 05.04.20	for me i get extreme sensory overload & sounds just sort of stay impressed in my mind so it’s like an echo chamber even after i’ve stopped listening
bloodshy 05.04.20	That's the worst super power justjoe.
JustJoe. 05.04.20	yeah man sometimes i will get lost in a specific moment of a song for like weeks so i will play it & let it bloom in the silence of my absence between that moment & hearing another song
JustJoe. 05.04.20	so too much in succession is hellish
ArsMoriendi 05.04.20	I get tired of certain styles of music, but never music as a whole
bloodshy 05.04.20	Are you currently taking any medication? Honestly sounds like a neurotic side effect.
JustJoe. 05.04.20	yeah but nothing that would cause that
JustJoe. 05.04.20	it’s like a mild synesthesia sort of a thing
bloodshy 05.04.20	Maybe you got your superpower from a radioactive bat?
JustJoe. 05.04.20	i used to see colors a lot from auditory sensations in music & some other atmospheric visual objects but found that as i discovered music that explored & compressed what i experienced the colors slowly faded away but the feeling remained & i found myself less trapped in my own head & more present in my waking reality
JustJoe. 05.04.20	i’m real weird it’d take a while to explain
bloodshy 05.04.20	Maybe in another list.
JustJoe. 05.04.20	my birthday is in like a week so i might make a list & discuss it we’ll see but otherwise sorry for derailing your list a bit vicarious
Satellite 05.05.20	To answer the list title's question, fuck yes. Like others have said, this could definitely be a byproduct of depression. I've been there. More than anything, though, I think this is just what happens when you hit 30-ish. The kind of obsession toward music that would make one join this site in the first place probably isn't sustainable long-term. Also, people generally gravitate toward the music they were into during their formative years. I think that's super obvious but it's fucked up when we experience it ourselves. recs: The Menzingers - Chamberlain Waits PUP - Morbid Stuff The Lawrence Arms - Oh! Calcutta! The State Lottery - When the Night Comes The Taxpayers - God, Forgive These Bastards (you'll love this as an AJJ fan)
Lord(e)Po)))ts 05.05.20	Yes Also have to argue against this being a product of depression. Everyone is different. I have major depressive disorder and in the past when I've been having an episode i'm more musically driven and creatively ignited than any other time and music hits like a fucking train. I've quite successfully managed my MDD for a few years now and have found more periods of musical apathy in this stability than any other time in my life. I don't think there is any notable one sided correlation between depression and lack of/increased musical interest, it completely depends on the person and a combination of countless individual characteristics. It's off and on for me, and the only thing I would personally link it to is oversaturation. We have so much music at our finger tips this day it's easy to take up addictive behaviours towards it. And since there is more music and more opportunity to make and record music it means there is more mediocre music to sift through. When ur pumping high volumes of shit into your ears eventually you're going to get bored of similar styles and your standards are going to raise. Then it's harder to get that dopamine rush of finding something new that really fires you up so the process becomes a chore and your interest wanes. After a cool down phase your expectations dissolve and eventually you're going to stumble upon something new and exciting that gets you fired up on new music again and makes the process fun. Its just like anything else. Too much of something is never good, sometimes you just need to do some other shit for a bit.
Lord(e)Po)))ts 05.05.20	Also, if you arent getting fired up about new music from bands you used to love it's probably just because your interests have changed and wasting your time slogging through music that you no longer feel passionate about isnt going to help. Just start listening to shit outside of your comfort zone and eventually you'll find something that blows ur mind and puts you right back at the beginning of the cycle
Avagantamos 05.05.20	maybe try branching out from the album format as well. check out some DJ mixes if you're into electronic for instance.
Ocean of Noise 05.05.20	I think it's important to change up the types of media you consume. Sometimes I listen to a lot of music, sometimes I watch a lot of TV, sometimes I play a lot of video games. Sometimes I read books. Sticking to one type of media just gets exhausting and boring after a while.
chemicalmarriage 05.05.20	Be a god damn man
el_newg 05.05.20	I've been really stagnant on music for like 5 years now. I never feel like it's worth listening to an album because I can always be doing something more engaging, like playing a game or watching a show or something.
Spikel 05.05.20	Yea the past year or two, though there are days I jam to some of my favorites and some new releases.
FR33L0RD 05.05.20	I think it's important to change up the types of media you consume. Sometimes I listen to a lot of music, sometimes I watch a lot of TV, sometimes I play a lot of video games. Sometimes I read books. [2]
Demon of the Fall 05.05.20	Yeah like others have said mix it up a little, whether that’s the music you’re used to hearing, or other interests. Personally I find my interest in music starts to wain when I’m unable to strike a balance between discovering new things and listening to old favourites. Either extreme is detrimental. As Pots said I still actively digested music during years of mental health struggles, so disinterest in music doesn’t necessarily have to coincide with depression.
osmark86 05.05.20	you play instruments, so maybe try to play along to some music you haven't jammed to before. I sometimes find that trying to pick out new songs have re-ignited some interest for that band/type of music. at least for me it gives me more input into the creative process behind the music which gives me bigger appreciation for it. that and watching studio videos or live shows. but like a lot of our peers have already said, mix it up with other media and don't oversaturate.
Colton 05.05.20	Honestly no. I feel like I’ve been blessed with naturally high dopamine or something cause music never gets old for me. Hopefully it doesn’t when I’m older.
gryndstone 05.05.20	i think i've just hit this point for the time being, in the sense of i'm tired of looking for new music. Let me just listen to the same artists discography for a week and chill the fuck out
Sinternet 05.05.20	gonna echo what pots and others have said about having a wider palette to draw from being good personally i went through a similar rut a couple of years back, in which i was endlessly just listening to music I already knew and loved, so much so that the joy I got from a few started to wear off there's not really a surefire way of getting out of it - for me personally it just happened, i woke up one day and wanted to listen to new music again i did find though that after that I decided to just listen to whatever i found without being concerned about what genre it was, who made it etc. I definitely found a sense of freedom and wonder when considering all the possibilities of music that I could find that I wouldn't have heard before and I instantly became less judgemental about music - nowadays I rate 95% of music I hear a 3 or above because really I just enjoy nearly all of it, it's helped me be appreciative of of other persectives in art and then put that into my own creative ideas sometimes i do get sick of a genre (usually metal) and just avoid that for a while, but I don't get bummed out about it because I have such a diverse array of music to fall back on that I can mentally afford to take breaks from certain types of music that if I only liked one genre would kinda emotionally destroy me
DoofDoof 05.05.20	I can honestly say in the list of things I get bored of music is way down the line The only times I haven't wanted to listen to music was when I was really sick with the flu and or when rarely I was on a bad comedown from something
Lord(e)Po)))ts 05.05.20	"i did find though that after that I decided to just listen to whatever i found without being concerned about what genre it was, who made it etc. I definitely found a sense of freedom and wonder when considering all the possibilities of music that I could find that I wouldn't have heard before and I instantly became less judgemental about music" [2] this is good advice
zakalwe 05.05.20	“I think it's important to change up the types of media you consume“ The fuck are you talking about? Music is nourishment for the soul, ‘media’ is throwaway tat.
Storm In A Teacup 05.05.20	Sick of Grime currently and about to be hung from the gallows by sputters for it.
Storm In A Teacup 05.05.20	”Also, if you arent getting fired up about new music from bands you used to love it's probably just because your interests have changed and wasting your time slogging through music that you no longer feel passionate about isnt going to help.“ Reading this hurt my soul.
FR33L0RD 05.05.20	"i did find though that after that I decided to just listen to whatever i found without being concerned about what genre it was, who made it etc. I definitely found a sense of freedom and wonder when considering all the possibilities of music that I could find that I wouldn't have heard before and I instantly became less judgemental about music" [2] this is good advice.......Indeed, wisdom.
Sowing 05.05.20	I'm tired of music as I type this tbh. It happens every 2-3 years. I go really hard at new releases, then step away for as long as it takes for things to interest me again. You're definitely not alone.
zakalwe 05.05.20	That’s cos of the dross you listen to
bloc 05.05.20	I don't get tired of music often, but it does happen to me sometimes. I do feel you on not wanting to play guitar though. Sometimes I will go for months on end not touching it because I just don't know what to play. It always takes some new song I hear to get me going and then the love for playing starts up again.
Relinquished 05.05.20	zak has it right this time lol
JohnnyoftheWell 05.05.20	Some beautiful takes in this thread I get most tired of music when I cram new stuff too quickly, especially when I try to widen my tastes faster than feels natural/in too many simultaneous directions. In the long run this is super worthwhile, but I sometimes disorientate myself out of being able to enjoy anything for a while consumption-wise (and in a way that I imagine some people will relate to), I lean on music v heavily to fill the gap when other things are missing - so right now in a new country with very few friends and my work on hold, it sometimes feels like I'm burning out on music as an extension of burning out on life in general. Having too much time to channel into music feeds into the oversaturated/addictive patterns Pots mentioned, and I think it's v important to have a certain level of 'responsibility' in that position (am gonna focus a little more on spinning old CDs a little more each day, where I know and love every track, and don't have to worry about what plays next or what to should be scouting as a follow-on discovery). tl;dr both music and the internet are bigger than anyones tastes or consumption material, and they eat you alive after a while :]
FR33L0RD 05.05.20	Bumping ^^^^ for soundly prevention.
AsleepInTheBack 05.05.20	In answer to your question: yes.
AsleepInTheBack 05.05.20	In a hopefully more helpful answer to your question: either take a break, or dive into something completely different and new and unexplored to you (genre, artists, time period etc.). I also find that if I jam music whilst working / exercising etc, or if I try too much new music too quickly, I enjoy music far less in my down time.
facupm 05.05.20	i kind of feel on the same mood now its like you just dont feel the same passion for getting to know new stuff, or exploring sounds like in the past which is perplexing coming from someone who always thought that would found refugee in music, but i guess they are just stages in life, like phases which you have to get through
botb 05.05.20	As everyone said, something that used to bring you lots of joy no longer doing that is a sign of depression, but also if I was still only listening to the kind of music that I loved when I was a teenager I would be horribly bored by now. So it could just be that.
Trundle 05.05.20	if something you once really enjoyed for a long time starts to sound stale, you should prolly not listen to it for a long time, like let a few years pass, i've been really getting back into some of my old favs i hadn't listened to in over five years.
Nerdurosis 05.05.20	Fuck nah m8. That's why it's good to have a "diverse" taste in music I guess, to keep things flowing.
rabidfish 05.05.20	Ive also been getting back to stuff i used to really love 8-10 years ago, but my tastes have changed a lot and i can revisit old stuff with new ears and a different perspective.
JohnnyoftheWell 05.06.20	^that can be amazing sometimes lol, and sometimes you're like "uh what was I doing here?"
AsleepInTheBack 05.06.20	yeah, that is good fun^. I'm the other way around though. I tend to find that I still enjoy a lot of what I thought I'd grown out of, and that my tastes haven't progressed as much as I thought (read: hoped).
Willie 05.06.20	It happened to me last year. I wasn't motivated to find new music at all, except for from bands I already knew well. I just wanted to listen to the old stuff.
nightbringer 05.06.20	I took a fairly big step back from music through most of my 20s. Contrary to the norm, I got back into music - possibly more so than I ever had been - when I turned 30 and got married. Hopefully that's not some premature midlife crisis kicking in! I don't think so, though. I spent most of my 20s over-developing my analytical side, and having a problematic relationship to my own emotions. When at the end of my 20s I started getting much healthier mentally, and having a much more holistic life, my appreciation for artistic mediums in general sky-rocketed. I also seem a lot more open to a broader range of styles than I was as a teen. That's made it a lot more exciting to check new stuff out.
nightbringer 05.06.20	That said, I can definitely burn out if I consume too much new stuff at once. I'm actually taking a month off of checking new things right now so I can mentally reset a little. And I'm sure there will be whole years ahead where I won't be too interested in checking out new things. Seasons of life come and go.
Willie 05.06.20	I think that's part of it, too. To really dig into all the new music coming from even one genre is a lot of work if you're actually giving each album its due. Even now, there are plenty of times I want to listen to something familiar (even if it was released earlier in the year), but I'll make myself listen to something new. Most of the time, the new album isn't nearly as satisfying as what I initially wanted to listen to. You get that feeling enough times, and new music starts to feel like work.