on listening to music...
music enhances experiences, making some bearable, and others spectacular. other times it simply exists in the background. i rarely use my computer without listening to music at the same time.
i’m a passive listener and don’t generally take note of what’s playing. i’ll either put on an album and press play, shuffle my most recently added tracks, or listen to some random streaming songs on muxtape or hypem.
if a song is particularly good it will catch my attention and i’ll go back and listen to it again or make note of its title. these are the standout songs that make me happy, and listening to music passively and constantly helps me find them. this sort of music discovery comes naturally — it’s kind of like listening to the radio and getting excited after realizing how much you like a song.
aside: i’m trying to figure out what spawns singular-loop listening, you know, when you’ll listen to the same track on loop 87 times. those are the really standout tracks.
1 month ago