Personally, I think I’m pretty adventurous. I love music and my library has thousands of artists across dozens of genres like classic rock, new wave, Motown, smooth jazz, shoegaze, drum & bass, prog rock, hip hop, and more. Hitting ‘shuffle all’ is a recipe for absolute chaos.
I love finding new artists and connections between them (solo projects, supergroups, samples, etc), and every 5-10 years I discover a whole new genre and enjoy going down the rabbit hole. I have all-time favourites, but listening to the same thing for too long drives me crazy.
By contrast, my wife only ever really listens to 2 or 3 different artists and somehow never gets bored of listening to the same few albums on repeat for literal years.
Where do others fall on that spectrum? Do you feel the need to constantly seek out new music, or are you the kind of person who prefers settling into a groove long-term?
I love a lot of stuff, almost everything. I like niche stuff, foreign music is super interesting and just as varied as all our stuff. From classical to dubstep, I’m down.
I’m not a fan of super poppy songs unless they’re humorous. I don’t care for post 9/11 country music with its ethnocentric propaganda.
I have a playlist that is comprised of the most unhinged shit that still slaps.