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’m rather adventurous, Classical is my main genre but I listen to a lot of Jazz, Folk, Rock, Pop, etc.
One way to compare how adventurous you are in relation to others is by tracking it.
I use Last. fm (https://www.last.fm/user/NENathaniel) which tracks everything I listen to so I can see stats on my most listened to albums/artists, as well as the total amount of artists I listen to.
I’d recommend making an account there + ListenBrainz which is a similar open-source alternative