There’s an ever-growing amount of music available today, a few taps (or clicks) away. I for one feel like there’s a lot of great music in many genres and styles, coming from many countries, and in many languages. And there’s always new, interesting stuff coming out regularly.

Whether a new release from an artist you like, or an old one you want to go back to, there are so many options to choose from at any given point in time. Yet we can only hear one at a time, so we must choose. So…

How do you choose what to listen to, and how do you keep up with everything you want to keep up with? Do you manage to listen to everything you want to on a regular basis? Do you instead choose to articially limit yourself to keep sane? Or is your music taste narrow enough this is of no worry?

  • lemmyknow@lemmy.todayOP
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    2 days ago

    I can wholeheartedly agree on the last paragraph. I truly did a full 180. Was almost screaming at the TV in the middle of the night lmao.

    I can also wholeheartedly agree on the first paragraph. Gabry Ponte’s Tutta L’Italia for San Marino was my favourite before I even watched anything, because I knew it and liked ir ahead of the final. Estonia’s Espresso Macchiato, by Tommy Cash. What a banger as well. Won me over quick. Was my pick for winning. Italy’s own song was also good, I quite liked it. More on the chill side. Interesting that this whole paragraph was about Italy, even though I’m talking three different entries by three different countries and groups of artists (Gabry Ponte, for San Marino, is Italian. Not Tommy, though, afaik)

      • lemmyknow@lemmy.todayOP
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        2 days ago

        Well, I am sorta familiar with Tommy, to an extent. His 100 gecs remix with Hannah Diamond, his collab on an Umru track, he’s got songs with Charli xcx, Oliver Tree & Little Big, etc.

        I’ve never been kinda sure if I like him. He’s got some bangers, that I know of (it’s mainly collabs that I know), but some of his lyrical themes are kinda… idk. Can rub ya off. Like linking one’s assumed inability to handle a stick by virtue of driving automatic to a supposed inability to handle certain private parts that one can take as similar to a stick in some ways; or comparing the easiness of death to the hardness of life (I can deal with that theme better, but I imagine it could trigger someone who might have depression, idk)