How Do You Consume Your Music? (1 Viewer)

[jwb]

1) 50's

2)  Divide your music listening into three categories below by estimated percentage (should add up to 100%)

- full album ...start to finish - 30%

- custom playlist stuff - 50%

- pandora-type mix the "system" has created  - 20%

3)  Divide your music listening by device (should add up to 100%)

- phone/ipad with earbuds -  0%

- wireless speakers - 20%

- wired stereo system set up - 80%

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Off topic but I have over 200 CDs that I have not listened to in years,  Are they worth anything?

no

 

[beer 30]

not a big fan of the buds either, I like the light headphones when I can get away with it ...would count the same for this purpose

Funny, that's all I've worn for years. I guess I do use a wireless speaker when I'm getting ready for work because the shower really makes it hard to listen to have buds in.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

1)  list your age range by decade - 20s, 30s, 40s, etc. 50s (barely)

2)  Divide your music listening into three categories below by estimated percentage (should add up to 100%)

- full album ...start to finish - 60%

- custom playlist stuff - 25%

- pandora-type mix the "system" has created - 5%

- random selected songs/concerts from YouTube - 10%

3)  Divide your music listening by device (should add up to 100%)

- phone/ipad with earbuds - 30%

- wireless speakers - 70%

- wired stereo system set up - sadly 0% now

 

[Tyranny]

1)  list your age range by decade - 50

2)  Divide your music listening into three categories below by estimated percentage (should add up to 100%)

- full album ...start to finish  =25% (Songs I like go into custom playlists)

- custom playlist stuff =75%

- pandora-type mix the "system" has created =0%

3)  Divide your music listening by device (should add up to 100%)

- phone/ipad with earbuds(Headphones Phone or Ipod) =75%

- wireless speakers=5%

- wired stereo system set up (Car Stereo) 20%

 

[lakerstan]

1) late 40s

2) album 10% 

self created playlists 90%

random 0%

3) headphones 50%

Wireless speakers 50%

wired sound system 0%

 

[Dr. Octopus]

The album is surely a lost art form it seems. 

 

[Brony]

50s

album - 10%

whatever you consider Spotify playlists created by Spotify or other people to be (not Spotify radio) - 40%

self created playlists - 50%

headphones - 50%

Wired sound system controlled wirelessly by phone - 50%

 

[DaVinci]

The album is surely a lost art form it seems. 

I’m surprised by how many still listen to albums. All my music is digital. I don’t think I even possess a music cd any more. It would take a lot more effort to hunt down an album on my iPad than to just hit play with the library on shuffle.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

I’m surprised by how many still listen to albums. All my music is digital. I don’t think I even possess a music cd any more. It would take a lot more effort to hunt down an album on my iPad than to just hit play with the library on shuffle.

don't they offer music selection by the entire album (in order) like spotify?

 

[Binky The Doormat]

The album is surely a lost art form it seems. 

as you would expect ...it's coming through at a decent clip for the 50s crowd

 

[MindCrime]

5 hours ago, Binky The Doormat said:

1. 40s

2. 30% Album
     70% Playlist
       0% miX
3. 50% Earbuds
     50% wireless speaker
       0% stereo

 

[DaVinci]

don't they offer music selection by the entire album (in order) like spotify?

They do, but it takes at least 5 clicks to get to the album you want. Who’s got that kind of time? I want to hear music now.

 

[BobbyLayne]

1)  50s

2) 

- full album ...start to finish 2.73%

- custom playlist stuff 96.14%

- Spotify-type just for you suggestions 1.13%

3) 

- iPhone/iPad with earbuds headphones 76.74%

- wireless speakers 13.58%

- wired stereo system set up 9.68%

 

[Binky The Doormat]

whatever you consider Spotify playlists created by Spotify or other people to be (not Spotify radio) - 40%

yeah, good point of clarification

I'm lumping those together ...it's a custom list that you like

 

[Binky The Doormat]

They do, but it takes at least 5 clicks to get to the album you want. Who’s got that kind of time? I want to hear music now.

good old apple nazis

 

[Binky The Doormat]

1)  50s

2) 

- full album ...start to finish 2.73%

- custom playlist stuff 96.14%

- Spotify-type just for you suggestions 1.13%

3) 

- iPhone/iPad with earbuds headphones 76.74%

- wireless speakers 13.58%

- wired stereo system set up 9.68%

your precision is appreciated and has been recognized

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I’m surprised by how many still listen to albums. All my music is digital. I don’t think I even possess a music cd any more. It would take a lot more effort to hunt down an album on my iPad than to just hit play with the library on shuffle.

I listen to full albums on Spotify - so it's digital but I just enjoy getting the full work and the "feel" of albums verses just random songs.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

They do, but it takes at least 5 clicks to get to the album you want. Who’s got that kind of time? I want to hear music now.

I download all the full albums so they're right there - just as many clicks as getting to my playlists.

 

[BobbyLayne]

your precision is appreciated and has been recognized

we have data

Spoiler

however #3 was a SWAG

 

[Leroy Hoard]

The album is surely a lost art form it seems. 

I miss album "sides". About 20 minutes of music,  modern equivalent might be the EP,  and either way is my favorite amount of an artist's songs to consume at a time.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

working on the 50s group currently

 

[huthut]

30's

80% Spotify, 20% USB drive for the car (was an ipod but it finally died).

Listening through either computer speakers, headphones attached to a computer, or car speakers.

Always a playlist of a few thousand songs on random. The only time I listen to a full album now is right when it get released, and even then I skim through songs just trying to find ones to add to my random playlist. I feel like what makes a good album has completely changed due to this, where my favorite albums were ones that had a high floor of song quality across the board, and I would be supremely disappointed buying an album due to one song and then finding out the rest of the songs are terrible. Now I don't even care about "decent" songs, there is so much music that I don't have time for 7/10 songs, only 9 or 10/10 songs allowed where a single good song on an album that makes my playlist is more valuable that a bunch of ok songs on a single album.

I had thousands of albums and was a fairly late adopter to mp3s and music from a computer, starting in around 2004. Now I have no idea where my albums are and I don't really care, I have my music backed up across three hard drives for redundancy, and it would probably be the first thing I try to save if my house was burning down once the family/pets were out. One regret I do have is that I did not make an electronic version of every album or song since at the time I was very limited on hard drive space which would not be a problem now. I often find myself downloading stuff that I know I own. 

 

[Gally]

Pretty simple approach -

1)  40's

2)  Divide your music listening into three categories below by estimated percentage (should add up to 100%)

- full album ...5%

- custom playlist stuff.....0%

- pandora-type mix the "system" has created...…..0%

- NEW CATEGORY - Car Radio...…...95%

3)  Divide your music listening by device (should add up to 100%)

- phone/ipad with earbuds...…..0%

- wireless speakers...…….0%

- wired stereo system set up...…..100%  (if this includes car radio)

I listen to very little music.  Some CD's and the radio in the car.  Typically I listen to podcasts in the car so actual music is probably less than 5% of my listening pleasure. 

 

[Binky The Doormat]

current results 50s YO categories

Listen to

20%   Full Albums

59%   Select Playlist

21%   Radio/Sirius/Pandora

Listening Device Usage

42%   Personal device (phone/ipad/laptop) with ear buds

33%   Wireless speakers

25%   Wired System (Stereo/TV)

Current NOW UPDATED 40 YO Results 

Listen to

13%   Full Albums

60%   Select Playlist

27%   Radio/Sirius/Pandora

Listening Device Usage

41%   Personal device (phone/ipad/laptop) with ear buds

48%   Wireless speakers

11%   Wired System (Stereo/TV)

 

[shuke]

how about your listening device percent amounts?

35% earbuds

30% wireless speaker

35% wired, includes computer, car, kitchen stereo, etc.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

35% earbuds

30% wireless speaker

35% wired, includes computer, car, kitchen stereo, etc.

seems made up.

 

[AAABatteries]

1)  40s  (46 to be exact)

2)  Full album ...start to finish - 1%

     Custom playlist stuff - 15%

     pandora-type mix the "system" has created - 84% - I listen to my Alexa devices a lot and I usually just do "play the Beatles" or "play the Beatles station"

3)  phone/ipad with earbuds - 5% - only when working out or when sitting at my desk at work and play music

     wireless speakers - 65%

     wired stereo system set up - 30% - does a car stereo system count?  I'm basing this on my commute time pre-Covid, which was 2 hours a day and there would be a lot of music and podcasts

 

[El Floppo]

This came up in another thread.  No pole, I'll just assemble the results and post back here. 

Pretty simple approach -

1)  list your age range by decade - 20s, 30s, 40s, etc. (50s)

2)  Divide your music listening into three categories below by estimated percentage (should add up to 100%)

- full album ...start to finish (4%)

- custom playlist stuff (46%... playlists on spotify pulled mostly from algorithms below)

- pandora-type mix the "system" has created (50%... use spotify's algorithm derived playlists a lot- release radar, discover weekly, your daily mix 1-6)

3)  Divide your music listening by device (should add up to 100%)

- phone/ipad with earbuds (80%... at work, when I had work)

- wireless speakers (20%... at home... but since being out of work, the numbers have switched)

- wired stereo system set up  (0%)

with some fava beans and a nice chianti.

 

[Dezbelief]

40s

Spend most of my work day in the car. I listen to the radio 99% and albums 1% start to finish. I use the car speakers 100% of the time. 

I listen to music most of the day at work I rarely listen to any at home.

 

[sports_fan]

1)  list your age range by decade - 20s, 30s, 40s, etc.

30s

2)  Divide your music listening into three categories below by estimated percentage (should add up to 100%)

- full album ...start to finish

5%

- custom playlist stuff

20%

- pandora-type mix the "system" has created 

75% - spotify

3)  Divide your music listening by device (should add up to 100%)

- phone/ipad with earbuds

90%

- wireless speakers

5%

- wired stereo system set up 

5%

 

[Binky The Doormat]

thanks for the later inputs - gonna see if I can get anymore in the next couple of days and then add them to what we have

appreciate it!

 

[HellToupee]

50s

Full album  0%- lots of times I’ll listen to a 4-6 song bites but very few full listens from start to end. I really miss holding and reading a physical album cover and liner info

SiriusXM- 25%
 

Apple music library shuffle- 75%

Playlists- only come into the picture for Christmas music for the house

Earbuds-40%
Headphones, noise canceling-20%
Wireless- Sonos system-20%
Car-20%

 

[wikkidpissah]

Meaty - 100%

Beaty - 100%

Big - 98%

Bouncy - 110%

Smoo 12%