Do you listen to more or less music now than you did 15 years ago? [View all]

[Ron Obvious]

It occurred to me the other day that we have access to an incredible amount of music in these days of broadband internet and other technological advances, and it's right at our fingertips in a way it's never been before.

I've got our entire CD collection ripped to the hard drive of a server that's accessible throughout the house (or for that matter, the world), so I don't even have to go through the bother of putting a CD in a player. If there's music I would want to listen to but don't yet have, I can probably acquire it within seconds without leaving the house.

And yet I don't listen to music all that often these days. Far less than, say, 15 years ago when I played CDs or 30, 40 years ago when I depended on my records and tapes.

I thought that was rather curious, and it even made me a little sad. I was always so excited to buy and listen to a new LP or CD in the past, and I wonder if I've grown blasé about music because it's so easy to acquire now. Possibly it's because the internet has given us so many competing ways to spend our time and money, or possibly it's because I don't get exposed to a lot of new (to me) music these days since I already have this vast collection.

I wondered if this was a larger trend in society or if it's more likely personal to me. I'd be curious to hear your thoughts.

15 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	I listen to a lot more music than in the past
	8 (53%)
	I think I probably listen to more music than before
	0 (0%)
	I'm pretty sure it's about the same
	3 (20%)
	Probably less now
	0 (0%)
	I listen to a lot less music now than before
	4 (27%)
	I don't listen to music at all anymore
	0 (0%)
	Other (please elaborate)
	0 (0%)
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