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Ron Obvious

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16. I appreciate the distinction

Reply to Joe Shlabotnik (Reply #6)

Sat Oct 11, 2014, 10:40 AM

Oct 2014

I know what you mean, but I also have always found some kinds of music really enhance my ability to concentrate on the task at hand. Before retirement, I was a computer programmer and found that listening to (pre-1980) electronica, and certain types of classical music worked extremely well to get me in the right frame of mind. Bach, Vivaldi, indeed most Baroque is also perfect, but "nothing with words", as I used to say.

That's also a likely reason why I listen to less music now: retirement. I do listen to more opera than I used to, though, which, again, fits with that theory.

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Do you listen to more or less music now than you did 15 years ago? [View all] Ron Obvious Oct 2014 OP

I was still old 15 years ago. nt valerief Oct 2014 #1

Less Adsos Letter Oct 2014 #2

Saw Gov't Mule last night. Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi sat in. Lochloosa Oct 2014 #3

That had to be good. Enthusiast Oct 2014 #28

Real good. We thought would pop in. They only live 15 miles from jacksonville. Lochloosa Oct 2014 #29

Pretty much all I listen to is music. Initech Oct 2014 #4

that is a pretty good playlist mackerel Oct 2014 #23

I have more time now Generic Brad Oct 2014 #5

When my chldren got to the age where they listened to music, that's when I pretty much stopped. DebJ Oct 2014 #9

I listen to a lot less music now, Joe Shlabotnik Oct 2014 #6

That's pretty much Mr.Bill Oct 2014 #8

I appreciate the distinction Ron Obvious Oct 2014 #16

A lot less, I have lost connection to people who showed me. LawDeeDah Oct 2014 #7

A few suggestions -- Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #22

That's very good advice, thanks. I will copy/paste. LawDeeDah Oct 2014 #27

I do that with slacker radio astral Oct 2014 #31

Yes -- good ideas. Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #33

I listen to more music and a better variety IrishEyes Oct 2014 #10

Much more BeyondGeography Oct 2014 #11

I agree with that sentiment Ron Obvious Oct 2014 #17

I listen to more music overall, but Jamaal510 Oct 2014 #12

About the same. kentauros Oct 2014 #13

My commute is now much shorter so less time for singing along QED Oct 2014 #14

About the same but I catch a lot less live music. hobbit709 Oct 2014 #15

I'm sure it's more but I don't think it's a lot more. OriginalGeek Oct 2014 #18

Less because today's music sucks taterguy Oct 2014 #19

Well, that goes without saying n/t Ron Obvious Oct 2014 #21

A LOT more now. By a huge factor. Why? = iPod Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #20

That's exactly how I thought things were going to be.... Ron Obvious Oct 2014 #24

I listen to it when I go for walks and when work out, but also when I do mundane stuff Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #25

It Seems All So Pointless In The Corporate Controlled World We Now Live In cantbeserious Oct 2014 #26

I felt like that more in the past. Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #34

Yes - More Access - More Variety - Does It Do Any Good - Apathy Abounds In The Masses cantbeserious Oct 2014 #35

More. Iggo Oct 2014 #30

Much less JonLP24 Oct 2014 #32

CD player in my car is broken so...less. progressoid Oct 2014 #36

About the same. bigwillq Oct 2014 #37

Much more... MicaelS Oct 2014 #38

Much Less RobinA Oct 2014 #39

I listed to a lot less music than in the past, in fact almost none davidpdx Oct 2014 #40

I've always listened to a lot of music. I listen to a lot less rock, though. kwassa Oct 2014 #41