How much of your listening is guided by other GMG members?

[Mark]

Recently, my listening has been fairly well 'directed' by the listening habits of other GMG members. One advantage of having a larger-than-average CD collection (as Sarge well knows ) is that such guided listening is much more possible - a good argument, at least, for rampant consumerism.

I'd say that some of my listening, in times other than the past fortnight or so, is guided in this way. And very pleased I am about this: it leads to all kinds of re-evaluations of discs bought long ago and which I never thought I'd get around to hearing again any time soon.

How about you?

[71 dB]

A small proportion of.

Most of the composers people talk about on this forum doesn't really interest me much. It's weird how people here dig up all Rawsthornes and Tippets when it comes to post war English music but are happy with Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven for classic era. No interest toward Dittersdorf, Vanhal, Hofmann, Benda, etc. Some members here show interest of what happened in music between Monteverdi/Schütz and Vivaldi/Bach but not many.

I prefer soft, juicy, consonant, melodic classical because that's what electronic music is not. If you want to hear raw edgy music why settle for post war atonal music when you can listen to electronic music? That's REALLY raw and edgy and good if you find the right stuff.

In fact, I haven't found any new favorite composer because of this forum!  Maybe this forum has helped me to warm up to Prokofiev and Bruckner but that's it.

[Grazioso]

In a general way, it encourages my existing practice of exploring works unknown to me, and occasionally it highlights bargains that I jump on (the $7 Janowski Ring cycle, the recent Beethoven Masterpieces set for $24). But as to the specifics, that depends on what I'm in the mood for (another advantage of a large collection: you can hop around ) or a specific listening "project" I'm embarked on, such as exploring the complete symphony cycles of as many composers as possible.

[karlhenning]

Haven't gauged it scientifically, so at a guess I've voted "a small proportion."  Even allowing for the fact that, when inclined to listen to Elgar, just the right comment from a certain quarter will cause the wish to listen to Elgar to evaporate completely.  Can't quite account for it.

[Lethevich]

Only a small amount, generally I like to sift through my CDs and find something I haven't played for a while that seems interesting.

[locrian]

I've hit up a few GMGers for recommendations by PMing them. I've been watching the forum for quite a while now and know who knows what's what.

[Catison]

Most of the time I am drawn to buy a particular CD which I see here first.  And then it ends up on my playlist.  But most of the time my listening is guided by the negative.  I don't listen to Elgar at all anymore, and I still have a bad taste for Debussy.

[not edward]

Somewhat, though not greatly.

I'll often use other GMGers whose opinion I trust to confirm my own suspicions about a specific recording: occasionally they will alert me to one that I would have acquired if I'd known about it. Every now and then, someone persuades me of the merits of a recording that I wouldn't otherwise have wanted.

[BachQ]

100% of my music listening is inversely guided by 71 dB .........

[71 dB]

100% of my music listening is inversely guided by 71 dB .........

Why? 

[greg]

100% of my music listening is inversely guided by 71 dB .........

Why? 

LOL

you should've changed your name to 17 dB

[johnQpublic]

Shoot! If I let myself be guided by you guys I'll find myself buying a dozen meditation discs made by Siberian monks, Yo-Yo Ma crossovers and Charlotte Church crap....hehe

[Solitary Wanderer]

Almost none of it!

BUT...I'm taking it all in 

My classical music purchases and listening are mainly guided by my upcoming concerts. 

[Lady Chatterley]

I've yet to find a GMGer who would be willing to sing Purcell duets with me.

[locrian]

I've yet to find a GMGer who would be willing to sing Purcell duets with me.

I'm willing but unable.

[Lady Chatterley]

I'm willing but unable.

Lost is my quiet forever.

[karlhenning]

If my forever were quiet, I should have to smash it into a million noisy bits . . . .

[Josquin des Prez]

None.

[Josquin des Prez]

are happy with Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven for classic era. No interest toward Dittersdorf, Vanhal, Hofmann, Benda, etc.

Maybe if Dittersdorf, Vanhal, Hofmann and Benda had composed anything even remotely in league with the first three...

[Gurn Blanston]

Sometimes, someone will mention a work or composer that I am not familiar with and I'm intrigued enough to check it out. But rarely a performance, unless it is one I specifically asked about. I like to find my own performances, take the risk.



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