How much of your music listening is classical?

[kishnevi]

I play rock/pop on the daily commute back and forth to work, which means about an hour to an hour and a half in total per work day. I find it the best music to drive to.   At home, I listen to only classical, usually about four hours a night or a little over;  non work days I play classical when and as I can.

[Antoine Marchand]

100%

When I was younger I listened to different kind of music; in fact, I have a lot of non-classical recordings -especially rock- that today I never listen to. Over the years classical music has had an infectious effect on me, displacing not just other kind of music, but also taking a lot of time from other activities, especially the reading. Being what I would call "frozen time", music is a quite demanding and perverse pleasure that every day seems to require some extra minutes...

[Philoctetes]

Probably around 45 percent for me.

Pop is easily what I listen to the most of.

[Mirror Image]

Probably around 45 percent for me.

Pop is easily what I listen to the most of.

Then why spend time on a classical forum when I'm sure there are "pop" forums on the Internet?

[Philoctetes]

Then why spend time on a classical forum when I'm sure there are "pop" forums on the Internet?

If you look at my posting history, I think it's quite clear that I really don't come here to talk about music.

[Bulldog]

Probably around 45 percent for me.

I'll raise you 55 percent.  Given what I want from classical music each day, I don't have any time for other types.  No interest either.

[Philoctetes]

I'll raise you 55 percent.  Given what I want from classical music each day, I don't have any time for other types.  No interest either.

I totally get that.

[Mirror Image]

If you look at my posting history, I think it's quite clear that I really don't come here to talk about music.

Then why are you here? This is called GMG Classical Music Forum. If you don't come here to talk about music, then, again, why are you here?

I mean you saying you're not here to talk about music is like me going into an ice cream parlor and asking the guy behind the counter for some baked ziti.

[Bulldog]

If you look at my posting history, I think it's quite clear that I really don't come here to talk about music.

But you do so now and then, and 45 percent ain't so low.  You're in the "classical loop" where anything is possible.

[Philoctetes]

Then why are you here? This is called GMG Classical Music Forum. If you don't come here to talk about music, then, again, why are you?

Well for responses like this, for one.

But this forum has some pretty interesting posters, plus insanely funny arguments.

[Philoctetes]

But you do so now and then, and 45 percent ain't so low.  You're in the "classical loop" where anything is possible.

That's also true, and I go through periods where my classical listening percentage is at 100 percent, but for me, I enjoy music that is just fun, I always feel that I have to listen more intently when it comes to classical music, and honestly, I really don't want to work all that hard for my entertainment, but it really does run through phases for me.

[Mirror Image]

I really don't want to work all that hard for my entertainment.

Then you shouldn't be listening to classical music if you're not going to make the effort to understand it.

[Bulldog]

Then you shouldn't be listening to classical music if you're not going to make the effort to understand it.

It's not a good idea to tell others what they should or shouldn't listen to.

[Mirror Image]

It's not a good idea to tell others what they should or shouldn't listen to.

Oh, I agree, but the point I was trying to make is how can somebody say they don't want to put any effort into listening to classical music when we all know that this music requires effort and in many cases repeated listening in order to understand it more fully? That's all I'm saying and this member's post just kind of threw me off is all.

[Conor71]

Classical is 100% of my listening atm - I did break out some of my old pop/rock Disc a few months back but that has been the only time in the last 3 years when I havent been listening solely to CM.
I dont see myself returning to non-classical that often in future, if at all! .

[Air]

These days, about 70%. But you never know, it depends on the day.

[False_Dmitry]

Then you shouldn't be listening to classical music if you're not going to make the effort to understand it.

What an astoudingly bigoted remark.

YOU shouldn't be listening to classical music AT ALL with your patronising attitude.  I'd have snobs like you thrown out of my performances.  We don't want your sort at all.

[jhar26]

Then why spend time on a classical forum when I'm sure there are "pop" forums on the Internet?

My guess is that he's also a member of a pop forum where he makes 55% of his posts while he makes 45% of them over here. 

[jhar26]

Whenever I've discovered a new genre of music it's never booted out my interest for what I already liked at that point. I've always added interests, but never replaced one for the other. Even so, discovering classical music has had such a big impact that about 80% of the music I listen to these days is classical. The remaining 20% is divided between both vocal and instrumental jazz, traditional pop singers (Sinatra, Peggy Lee, etc...), musicals, rock, pop, soul, country, blues and so on.

[jhar26]

It's not commercial in the way that commercial compromises are not made, at least not much. Enya's music is TAYLORED to appeal to the masses and I hear it in the musical structures. Yanni is another commercial artist. Real new age is not like that!

It's impossible to know that for sure though. I mean, the masses like Enya's music exactly like it is, maybe Enya herself also likes it exactly the way it is. If that's the case she doesn't make any compromises but creates the music she wants to create - irrelevant of whether it's any good in our opinion.