What do you do when the music’s not speaking to you?

I often find that I’m in the mood for certain kinds of music. There is also music that can lighten my mood, Thelonious Monk comes to mind or music that can actually be depressing like P.J. Harvey. There are so many different kinds of music, surely you can find something to either match or enhance whatever mood you're in.

@jmalen123 

Yes; dogs have a way of inviting us to drop into the present moment, at which point we forget everything else...

@hilde45 "Take a day off"

Do what hilde said, and if this does not work, take a week or a month off. Get away from it for a while, and go do something else, with another hobby, exercise, bike rides, whatever - simply stepping away for a while can help a lot.   

I had to do this during the pandemic, and it was due to overexposure to the system, trying too many different components, was missing the music, all of it fell flat. Had to completely step away for a 90 day stretch once.  

You might be surprised to learn you can enjoy your existing system all over again if you just give yourself a break from it for a while.  It works.  

I played trumpet in a Jazz band for years in my early days and it didn’t do anything to help me appreciate music any better.

@stereo5  Well that’s just sad and we’ll just differ on that.  I find playing in bands for years greatly deepened my appreciation for how music is played.  How sad you don’t feel likewise, and I don’t even understand how you can not.  

Unfortunately, there’s not much physical that I can do.  Right now I’m recovering from a hip replacement operation and subsequent dislocation of the same hip, so I can’t even walk without a walker.