Why do we stop listening to new music as we get older?


Hello all,

Sometimes I find myself wondering why there is so little newer music in my library. Now, before you start in with rants about "New music is terrible!", I found this rather interesting article on the topic. (SFW)

 

With the maturing of streaming as a music delivery platform, and the ease of being able to surf new artists and music, it might be time to break my old listening habits and find some newer artists.

Happy listening. 

 

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Showing 1 response by dz13

I'm 64 and got very interested in music which was called punk or new wave. I played in some bands. I love indie rock/dream pop etc. I am constantly on the lookout for new music and sometimes it is older stuff I had never heard of before. 

I've almost never listened to music which most people like and that is true going back to the mid-1970s. So far this year I've found releases by Alex G, Nova Twins, Soccer Mommy, Jadu Heart, older stuff by the Throwing Muses, Beach House and others. I really enjoy listening to Alvvays (3 albums so far), Pip Blom, MIYNT and others. 

I do think that listening to new types of music requires your brain to adapt (actually changing the brain waves) and, nowadays, if a song doesn't hook you within a couple of bars, people ignore it. I do listen to and like almost all genres including classical, jazz (listening to Dave Brubreck right now), classic rock, rap, singer songwriter, bluegrass, etc.