Personally, I think I’m pretty adventurous. I love music and my library has thousands of artists across dozens of genres like classic rock, new wave, Motown, smooth jazz, shoegaze, drum & bass, prog rock, hip hop, and more. Hitting ‘shuffle all’ is a recipe for absolute chaos.
I love finding new artists and connections between them (solo projects, supergroups, samples, etc), and every 5-10 years I discover a whole new genre and enjoy going down the rabbit hole. I have all-time favourites, but listening to the same thing for too long drives me crazy.
By contrast, my wife only ever really listens to 2 or 3 different artists and somehow never gets bored of listening to the same few albums on repeat for literal years.
Where do others fall on that spectrum? Do you feel the need to constantly seek out new music, or are you the kind of person who prefers settling into a groove long-term?
I’m very picky in the sense that I want to enjoy a whole album, or multiple albums from one artist. I don’t care about singles. I love finding new artists but it’s exhausting to search. Most recent search netted me The Cat Empire and alt-J, but this was back in 2018 or so. Usually when I want new music I can just get new albums from artists I already like. Then, every once in a while I’m sorely disappointed like when Arctic Monkeys decided they’re an elevator rock band (2018).