Honestly, I’m Overwhelmed With Music

Summary

The author expresses feelings of being overwhelmed by the vast amount of music available on streaming platforms, leading to a period of abstaining from streaming services and a preference for listening to a limited selection of albums, including Enrique Iglesias's essentials.

Abstract

The author of the article, who has recently returned to music streaming after a six-month hiatus during which they only listened to records, confesses to feeling overwhelmed by the sheer volume of music available across platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube. Despite the convenience of streaming, the author found themselves reverting to a more focused listening habit, predominantly enjoying music from a select number of albums. In the three weeks since resuming streaming, they have exclusively listened to an "Enrique Iglesias Essentials" playlist, despite not understanding Spanish. The author attributes this to being in a celebratory mood and appreciates the physicality of the music. The article concludes with a note of gratitude towards the community at "The Riff" and a humorous acknowledgment of the irony in their situation, emphasizing their commitment to living by their truth.

Opinions

The author finds the abundance of music on streaming services to be overwhelming.
A personal experiment of not streaming for six months and only buying records significantly impacted the author's music consumption habits.
The author has become an album-focused listener, preferring to immerse themselves in a smaller selection of music.
Despite the overwhelming choices, the author enjoyed the simplicity of listening to just one playlist, "Enrique Iglesias Essentials," for almost a month.
The author appreciates the physical aspect of music, such as flopping hair to the rhythm, even if they don't understand the lyrics.
There is an expressed love for the community at "The Riff" and a light-hearted claim of parenthood over its members, justified by the author's long hair and beard.
The author acknowledges the irony of their situation, given their role in the music blogging community, but stands firm on their expressed feelings about music consumption.

Anyone else feeling this?

Who doesn’t love Enrique? Pinterest.

Spotify has 50 million songs, Apple Music has 60 million of them. I can’t imagine how many more YouTube has.

There is so much music to choose from and it gets overwhelming.

Some of you already know this, but for a period of time, I decided to not stream. For an entire half-year, I refused to subscribe to streaming services and only paid for records. This experience literally changed my life, and I should write more about it here one day.

But even with The Riff, there’s SO MUCH music to check out that my brain goes “ahhhhhhh.”

Over time, I became an album-listener. In the three weeks I returned to streaming (this time to Apple Music instead of Spotify), I only jammed to one playlist. You read that right: in almost a month, this kid in his twenties listened to only ONE FREAKING PLAYLIST. The playlist? Enrique Iglesias Essentials.

Me gusta.

I listened to Enrique because I was in a celebratory mood. Although no comprendo español, you can’t go wrong with flopping your hair all over the place to him.

Other than that, I’ve pretty much listened to less than ten albums in the past half-year. Most of them are, as expected, from Radiohead.

Thanks to everyone for blogging at The Riff. I love you all, my children. I can say that because I have long hair and a beard 😉

P.S. I do see how counterintuitive it is for me, out of all people, to write this. But it’s the truth. And I live by my truth.

Honestly, I’m Overwhelmed With Music

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Enrique Iglesias Essentials

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