Do you ever have times when music just doesn't work for you?

The other evening I went int the music room (not what the trouble calls it) and put on a DCC vinyl version of Elton John's Greates Hits. My mind wandered before the end of track 1 so Itook it off and put on MoFi Highway 61 Revisited. Same thing. So next it was some Monk on vinyl. Still the same. More jazz with the same reults. I thought I'd try some serious music so on goes Albinoni. Still no good. Please note that in these situations I don't do anything else but listen.
So I turned of the hifi and went into another room and watched a film with the mrs.
This is not the first time this has happened to me. It occurs regularly maybe once a month and can be one evening or a few days.
Does this happen to other people or is it me. I'm really interested as music, listening to, discussing and reading about is my main hobby.
Dear agony aunt should I be worried

 

No, it just means you need to buy more...

 

I love my music but sometimes silence is golden....

 

No you shouldn't be worried. It happens sometimes. Maybe it's something to do with the fact that when you/we listen to music we focus on it. I mean I find it almost impossible to have music as "background" I have to listen if it's on. Sometimes I take some time out and watch trash TV.

Just something random thoughts.

 

You need to schedule a session with the following doctors, pronto:

Doctor Robert
Dr. Love
Dr. Feelgood
Doctor Wu
Doctor Jimmy
Doctor Doctor
Lady Doctor
Doctor My Eyes

 

I'll be glad to lend anyone my Olivia records if you fancy something new...

No, come back. That's just rude!

 

I have those days as well, but fortunately they aren't very common. Like you I just shut the system down at that point and do something else.

 

yeah, when I'm mixing our latest recordings.

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

 

This happens to me somewhat frequently. Just an example of the music not clicking with the right mood.

 

Those are the times I just have to buy something new just for the spark of discovery.

 

Or maybe even this one.

 

I've become a fan of podcasts dealing with both ancient and modern history. At first I would listen to one show a night and listen to music the other 5 hours. Nowadays I mostly listen exclusively to podcasts instead of music while working.

 

Music is a powerful mind-altering drug, and drug problems like dose tolerance and overdosing apply. When the drugs don't work, more drugs is rarely the solution. Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder.

 

This happens to me quite often. I use it to indulge myself in other loves, such as reading or movies.

Having said that, I have an illness. Falling out of love with music can be a sign that I've been doing something wrong (skipping pills, not sleeping properly, or other sundry things). This is obvious if I don't play ANY music in say, an entire week. Then I need to visit the doctor, or have a good review of how I'm living my life.

For most people, it's a frame of mind you have to be in.

Funnily enough, WHAT I listen to plays into it too. I recently bought a CD containing some Russian Avant Garde works, one track has 6 or 7 minutes or Russians talking, and they don't provide any translation. The point though is, I love the album, but its mood and ambiance changes how I feel. It's an very introspective work. And great for it.

I'd say I listen to some challenging works - and sometimes I need to clear the decks with some flat out rock say...... Tis all part of the journey.

 

As much as I love music, I readily admit that it's not omnipotent. There are indeed times when even my biggest favourites fail to move me, and the whole idea of sitting down and just listening to this organized noise we call music seems utterly ridiculous.

 

Sometimes when I am stressed I don't want to hear it.

 

When that happens I just go shopping for more records.

 

Sometimes. But then I regain consciousness and it's all back to normal.

 

I go through plenty of phases when I don`t listen to ANY music.I never try to force myself to get into it again,I can`t get into it if I`m trying too hard.I just wait until I feel like lisening to something and it`s fun again.Some reasons for me why I can`t listen to anything are stress,specifly lack of sleep,or just too many other non related things happening at the time.
My enthusiasm always returns at some point when I`m not expecting it to.

 

This is very normal and no need for concern. We go through moods, etc.

 

If I get music fatigue, I watch Netflix until I get Portlandia fatigue.

I watched an episode, beginning of season 3, where a guy opens a recording studio and he keeps saying everything in it, instruments, mics, etc. is "like Pet Sounds". That immediately made me think of the folks who inhabit these pages.

 

I alternate between music and podcasts, but sometime I just need some quiet.

 

Yeah, stress is the great equalizer. When I'm particularly stressed, all I want is silence. No music helps.

 

Never......

 

I'm happiest when I'm in a "phase" with a particular artist and obsessively listening and exploring to only that person's music until it just stops and I move onto a different one. I often go back to the same ones again and again over the years as I discover new ones to add into the rotations. The worst times are the periods in between when I'm not feeling particularly interested in any one artist and I don't feel like listening to music. I can't force it start up again, though, so I just go about my life, working, reading, family, until something like a new release or a music book or article sparks my interest and I'm back into it. I suppose I'd be worried if it never came back, but, then again, if I'm not interested, I'm not interested, so nothing beyond curiosity why a passion went away would make me really examine it. Maybe it's like falling out of love.