Does streaming make us lazy?

[matthewpianist]

I'm temporarily without a streamer, and so I'm relying completely on CD and vinyl to keep me musically fulfilled. The thing is, not only is it encouraging me to pull out albums and recordings that haven't seen light of day for quite some time, but I'm also listening all the way through, which is something I've been doing less of over time.

It's made me question whether streaming is potentially making us more musically restless and perhaps a little lazy... play the same albums and playlists, cherry pick tracks etc. Streaming is on its way back to my system, but I may need to re-think how I use it. Anyone else with their own thoughts on this?

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Agree entirely - tend to use it for playlists because of this.

 

[RJW232]

Yes, defo. It hasn't been easier to listen to different types of music via the streaming services but at the same time it's so easy to play whatever you played yesterday. And than the generated playlist will includes what you played already. Plus zapping from one track to another is too easy. We're not patient enough to listen to complete songs.

I bought a second hand cd-player with the remote missing and it's such a joy to pick a cd and listen to the complete album.

 

[Al ears]

Not lazy don't stream..... 🙂

 

[jjbomber]

It's made me question whether streaming is potentially making us more musically restless and perhaps a little lazy... play the same albums and playlists, cherry pick tracks etc. Streaming is on its way back to my system, but I may need to re-think how I use it. Anyone else with their own thoughts on this?

Dead opposite would be my guess. It is so easy to listen to a vast range of different music. Before, it was a case of buying hundreds of albums and sometimes choosing which to buy and which to leave. Now, almost every album is possible. Far from lazy, it makes people more adventurous to seek out new bands or fill in the gaps in our collection.