I have the opposite challenge of yours when it comes to sound. For years, our home has become a cone of silence populated only by the voices of my husband and me, his evening TV watching, our kitties' meows, occasional Zoom or phone calls with others, and the sounds of housekeeping (cooking, cleaning, laundry). From outside, sounds are just garbage trucks, lawn mowers, sometimes birds. In the evenings, my wind-down is putting on headphones to watch / listen to my own TV shows as background noise for creative work. I rarely turn on even my car's audio system while I'm driving.
In the last 2 years I've become a Taylor Swift fan. Her music has inspired me to listen to all her creations as well as those of her friends (e.g., Ed Sheeran, Post Malone) . Mostly I do that through Spotify as it's convenient, though I did set up an old CD player on my art desk to listen to Swift that way. I still have hundreds of vinyl 45s, albums, and CDs collected over my lifetime, but they take more work to listen to (putting them on and taking them off turntables). That said, I just can't let them go yet.
Thanks for the Mood Machine recommendation--it's now on my TBR list. I've barely learned how to use playlists, so it will be fascinating to read about the obsessive side of Spotify.
Searches is so damn good. I mean, I'm predisposed to be interested in such things, but I was utterly enthralled by the amount of vulnerability and insight twined together in that book.
I have the opposite challenge of yours when it comes to sound. For years, our home has become a cone of silence populated only by the voices of my husband and me, his evening TV watching, our kitties' meows, occasional Zoom or phone calls with others, and the sounds of housekeeping (cooking, cleaning, laundry). From outside, sounds are just garbage trucks, lawn mowers, sometimes birds. In the evenings, my wind-down is putting on headphones to watch / listen to my own TV shows as background noise for creative work. I rarely turn on even my car's audio system while I'm driving.
In the last 2 years I've become a Taylor Swift fan. Her music has inspired me to listen to all her creations as well as those of her friends (e.g., Ed Sheeran, Post Malone) . Mostly I do that through Spotify as it's convenient, though I did set up an old CD player on my art desk to listen to Swift that way. I still have hundreds of vinyl 45s, albums, and CDs collected over my lifetime, but they take more work to listen to (putting them on and taking them off turntables). That said, I just can't let them go yet.
Thanks for the Mood Machine recommendation--it's now on my TBR list. I've barely learned how to use playlists, so it will be fascinating to read about the obsessive side of Spotify.
Searches is so damn good. I mean, I'm predisposed to be interested in such things, but I was utterly enthralled by the amount of vulnerability and insight twined together in that book.
I think you would love Mood Machine, the book about Spotify, in equal measure!
Since you've never steered me wrong, I am adding it to my list post-haste!