The "too many records"-dilemma

Helm · Post by **Helm** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 4:38 pm

Cochino wrote:Something that sometimes happens to me is that despise all the music I have (which is way less than most of you, so I don't know if this would also happen in your cases) I want to hear music but I browse through my collection and don't find anything I really want to hear. Has that ever happened to you?

No, never.

Noisenik · Post by **Noisenik** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 4:46 pm

Cochino wrote:Something that sometimes happens to me is that despise all the music I have (which is way less than most of you, so I don't know if this would also happen in your cases) I want to hear music but I browse through my collection and don't find anything I really want to hear. Has that ever happened to you?

Such a thought does turn now and then in my brain as well ... it might lead to a destruction of what one holds very dear only to later regret it. Regret is a strong emotion ... I usually kick such thoughts away very quickly.

Also agree with msp: Yes we have too much music in all forms possible, but wouldn't mind having more. and more. even if we can't listen to it.

sovdat · Post by **sovdat** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 5:12 pm

I get that feeling from time to time, and I usually sell some of the least important parts of my collection then, just in order to finance the albums I love more but don't have yet. However I usually start hunting for those lost "treasures" again in few months. The thing that bothers me the most in the past few years is that my collection is stored at home, while I go there only once in 1 or 2 weeks, so I don't really have a contact with it and that really sucks. Well, I'm moving in a new apartment in early 2009 so that problem should be fixed then, I hope ...

About listening to the average / bad etc. stuff - I just don't bother too much with it, if it's an old thrash metal album then I'll keep it for my own "thrash archive", and this means that I'll play it just from time to time, while I'll stick to the better music instead.

Abyss · Post by **Abyss** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 7:14 pm

Noisenik wrote:
Cochino wrote:Something that sometimes happens to me is that despise all the music I have (which is way less than most of you, so I don't know if this would also happen in your cases) I want to hear music but I browse through my collection and don't find anything I really want to hear. Has that ever happened to you?
Such a thought does turn now and then in my brain as well ... it might lead to a destruction of what one holds very dear only to later regret it. Regret is a strong emotion ... I usually kick such thoughts away very quickly.

Also agree with msp: Yes we have too much music in all forms possible, but wouldn't mind having more. and more. even if we can't listen to it.

sure its a classic case of nothing sounds good right now and too much music so little time, I also find myself playing catch up as msp said and along with that I am ever broadening my definition of what is essential and classic which isn't really a good thing to do, especially in state where you feel you have too much to listen to but can never have enough.

DMR · Post by **DMR** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 7:18 pm

For me, the problem isn't wasting time checking out mediocre stuff, but having too many albums that are "pretty good" but not "good enough." Last month I went through my collection and removed 100 CDs that I don't need any more, even though most of them weren't bad albums. I'm sure this won't be the last time I do this.

Abyss · Post by **Abyss** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 7:22 pm

DMR wrote:For me, the problem isn't wasting time checking out mediocre stuff, but having too many albums that are "pretty good" but not "good enough." Last month I went through my collection and removed 100 CDs that I don't need any more, even though most of them weren't bad albums. I'm sure this won't be the last time I do this.

Yes! I agree its like these albums are good but you just can't decide if you like them or not, I often find once I get rid of these type of albums my mood changes and I want to hear them again, so I try to keep that in mind when deciding what to get rid of.

ION BRITTON · Post by **ION BRITTON** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 7:32 pm

Cochino wrote:Something that sometimes happens to me is that despise all the music I have (which is way less than most of you, so I don't know if this would also happen in your cases) I want to hear music but I browse through my collection and don't find anything I really want to hear. Has that ever happened to you?

Yes, it has happened to me. Either because i realize after some time that i don't want to listen to music at all or because i can't find something that would match the mood i'm in to a satisfactory degree.

Cochino · Post by **Cochino** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 8:08 pm

ION BRITTON wrote: i can't find something that would match the mood i'm in to a satisfactory degree.

That's what happens to me. I really want to hear some music, but nothing that I have is exactly what I'm looking for, and that's what pushes me to keep on searching.

humus · Post by **humus** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 12:05 am

I have mixed feelings about this.
Sometimes I can look at my collection and think that I have too much. That I just keep buying music for the sake of buying music, that I don't give most of my latest purchases the attention they deserve.
And then other times I can look at my collection and think that I don't have enough. That there are so many killer bands that are out there waiting to be discovered by me. And when I have my examns and listen to music 16 hours a day, 7 days a week for nearly 2 months, I wish I had more records so I could have more variety.

But in the end I know what happens. I don't bother getting rid of albums I'm not really into unless they're rare and I can get good stuff in return. And I keep on buying stuff, because I like records and because wanting to discover more is still the most important to me.

MassOfKthulu · Post by **MassOfKthulu** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:33 am

ah i solved this problem years ago,i download everything and play it,the classic stuff so i dont have to dust the LPs,cd's so i dont have to buy them cos i hate the format,as for demos well i download and put on the wantlist if i like them,if they re just ok i keep them on mp3s,if they totally suck they are deleted,thats it
As for all the new stuff on rapidshare these days,all the stuff i never heard before gets one minute of listening time,if its not great then its deleted and i never bother again,if its great well i look for it on ebay/sellers whatever it is.too much music spread around these days to waste time on anything less good than great

decibelrebel · Post by **decibelrebel** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:25 am

Cochino wrote:
ION BRITTON wrote: i can't find something that would match the mood i'm in to a satisfactory degree.
That's what happens to me. I really want to hear some music, but nothing that I have is exactly what I'm looking for, and that's what pushes me to keep on searching.

I have many days like these and there is only one album I find I fall back on: Johnny Cash_Live at San Quentin.

MEXDefenderOfSteel · Post by **MEXDefenderOfSteel** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:17 am

my weekends are for the classics...but almost all the week i DO invest some of my time in the "hunting" and the "new discoveries"...which sometimes proves my point that not every 80s record is good

other dillema already mentioned...sometimes i spend lots of time trying to decide what to listen from my collection

omen of hate · Post by **omen of hate** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 9:00 am

ION BRITTON wrote:
Cochino wrote:Something that sometimes happens to me is that despise all the music I have (which is way less than most of you, so I don't know if this would also happen in your cases) I want to hear music but I browse through my collection and don't find anything I really want to hear. Has that ever happened to you?
Yes, it has happened to me. Either because i realize after some time that i don't want to listen to music at all or because i can't find something that would match the mood i'm in to a satisfactory degree.

That's a really frustrating thing !! I have this problem from time to time. the impossibily to find the right record that will fit my mood. I'll try several album but can't find one and then I solve the problem by playing an home-made compilation I usually listen to when I travel.

Fils Du Metal · Post by **Fils Du Metal** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 9:43 am

I would start the point of view from a different angle: What is mediocre stuff or crap stuff? Don't know if this only happens to me. But I have had albums I listened 2 years ago or so telling friends they are the best ever released.

Then sitting there with the friends 2 years later playing the album thinking: What a crap...

Same way and more often vice versa: The more I get the more I have the feeling to like more records and not only pointing out one album or style as we all did when we were young to be cool or to build the own metal personality that sould be shown to the metal friends.

Or maybe it is the age. "This is crap that is crap" is written down somwhere and I listen the album and love it just listening although it maybe no killer.

Also the genre mixtures I was not open for when I was young. Hard-Rock or 70's influences. Just AOR or whatever.

So for me no discussion about classics or not. Who defines that Maiden's Piece of mind is a classic? The sales/The reviews? mmhhh....

Maybe we all here are much too scientific with this metal stuff, look at Dan with his Metal Enterprises mania. All classics for him but not for us maybe.

So we all have our clichés for sure. Leav'em be. What is classic...

Avenger · Post by **Avenger** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 10:05 am

I think when everyone in this thread is using the term "classic" they are referring to what they consider to be a "classic" album. Not what is generally accepted as a "classic".

If I were to personally only give albums a chance that were for example highly rated or deemed as "classics" from reviews on the Metal Archives, the vast majority of what I have in my collection would not have been purchased to begin with.

I agree that there are some albums that are complete shit and that nearly everyone can agree to be complete shit like "Crux Of The Mosh" for example, but for me personally reviews don’t mean much. They are just interesting reads on that one specific persons perspective of the album and really don’t deter me from listening to that album and judging it for myself.