What kind of music do you connect with? (Patreon)

Lately I’ve been realizing that years of dissecting styles, analyzing singers and vocal techniques, and critical listening has actually made it very difficult to listen to music for fun.

A lot of the time I’m listening to music I’m planning on learning, listening to music I’ve recorded to be critical of the mix/performance, or I’m listening to music in the car while driving in traffic or long drives, or I’m listening to music when I work out.

Usually I opt for a metal playlist on Spotify (which are terrible btw) , unless there are specific songs I’m in the mood to hear. My favorite metal bands haven’t changed since I was a teen. It’s Metallica, Pantera, type o negative, Killswitch Engage, soilwork, inflames, to name a few.

I do tend to listen to 90s rock playlists, although I have to admit out of all the bands from Seattle, nirvana is the only band I know every song they’ve released.

I also listen to 50s music playlists, vintage jazz playlists, Sinatra and related artists playlists. I usually have a jazz playlist on in the studio at all times.

Sometimes I listen to synthwave as a default when I don’t know what I want to listen to.

There’s much more, but I can’t say I connect with a lot of new stuff. That said, I do find bands like Sleep Token interesting, but it’s not the kind of music I find myself coming back to often.

What about you?