Whats on your turntable tonight?

….well, i met her at work..different department but still “ fishing off the company pier “… caught my interest when her weekend plan was NW Folklife festival… asked her how that went and she handed me a Music of the Andes cassette……
I made her a LiL Feat mixtape, the rest is history….

mutual listening waxes and wanes….we do a thing w server, she will do a search of song titles with a word…like rain, heart, river, etc… The NAIm crunches thru 3k plus ripped CD’s and generates a playlist… i let her drive 2
For LP, i just let her have discogs collection view and she picks 4-6 to play……

we call it “ Music Nite “, she Trish is much more Video aligned, so she will often pull me in to Music documentary…Tom Petty ( The Greatest American band, ever ! ), Rush, Eagles, etc… We have decent TV both places w Sonos soundbar….. we don’t suffer much…

Finally, some great shared music while driving experience…one very memorable..coming out of Canada after a long week of fishing together ( with no music ), the Indy College radio station in Bellingham was playing a Train album straight thru….. First time we had heard Train…..hooked us both…..

almost forgot…we also in a very mutual way support musical arts by hosting a house concert most years and a recording studio / production company - great couple, great artists and they have a very high plowback ratio, Engineer sound guy has helped produce pro bono something like 6 - 10 albums during COVID. Patreon is a good thing…..

Now, a question for the group. How much does your spouse/significant other appreciate what you listen to? Me, well, my wife isn't very impressed with things like Reagan Youth or Dead Kennedys or even Boards of Canada. But most classical and especially flamenco gets her attention.

My girlfriend loves music, but her tastes are a little more "mainstream" than mine, mostly west coast 60's and 70's rock.  She likes the way my system sounds, but doesn't really care about the details.  I know what she likes to listen to and it overlaps what I enjoy, so I usually stick to things that we both enjoy.  I don't bust out Excision or Cecil Taylor when she comes over.