How do you decide what to listen to? Same old stuff?

I call listening homework. If I hear you playing something that I like, i'll ask you about it and add it to my homework list. Sometimes I go by album or whole catalog. If I hear on a TV show, movie, I do the same. Shazam is great for that. These forums are a great source as well. Qobuz  Club has forums broken down by genre.

Check out Brazilian music. There is a world of wonders to discover.

I spend 10 to 12 hours a week in the car, and listen to a variety of stations on XM satellite and local progressive stations. When I hear a song I like, more than once, I Shazam it and check it out later on Qobuz......found some of my favorite new bands that way; and rediscovered some long forgotten loves from the 80s and 90s.

Mishka is a great example, amazing Reggae singer song writer that records his music incredibly well.

My mood. If angry from the day, I start off with punk or some other "angry" song, then slowly change to another mood less and less "angry" until listening to XTC I love the tongue in cheek lyrics of "Black Sea" album.

This method also applies when I'm happy thus ruining my mood for the night. LOL.

Radio. I have a vintage Kenwood FM tuner I have to send in for a complete check-up before running.  I haven't figured out the antennae, roof installation?  No way, and yet, in pursuit of better sonics....