A lot of times it depends upon whom I'm talking to. Or maybe if I'm watching a movie that has a familiar sound track. Sometimes I listen to "summer" songs in the winter to perk me up. Like "Its a beautiful morning" by the Rascals for example.
Do your music genre choices change w/ the seasons?
Many of us have a wide range of music genre tastes. I'm sure not many of us are just jazz buffs, restricted to rock, or constantly classical. But do your listening habits change with the seasons?
A recent post on my system thread about adding an air conditioning unit to my attic space got me thinking that although in any given month you will find a wide assortment of music in my cd player or on my turntable, my listening habits tend to be concentrated on different types of music at different seasons.
Here are some of my thoughts on my seasonal choices:
My dedicated listening space is in a coverted attic. And living in Atlanta, it does get hot up there in the summer, even though I havecentral AC. I still sometimes need to add a fan to cool it too. That's when I play my louder music (the pieces without quiet passages) to offset the fan and AC noise.
Summer: Summer is about road trips, outdoor live music, and late-night parties. In summer I crank up rock and roll/punk and late night bebop/hard bop/free jazz with a ice cold pale ale or a dry reisling in hand.
Fall: With my AC and fans shut down, and more family-oriented time I find fall is for acoustic singer/song writers, small group jazz with vocalists, or a chamber orcestra accompanied by an octoberfest special or a syrah.
Winter: In winter I am inside, more reflective, often reading a good novel in the evenings. That's when I opt more for electronica/ambient music, solo classical guitar, and when the heter kicks in I turn up full orchestral music and sip a guiness or a pinot grigio.
Spring is renewal for me. I start working in my garden and feel the urge to hear that old timey bluegrass, indie country, or folk music. When a warm day finally busts out I celebrate with some R&B/Funk and break out an IPA or a cabernet.
What are your seasonal listening tastes?
A recent post on my system thread about adding an air conditioning unit to my attic space got me thinking that although in any given month you will find a wide assortment of music in my cd player or on my turntable, my listening habits tend to be concentrated on different types of music at different seasons.
Here are some of my thoughts on my seasonal choices:
My dedicated listening space is in a coverted attic. And living in Atlanta, it does get hot up there in the summer, even though I havecentral AC. I still sometimes need to add a fan to cool it too. That's when I play my louder music (the pieces without quiet passages) to offset the fan and AC noise.
Summer: Summer is about road trips, outdoor live music, and late-night parties. In summer I crank up rock and roll/punk and late night bebop/hard bop/free jazz with a ice cold pale ale or a dry reisling in hand.
Fall: With my AC and fans shut down, and more family-oriented time I find fall is for acoustic singer/song writers, small group jazz with vocalists, or a chamber orcestra accompanied by an octoberfest special or a syrah.
Winter: In winter I am inside, more reflective, often reading a good novel in the evenings. That's when I opt more for electronica/ambient music, solo classical guitar, and when the heter kicks in I turn up full orchestral music and sip a guiness or a pinot grigio.
Spring is renewal for me. I start working in my garden and feel the urge to hear that old timey bluegrass, indie country, or folk music. When a warm day finally busts out I celebrate with some R&B/Funk and break out an IPA or a cabernet.
What are your seasonal listening tastes?
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