Your Ideal Listening Environment / Ritual

Necrologue · Joined: 02 Nov 2011 Posts: 779 Location: Rhode Island

What setting suits your music listening experience the best? Do you prefer to listen at home, in the car, during a walk through nature, etc? Should the lighting be minimal? A favorite beverage (or two, Wink

) handy? Do you read the lyrics along with the music, or focus on a hobby? Do you like to listen to music with others, or alone? Etc, etc... Give recommendations, share stories, anything you can think of.

Surprisingly, I found that the more elaborate situations don't suit me very well. I tend to enjoy music most when listening at work. I have a dull factory job with minimal interruptions. The monotony of the tasks allow for my mind to focus on the music without getting distracted.

I also found that listening to music in bed with headphones on works quite well. Having a dark room with a comfortable atmosphere really amplifies elements of slower or more abstract music for me.

I'll share more once I'm on a computer with a better keyboard, haha.

PeterVenkman · Joined: 11 Feb 2011 Posts: 3545 Location: Houghton le shit

I very rarely get the chance to listen to music in an optimal setting as I have 3 kids who take up most of my time but if I get the chance it's headphones and travelling, be it by car, flat, boat or bus.

Normally I get to listen in the car or when I am doing housework.

slayera · Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 625 Location: Finland

Darkness and headphones.
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mantis44 · Joined: 11 May 2009 Posts: 46 Location: USA

The route I take to work is about an hour round trip, so I'll usually listen to new music in my car. Otherwise it's coming out of my computer speakers at home when I'm doing laundry or something.

Aspidis · Joined: 12 Jan 2013 Posts: 80

The car. At night.

Mocata · Joined: 03 Nov 2013 Posts: 130

The bath is the only environment to listen to music in.

dreadmeat · Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 8:19 am Post subject:

Make a plunger coffee, grab a pile of CDs, stick the headphones on and chill out, mucking about on the forums or updating Discogs.
I do night shift so on my 'days' off I'm up all night, it's 4:20 am here now Cool

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Tireheb · Joined: 18 Aug 2007 Posts: 8458 Location: Finland

At work through iPod and at home CD/LP/MC through stereos. Not much of a "ritual".
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In Solitude · Joined: 10 Sep 2008 Posts: 4855 Location: Seattle

Sometimes at work, though not for albums I haven't heard before. I prefer sitting in a chair by a window with art/lyrics and beer, or walking outside, otherwise.
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dreadmeat · Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 9:14 am Post subject:

I always imagine playing all my cool music while sitting in a huge old church basement full of old antiques while it's pissing down, awesome.
Actually I nearly bought an abandoned church here years ago but they knocked it down instead, it wasn't structurally sound I found out.
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In Solitude · Joined: 10 Sep 2008 Posts: 4855 Location: Seattle

Orpheus · Joined: 28 Dec 2011 Posts: 743 Location: Toronto

dreadmeat · Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 9:17 am Post subject:

It had no neighbours too out in a basically industrial area but with grass all around it, it would have fallen to bits after I installed a PA system in it anyway ha ha

Damn those dirty hipsters Mad

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leewar · banned Joined: 06 May 2014 Posts: 311 Location: England

Bed and headphones, post masturbation.

Professor Black · Joined: 25 Mar 2008 Posts: 2264 Location: Evil Nation USA

Friend of mine had a "no clocks no phones" room dedicated to music listening. I think we maybe have played cards once or twice in there as well, but that was about all that was allowed besides music. (And chemical enhancements.)
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