Where do you find the time?

**Platinum** · September 19, 2005, 12:36:08 AM

It is impossible for me to catch up... most of the time when its something i like ill listen a few times in a row which just makes me more in the hole with all the other stuff I havent heard on my cpu...
i try to appreciate and d load as much as i can just to keep up, but can hardly remember sets tryign to listen to too much...
tough to catch up now because it seems like there is so much out there you can catch on to and listen to, such a growing community... hopefully one day but i cant see it being anytime soon...

**mtguru** · September 19, 2005, 01:13:08 AM

Re: Where do you find the time?

I can't see how anyone can ever be caught up with their music. For me most of the time I can listen to different sets at work, I just plug the ipod into the stereo and able to enjoy for the next eight hours. But when I find a set I or my co-workers really like than it get more play and more I get behind. Also when I home it seems like I'm shuffling music around more than I listen to. There could be worst things out there to behind on, this I don't mind at all.

**juouelle** · September 19, 2005, 01:41:12 AM

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Perfect timing Pickles.

A good mate of mine (fellow Prog lover and MN'er alike) were just chattin' the other day about how behind we were on our music and how hard it is to listen to a good set more than once all the while trying to keep up on the plethora of fresh stuff you are d/l'ing.

My strategy is adopting my iPod as a graceful body part (my third arm as i call it) and always having it on play and on shuffle. 60gigs allows me to still explore my listening enjoyment outside of PROG (however 99% is prog!!!)

**qwerty2222** · September 19, 2005, 03:52:21 AM

Re: Where do you find the time?

basicly i listen to music as i work, so when i'm off from work i download the sets, burn them to mp3 cds and play them next day

**skahound** · September 19, 2005, 07:55:17 AM

Right now I'm eternally grateful that I'm still in school. On Mondays and Wednesdays I'm there for about 7-8 hours so packing the iPod definitely helps. Being the one to queue up downloads each week it becomes even more tough because I HAVE to listen to what we'll be hosting in order to provide you guys with some objective feedback. Don't know what I'm going to do when I have to get the 9 to 5. I'll have to make my morning and evening runs that much longer.

**Kamal** · September 19, 2005, 08:04:45 AM

dont worry ska, when you get a 9-5, just hit me up and we'll share the load

**Yao** · September 19, 2005, 08:05:58 AM

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Same here...on the streamer a lot of DJ's ask what I thought of their set, and of course I don't wanna let them down and take a listen. Or I get sets from guys applying for a spot, which I have to review as well. Fun to do, but sometimes I'm just like...BRRLALALAAAAAAAAAA!!! Found out one thing though: listening to a lot of sets will make you find the special ones easier, since that will be the set turning your head to the playlist halfway through to see 'whose fucking great mix this is?"

:wink:

**Kobe** · September 19, 2005, 08:30:20 AM

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This is a good topic! I take a quality over quantity approach. I had been trying to listen to everything that crossed my path, but I found I wasn't connecting enough with the music and I was listening to too many sets that didn't interest me.

So I'm back to being more selective and stick with sets from my favorite top DJs and the Kiss Guest Mix, which I find is a good way to get exposed to someone new, for instance the Alex Dolby mix was a nice surprize.

I prefer to give each set AT LEAST 2 listens, unless I had trouble getting trough it the first time. I'll also still listen to classic sets from a year or 2 ago, if it's a good mix I really like to appreciate every last detail.

Either way I am really appreciative that I'm lucky enough to have such a pleantyful and economical source for my favorite music. Think of those poor bastards buying top 40 CDs!

**demonAfro** · September 19, 2005, 09:32:05 AM

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Throttle your net connection and play all your music double speed

I always make time for music, especially listening to the best sets more than once, even if it means I don't sleep for weeks.

**shan** · September 19, 2005, 10:04:08 AM

Re: Where do you find the time?

everywhere I go I have my music on. jogging, in the car, on my motorbike all day in work and at home when theres fuck all on tv. And even with the ammount of time I have on my hands i still dont get to listen to it all. But I get to what I dont hear eventually. When new stuff is available other stuff I havent listened to gets put on the back burner to make way! Generally though I listen to a set once unless its amazing like the so called digweed from fabric set. I still have that in the car.

good topic

**picklemonkey** · September 19, 2005, 10:20:40 AM

Re: Where do you find the time?

Originally posted by Yao

Found out one thing though: listening to a lot of sets will make you find the special ones easier, since that will be the set turning your head to the playlist halfway through to see 'whose fucking great mix this is?"

Agreed 100%. Not only do I burn DVD backups of everything I download, but any mix that turns my head gets thrown into a separate "Quality" folder for mp3 cd burning, then is stored in my car. My 200-cd cd book in my car is packed full of the Quality mp3 cds, which probably evens out to about 500-600 quality sets that I have absolutely no time to ever listen to again. :?

**picklemonkey** · September 19, 2005, 10:26:34 AM

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Originally posted by Kobe

So I'm back to being more selective and stick with sets from my favorite top DJs and the Kiss Guest Mix, which I find is a good way to get exposed to someone new, for instance the Alex Dolby mix was a nice surprize.

I'm very selective too... I usually only download about 50% of the MS downloads each week, and maybe 10% of the MS&R forum sets, but I'm still so far behind. I have a desk job, but lately haven't had time to listen to music. I just need to make the time at work again.

**Kobe** · September 19, 2005, 10:58:19 AM

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I can't listen to music at work, between keeping the volume so low I can hear the bass, to the constant interruptions, there is no way to give anything an honest listening. Car time is beat time for me, I have a 30 min commute each way.

**tiddles** · September 19, 2005, 11:17:34 AM

i start my days with an album and a 45-minute cup of coffee

do you guys waste alot of time watching TV?

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