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tiptoeintotown t1_j8a7ik3 wrote

Reply to comment by Cullly in Knowing we like a song takes only seconds of listening, new psychology research finds by thebelsnickle1991

I am too. People are mesmerized by my ability to pick up on a melody or recall lyrics. I also have a strange but impressive ability to remember and recall songs used in movies or TV shows. A music supervisor in television or film is my other dream job behind interior design. I can make a playlist to suit any and all occasions and I do it mostly from memory, not actively searching for the content.

I don’t listen to any sort of radio and hate most curated playlists so I’m not always current with pop culture, or lack thereof.

I prolifically scan through new music and only listen to the first few seconds and once mid song to know if I’d like it and I’m rarely wrong. I have thousands and thousands and thousands of songs in my library but mostly listen to the same couple hundred songs as if other music didn’t exist. People definitely think it’s weird but I think they’re just as weird for not listening to songs you like like you love them.

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AndHeHadAName t1_j8dz7ct wrote

If you only listen to a couple hundred songs you are missing out / need a better method for finding music. I have a similar process to your for finding music except i rely on my Discover Weekly to bring me the songs in a way that makes sense (e.g. it gives me dark folk one week and then bubblegum punk the next). It used to have about a 33%-66% match rate, but now it is closer to 100% so providing almost 1500 great songs a year, pre sorted by genre/mood/feel.

No matter how quick you are at scanning through new music it isn't going to be as efficient as Discover Weekly.

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