Do You Ever Get Burnt Out On Music? 

Never thought of it. Being burnt out there by music is a temporary thing. I have a quiet moment from time to time or watch RU-vid videos on other things then go back to the music.

I've been into music since I was 10 years old, I'm 61 now. I've been through different formats of music, like 8-tracks, vinyl, cassettes, mini-disc & CD's. I've never get tired of music bc it keeps me in a good mood. I never get tired bc there is always something new & different coming out or there is music from the past that I never heard of or forgotten about, so just that is a reason why I never get tired of music, music is my life & my soul. I love GOD & my family more, but music keeps me going no matter what mood I am in.

Sometimes I sit down to listen to music and find that nothing moves me. Other times an album will hit you in the right mood and it's magical.

I don't get burnt out on music entirely, but I'm absolutely burnt out on new music. The last two years or so have been so bad finding new music that speaks to me, I have very little excitement or energy to keep searching through the piles of disappointment. I don't know if I've hit the wall, or if rock culture has shifted just far enough away from me, but it's not fun right now.

I did get burnt out quite bad in 2022-early 2023. I had bought far too many albums and it seemed like an impossible task to get through them all. Every new album was a burden, not a joy. The obvious solution was to buy less, I'm now going through that backlog slowly, alongside new releases, and I enjoy both. Whenever I can't find anything to listen to, the old, trusted favourites always do the trick. I also like Discogs random function, even if it doesn't give me something I want to listen to, it can start an idea.

Very interesting show 🎉 to me I try not to think about what to listen 🎧 or the why …..I just pause for a moment and reset my thoughts 💭 grab the first media source near me and turn it up loud 🎉

The labels know music fans are the most loyal people in the world. So they charge us all the time, just for one "new" song to pay an extra 10 bucks. So sometimes it's very hard yes !

I've been busy all my life with priorities to get burnt out on music. Family, career(retired), fitness, music & friends is good balance for me.

I’ve been going through some burnout myself. I was in the mood for an artist I didn’t know much about so I asked some of my expert friends where to go next after the two albums I checked out. I’m glad I did and now I feel more eased into music again.

Going through old stacks of music magazines like Decibel, Maximum Rock N Roll, Metal Maniacs, etc., and reading the ads and reviews breaks the burnout for me. It gets me to either go grab a CD that I haven't played in several years or go stream something new, and in the latter example it doesn't just cure burnout but feels discovery. Highly recommend!

My go to artist when I’m burnt out is SAMANTHA FISH. That girl will make you smile!

Hi brendon back in the day 1996 i think I bought deep purple perpendicular at the time I hated it but now I can't get enough of it I think it's awesome 🤘

Hi Brendon, you talked about streaming. That is something I do. But I digitize and do my own from my collection. I have over 5000 titles. Not as much as you. I have a Qnap Nas drive with 2 8tb drives. It's my duke box. It's great to listen too , it shuffles my collection and plays stuff I probably wouldn't put on myself. It taken a few years to put all together. It's great.

I totally suffer from music burnout. I work in a record store so I’m immersed in looking, listening and recommending 45-50 hours a week. By the time I get home I don’t want to play anything from my own collection - which is a shame. If I do say so myself, I have a badass collection. And I need to reconnect with it. To help mitigate the burnout, I listen to the news or sports talk radio to assist with reset.

I go through periods of taking a break from music . I like some quiet time . But my boredom of music don't last long . Another thing that's music to my ears is just hitting the road on the Harley and hearing the sound of that motor while catching the air in my face . But I don't go a day without finding a song or two at least to listen to even with the quiet time . I still will hear a song or two on those days . 😎

Good albums to listen to when burnt out/depressed - Nirvana - Bleach; Can - Tago Mayo (especially the longer avant garde tracks); The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus; Tyrannasaurus Rex - My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair... But Now They're Content To Wear Stars On Their Brows; Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street;

Its tough to get burned out on music because after watching this channel along with other great channels there will always be a new band to discover.

Sometimes when I'm burnt out or don't know what to listen to I'll use the random collection item feature on my Discogs, almost always gives me something great I haven't heard in a while. Love these videos, you guys are awesome together, love the passion for vinyl

Lovely chat gents! Some nice recommendations and relatable banter related to burn out. Sometimes this topic truly burns ITSELF out with trite aphorisms and tired bellyaching (many of us can get dizzied by the woes of keeping our head above water in any given pursuit), but you two kept things moving and brought just enough grit and joy that I feel re-energized. Thank you much! I’d like to add that other stepping stones to bypass burn out for me include taking an ignored recommendation off of the back burner, or falling down a rabbit hole with an old favorite to see what other branching paths exist. I also like the challenge of “liking” an album I want to like but didn’t enjoy on first listen. I try to latch onto qualities I enjoy and build a case for re-evaluating an album. I had this with works by Neurosis and Primus for example.

Discogs has a function where you can go to your collection (provided you have your collection listed, of course) , give your phone a shake, and it will randomly pick an album from your collection. I use this quite often when I'm not sure what to listen to next.

No music burn out at all for myself. So much to listen to and explore in different styles and generas. If that doesn't work I have some go to albums. I also thanks to this channel, SOT and even some streaming platforms will check out some of your suggestions. Being a guitar player I get the burnout or not being inspired or being stuck in a rut.

I never get burnt out on music as a whole - anymore than needed some space and quiet for a few days or so. I do get burnt out on artists, genres, or purchasing, but then I can sort of switch modes and take it from there - I'll try a genre I've never given a go (lately I've been going for those 'gramophone' type artists who play that slow-style of jazz) and that then gives me an appreciation for some of the other stuff I listen to.

In all seriousness, when I get burnt out, I turn to your page, I turn to SOT and other music related channels. listening to someone's passion for a band or a style of music helps me to check something new out, or reminds me of an old favorite I had forgotten about.

I think i was suffering from music burnout about 12 months ago. I either had to listen to new music or go back to find new old music. I decided to go back and listen to music i had missed over the years. What a wonderful experience this has been. Have found a few new artists and have found music i hsve missed.

I don’t get burnt out on listening to music, but sometimes I question buying new cds or vinyl. I still buy a couple every now and then and really love doing that, but there are those moments when I think that is there any reason to do that.

I sandblast in a booth for work, so I have earbuds in for 9 hours a day. I have an album or two in my playlist but I mostly listen to podcasts. Half of which are music based. So I have a note in my phone for bands or specific albums I listened to a RU-vid video about. I also take two cds off every shelf in my collection and separate them into stacks by book case (4-10 shelves per case and I have 6 book cases). I kinda use these as casual listening stacks so I don’t have to choose from the 2600 collection

Yes, I get burned out on music sometimes. Particularly if I'm sifting through a ton of artists I'm trying to get into and nothing is grabbing my ears.

Love these chats. Makes u think more deeply about how u feel about music. Would love to hear u both talk about gigs u have been to over the years and who u think are/were the best live acts.

I also keep new releases separate for a year so that I can go back and consume them properly. Some things inevitably get lost in the shuffle when you buy so much so this is a way to attempt to avoid that scenario. Burnout happens occasionally and I just dumb down and watch some TV for a bit until i realize how horrible it is then its back to my tunes!!

Enjoyed this series. Prices are up everywhere. Even thrift stores are raising prices on albums they think are rare or popular.

I want that little yellow submarine on the shelf!!!

Hi B&A: I do get burnout. I might buy odd and sundry music stuff when I feel a tad bored. For example, I recently bought a giant lot of 45s at a flea market for $15.00. It is a nice haul of different music styles. I have sorted the ones that I do not need and have cleaned the ones that I like (or will probably like). I am tediously working in my free time putting them on Discogs. While doing this task, I listen to random music in my collection. I am a captive attentive audience. When I am done with this task, I am going to reward myself by going to the record store. What started as boredom brought me back to rocker enthusiasm. Rock Always! - Heather

What I ensure I do now is be music free when I go on holiday (my music anyway)... its then a complete holiday from home / everyday life. When I'm back home after a couple of weeks away I'm really looking forward to listening again.

I pretty much lost all my cd collection when my house flooded in hurricane Florence and I had actually not bought a lot of CDs for a while so everything I had was pretty old which makes it suck even more. And I have questioned over and over again do I need to rebuy a lot of that stuff but I'm almost at a point now where I can't especially with the wife a 17 year old son and a 12-year-old daughter there is a lot of other things to buy. But the main thing is you can just pick up your phone and listen to anything you want to listen to even though there's something about having it in your possession. But I must say when I saw you going through all that guns and roses stuff the other day I was like God damn it would be nice to have some of that stuff because I do buy certain records just because I've got a plan for them one day to hopefully set up a big display on a wall somewhere and honestly anything I do get I don't even open anymore.

If I'm in the mood for a certain artist, I'll listen to that artist for as long as I want! If I lose interest, I'll move onto something else!

As I explore my music collection and learn more about different bands, I find myself spending a whole week listening to one group. For example, I just recently finished listening/watching music/video from the Genesis Box sets. I plan to listen to Alice Cooper's School's Out, Killer and Billion Dollar Babies cds and will listen to the live music from this collection. Like another comment, I will take note of recommended music that I have not ever listened to from Sea of Tranquility and yourself Brendon and take a listen! Thanks for your videos!

I listen to metal every day, maybe not entire album but at least a couple of songs a day so I don't get burnt out on it. I have other interests too... WWE, NFL and movies. 😃

If I ever get burnt out, I'll just go through the discography of my favorite band and kind of "reset" before jumping back into other bands.

I’m a playlist guy, I copied all of my music 80,000-100,000 songs. I am going through it song by song rating the songs and all the best songs are sorted into playlists. I do not do Spotify either. I love it! Even when I was a kid I would buy the 2 hour cassettes and copy playlists from my CDs.

When I get burned out I watch your channel. Another thing I do is listen to smooth jazz. It’s like meditation and cleanses the palette. It helps me relax. Jessy J albums are really good for this.

Never ever! I look forward to picking the CD's I'm going to listen to every day, and it's been that way for years. I can't imagine ever getting burnt out on music

This is an occasional problem. I jump genres quite often, so i can usually come up with something. Great topic, " its not as easy as you think" 😂.

I get burnt out on certain genres for sure. I can go from listening to slayer and other thrash/heavy metal for a few days, then soundgarden and alice in chains, then the cure and the chameleons or something the next. As long as i switch it up, music always flows through these ears.

That’s a good question to ask Brendan. With the dizzying amount of CDs that you buy every week how do you make time to listen to so many? I think you would get burned out and want to do something else besides listening to music for hours and hours. I like listening to music too. I have a big collection but too much Of anything can be overwhelming. I like to limit my time in front of my hi-fi just to a couple hours a day. 2 to 3 hours that I like to do something else like work on a project go for a walk watch a movie read a book.

I have eclectic tastes when it comes to music. I played in a metal band in San Diego for a decade - so I naturally gravitate to metal. But, when I get burnt out on a genre, then I'll switch. I'll wind up listening to R&B, maybe some blues, old school rap like Whodini or Kurtis Blow or UTFO, then maybe switch to old school pop like Hall & Oates, maybe new wave like Blondie. And after I've had my break from metal - then I'll hear something from a new metal band or something classic like Iron Maiden & I'm back on the metal bandwagon till I burn out again.

I have been through that myself lately. 2024 so far has been a great metal year... I got the new Bruce Dickinson, Saxon, Priest, The Rods and Blaze Bayley. I played all those non-stop from February to April. In May, I just got tired of metal. At first, I had a hard time digging through my collection. Nothing seemed fresh. I finally started to pick artists that I bought some years ago, but haven't listened to in a long time (Nick Lowe, Cracker, The Replacements, etc.) It seemed I needed jangle pop to cleanse my pallette. Sometimes it can be tough though to find that right thing. Sometimes you keep trying out old stuff, but nothing seems to hit the spot. When that happens, I typically go to classical or jazz. Something without lyrics. Doesn't always work, but mostly it does. I also try to delve into new music or artists that I haven't fully explored. As the years go on, this is also getting harder, but still works. I found some good stuff like Alvvays, Priests, Courtney Barrett, etc.

I worked in the recording industry. And my actual physical condition did not allow my spiritual love of music to be within that professional world as a career. I had at least 3 false heart attacks in my 20s. It's ultimately the hours of time you want to invest in the perfect sound. I worked in a few pro studios and built a couple of recording studio situations when it came to where I had to walk away or potentially have a full-blown moment of death. It was the greatest disappointment 😞 but I wasn't willing to compromise the sound and quality or artistry for my well-being. I will never tire of music on my own time. Long live Rock and Roll 🎸 🎙

like your Police t shirt have you pre ordered the new police synchronicity box set coming out in July I have the 6 cd box set

Yeah like you guys said, listen to a favorite artist of yours then see where the muse takes you to next. Start with (for example I/O by Peter Gabriel) that lead you toward certain Routes. I like starting out with my favorite a-ha album “Scoundrel Days” because that gets me into a direction. Maybe It’ll lead me down the yellow brick road to another artists. That’s my take on the situation. Until the next time.

A few years ago, I started this thing where I’d just randomly grab one of my CDs from the shelves and take it out to my car and listen to it from start to finish. My time is limited due to having a family with small kids and such so over the course of day, 3-4 days I will listen to an entire album and it’s helped me rediscover something that perhaps had been sitting on the shelf for literally years. I then track my albums that I’ve listened to from start to finish in my notes of my phone and it’s been fun to go back through the past few years since I started tracking them to see the variety of stuff I’ve listened to. The one downside is grabbing something that perhaps you’re not a big fan of and having to power through an entire album such as the case with the two Use Your Illusion albums for me. Some good songs on each but so much bad filler to have to suffer through.

They do it with films too. I see people post their collection of like Audition or American Psycho discs with 8 or 9 covers. I collect for the accual content personally but to each their own, I only need one copy of a film or cd.

I like to watch concert video's on RU-vid.

I Burn out on Specific genres . I take a Brake & revisit later . Then its Cool Again. The Only 2 Bands/Artist I Have NEVER gotten tired of is " The Grateful Dead & Frank Zappa" - But Those Acts Have HUGE Catalogues That Vary in Styles. So Its Easy To Not Burn Out.. But " Metal, Thrash, Classic rock, Blues, Americana, alternative, Heavy Psych, Doom metal, Stoner Rock, outlaw country, Jazz, World " All Genres I LOVE - But Have to Cycle to Keep From BURN-OUT... - I Burn Out Quicker on " SCREENS" ( TV, Internet, Cell Phones ) Last year I didn't turn my desktop on for 7 months..

When I don't know what to be Listning to I look up something that Pete Pardo at Sea Of Tranquility has said is good

When i get burn out from listening to my CD's daily, i just switch my focus on my movie collection & start watching them daily. Then when i get tired of movies....well y'know, back & forth.

A music fan never gets burned out!

I wanna see Anthony's personal collection. What's his grail records,CDs, tapes etc.

I have multiple hobbies. So when I feel like something is getting stagnant, I focus my attention towards something else for a short time.

I take CDs with me for my bike ride to work & some of the CDs I take are after watching RU-vid Like your show or Pete Pardo or even other Shows that talk maybe something I have in my collection that I haven't played in a while. Then there's the new ones that get a lot of play over & over. Now as for the new Lenny Kravits CD the 3 singles hit good & then to mor from the CD once I got it. I was hopping it was going to be Great but is only good like 3 out of 5 stars.

answer...By some people stupidity ....yes....almost every day....by music ? ....never...i got a clock in me that rings when I need music...just try to chose the right stuff to match with my mood.

I've experienced this many times, over the years.

Burn out ? Stairway to Heaven ? No. Heard a Page demo. Loved it !

No. I do get burnt out on a particular artist or band...So I just switch it up at that point.

Sometimes I walk up to my collection and haven’t got a clue what to play…so I usually listen to a few new releases and check out other artists on streaming. I only use streaming as a listening post however it will never ever replace my physical collection. I do spend a little too much time curating my collection than listening..but l enjoy that and it also gives me a break from over listening to Music.

To your point about the Van Halen "Remasters", I loved them, you can actually HEAR Michael Anthony on 5150 now, the mix is much more in line with the 78-84 album mixes. Was very glad to see that treatment, however it definitely is more of a remix and I can see how that would upset some.

Brendon you should check out Heaven and Hell Records, Divebomb Records and Stormspell Records for some Awesome rare & hard-to-find Hard Rock, Thrash & other Metal re-issues.

A good go to for me which hasn't changed in 20-plus years is Black label society. That's something I never get burnt out on

In the '80s, I got seriously burnt out. Played in a Top-40 cover band, still kept my day job..so, up at 6am get home at 4-5pm. Eat, rest, get to the club around 9:30pm, play 10pm until 2am. Repeat. We had a house band gig for a few months, Wed-Sat. Hard to keep our set list current. Imagine doing Madonna's "Holiday" for months. Takes a toll. I HATED MUSIC. Thankfully, I snapped out of it. Maybe 'cause what I listen to is not what I played in that band.

No, not burnt out, just frustrated that I don't have enough time to get through the CD's that I've bought recently. Only have the opportunity to listen to perhaps one album a night. Maybe two, if one album isn't that good.

i get burnt out a lot ever since i dipped my toes into the audiophile world, i struggle to just listen to music normally, i have to fiddle with all my equipment until the album sounds right, and that also stresses me out when i am overloaded from work related stress.

I have that Hawkwind box.Bought it new back in the day.I think it's so pricey is because it's on the Griffin label and I don't think they got the licensing.I have a Bowie cd on that label and it was recalled also

Yes i used to consider Guns N' Roses my second favorite band after Rush for many years. Now they have slipped, Beatles have taken their rightful place at 2nd and all is right in the world

I have a small collection and get frustrated sometimes... nothing looks appealing to listen to. I stream something I rarely listen to when it happens... like Tears for Fears or Pat Benatar and it snaps me out of it. Before you know it The Priest is at full volume again.

Do you watch movies/TV Shows? With over 12,000 CDs do think of watching stuff as an escape from music?

Discogs has a randomise feature I have as a widget on my phone.

great topic my friends. yeah i only own 1 variant of pearl jam- rsd dark matter version. what is anthony favorite mellencamp song or album. thanks mike from canada eh

I teanfer cds to my computer then tranfer them to an iPod . I listen to music on shuffle mode so it won't be predictable.

Pick up a music dvd or bluray and watch it. That’s what I do 🙂

Vinyl prices are so rediculous right now. I dont have a huge collection, maybe 350 vinyl, but I just got back into vinyl collecting a couple of years ago. Now I am thinking I may just have to sell what I have and go back to collecting cd's.

I forgot how many color variants the original Synchronicity vinyl album had, lol!

Never. I only get burnt out on constantly buying new music.

Use the random button in your Discogs

No 😊😊

I've always wondered....when Paul McCartney or Taylor Swift release a million variants of an album is that a brainchild from them or the label's marketing team?

Hey Brendon, on your video about the New Slash blues album you said that you didn't know about the band Dorothy... Have you checked them out yet? She's great (the singer).

I used to listen to lots of Metallica in the past, and now, whenever I hear a Metallica song, it makes me sick. But it is not Metallica's fault, it is my fault, I simply overdid it. I don't ever want to make that mistake again with any of my favorite bands...

Music in general? Sometimes the radio sucks so bad playing the same 30 songs over and over that I just prefer silence.

Every so often I do.

Have either of you heard the band Babymetal yet? Rob Halford and Bob Zombie both actually endorse that band. Who actually thought it would be a good idea to fuse heavy metal with annoying Japanese pop music? That's kind of like what you'd get if the Spice Girls had Priest or Maiden as their backing band. I can't warm up to that kind of metal.

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Too many bands that are too similar. That's why I like the ones I like. Although I'm into prog I get tired of many prog groups too because they follow the same template too often. Sometimes, when I find a new group with a twist I get reignited. Too many groups that just rehash the same old sound, too many rereleases that are too old playing on nostalgia. Just me I guess.

i never get burn't out on listening to music

Well obviously your mind is telling you it needs a break. So if you give it a break it will soon enough want to listen to music again. If you fight it by streaming or genre switch it may not really be helping and instead lead to more burnout and disinterest. Sometimes listening to the ambient sounds in the house and area where you live and your own thoughts is a good thing. So your brain might be telling you something.

Do you listen to rap and have any rap CDs?

8:22 mans using his big brain

There is no burn out with Motorhead

When a favorite band releases a new sub par album I usually boycott them for a while. Major letdown...

Why would it be hard to think of a random record guy? Make an inventory list of your albums and then make a freakin spin wheel dude. That could literally be a new video segment

Nope

Maybe there is burnout because of the obsession to get every single recording of a single song? To me, music is a relaxing or a positive outlet from reality. Sounds to me like your music burnout has more to do with music collecting than music listening.