self experiment

[Otto]

Dear friends,
today I would like to share my experience with you and encourage you to follow.

In 2016, I started with a self experiment.
I started listening to "new" music only.

I thought that it can not be that you can not look forward to new hit releases at my age.
In the beginning, these new songs were just noise and it took many months to get used to it.

During that time I also mixed songs - to connect the familiar with the new - like Sympathy For The Devil around Card B's I like it.
Now, 3 years later, I have to say that this experiment was 100% successful.

I'm looking forward to the "The Hot 100" every week.
https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100

With the help of contemporary music you get access to youth, fashion, new art, litarature, lifestyle, software, etc.

best regards
Otto

[dtussman]

I like CardiB but one has to think, in 50 years will anyone remember the music of this time like the music of the 60's is remembered now? I doubt it.

[TimStone]

I have 15 grandchildren, with whom we spend a lot of time. As a result, I am exposed to a wide range of music. I have Sirius in the cars and you can select from 50/60's, classical, country, and contemporary. Of course, our favorite source are Broadway Musicals. We have seasons tickets to the touring shows and look forward to them. We see about 10-12 per year, and play the soundtracks constantly.

Another area we have enjoyed is dance. We watch a program called "So You Think You Can Dance". What I love is how someone who has only done street dance, or hip hop, enters into the competition, and they master a wide range of dance styles ( even Bollywood ). It shows that hard work and a passion for expressing oneself through the arts can really yield wonderful results.

Thanks for sharing this. BTW, back in the 80s when I went to developers conferences, many of the programmers were also musicians, and the always had jam sessions that we all loved.

[Otto]

Hello,
a few weeks ago a study was published here:
Hand on heart: Do you often find yourself listening to the same songs, albums and bands over and over again? Do not worry, you are not alone. A study by the music streaming service Deezer shows that at a certain age we stop discovering new music.
On average, Germans reach the peak of their musical interest at the age of 27, the musical standstill occurs only at 31 years. In Brazil, most reached the musical climax at the age of 22 years, from 23 years and two months, they discover little new music. The remaining countries are in a midfield between Brazil and Germany.
France: The musical climax is reached at 26 years and four months, the standstill occurs at 27 years and three months.
Great Britain: The musical climax is reached at the age of 24 years and five months, the standstill occurs at 30 years and six months.
USA: The musical climax is reached at 24 years and six months, the standstill occurs at 29 years and ten months.

Best regards
Otto

[Antonio Linares]

I have been using Spotify for years as it learns from your preferences so it constantly offers you new music according to what you like

[Otto]

Dear Antonio,
that's exactly the point.
At a certain age we stop discovering, The System offers you new music according to what you like. And you just like what you know.

The self-experiment I did is really dangerous.
After a while you will not like the usual music anymore and the new one will not touch you yet.
In this time you are homeless.

But as soon as you know 80% of the songs from billboard Top 100 after a few bars and also the interpreters, then you have arrived.
Then you have fun again as a teenager.


Kind regards
Otto

[Antonio Linares]

Why don't you do the same with programming languages ?

Sort of a Buda state with no preferences at all... Enjoying everything...

I better take the balanced way: Discover the new and remain loyal to yourself

[ukoenig]

Hello Otto,

Two years ago I started a project :

searching :

1. songs that reached at least the top 10
2. well known from young to old ( evergreens )
3. only pop for easy listening

I started from 1950
A list of the international interpreters
http://www.pflegeplus.com/IMAGES/Interpreters.doc

regards
Uwe

[Otto]

Dear Antonio,
with programming languages this is not necessary as Fivewin is always ahead of the others.
Fivewin is always the first supporting new tecnologies and trendsetting (KISS).
Only to mention some: real windows programs in DOS times, speed!, MDI windows, pocketPC support, ribbonbar, cross compiler, WINDOWS 7 support, multi plattform, database connection to any database, first supporting Metro style, OOP, own classes, source code provided, support of AI (AI classes), monthly updates! and much, much more.

I forgot - as we all use it every day - Harbour. Only your open mind and vision made this possible.

Best regards
Otto

[frose]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=q3nPJSrVeLE

[Otto]

New ABBA music from Sweden
Thank you for the link and best regards,
Otto

[nageswaragunupudi]

Dear Mr. Otto

Wish you a Very Happy Birthday

[Otto]

Hello,
today I was lucky and got 2 tickets for the Capital's Summertime Ball 2019 a Wembley Stadium.
Line up:
Mark Ronson, 5 Seconds Of Summer, Ellie Goulding, Khalid, Jonas Brothers, Halsey, Maroon 5, Jess Glynne, Lauv, Ava Max, Jonas Blue, Mabel, Anne-Marie, Sigala, Sigrid, Tom Walker, Jax Jones, Rita Ora, Calvin Harris
I am looking forward
best regards
Otto