smoothcriminal12 said:

This is so alien to me. I could never even comprehend life without music.

Ditto. My whole life has been about music, so this is foreign to me, it's like I'm losing steam in mine.

And yeah 'nil' was a figure of speech, I still like it, but I don't lose myself in it like before and it sucks. This applies to old music too, and it doesn't mean I have bad taste, my collection of 70's, 80's and 90's is big.

I loved coming here when I joined and though I knew tons already, I would discover more here too. I have explored other genres too, I once got 'tired of rap' but I like it again though selectively. I used to have musical hobbies that including singing, dancing and writing but have slowed down a great deal and feel uninspired and dried up now...and not that it's old, but I'll be 30 next year.

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smoothcriminal12 said:

Dren5 said:

I think you misunderstood? It's not about being tired of music. It's about not being excited about the stuff that's currently coming out.

And with the severe decline in quality of most genres over the years, honestly I can see why so many of us feel that way. Most music now is shit and not really worth getting excited over, and that's just the truth.

She said that the rush music used to gave her is nil, so my statement still stands.

Not really, because she didn't say she had a thing against music, period. She said she can't get enthusiastic about the stuff that's out now, which is a different thing entirely from saying you just don't like music or have lost love for music, in general.

And with all the junk that's being passed off as 'music' these days, that's totally understandable. And I don't think it necessarily means someone is a sour-sport or is getting 'old'. It means they just pay attention and aren't tone-deaf.

If you read chart lists of the stuff that was most played and most popular on radio decades ago, then go and listen to it, then sit down and do the same for the last 20 years, you'll see something is very wrong. Even the throwaway pop from decades ago is head and shoulders above the best pop coming out now, in instrumentation, lyrics, vocals, the whole nine.

It's like being used to eating steak and then suddenly you start getting a plate full of cow poo dumped in front of you. Everyone else is dumb enough to gobble it up but if you aren't stupid as hell, you clearly know the difference between the good meat you were getting before and the utter shit you're getting fed now - even if everyone else around you is making fun of you for being astute enough to know the difference between the two when they don't.

^ actually, I've been saying "today's music sucks" for about 10 years now. I feel it even more now than back then about today's music, though at the same time, I do like some of it and am selective with it. When I was talking about the rush, I meant overall spanning from the 60's to now. You got the first part of your post kinda right though, I think I'm just really drained and the peak of excitement I ever felt is passing with time and makes me sad though I never asked for it.

And UGH he made me cry again....

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Felt fine at time when I put on the "oldies" station in the car today.

Has anyone else felt all this when in a deep depression or having some kind of creative block or lack of inspiration?

When you feel that way it is best to step back and give the music a rest for a while. The passion for music reappears but sometimes it is best to put it on the backburner for a moment and do something else.

purplethunder3121 said:

When you feel that way it is best to step back and give the music a rest for a while. The passion for music reappears but sometimes it is best to put it on the backburner for a moment and do something else.

Yeah I've come to accept the sad truth, that's why I watch sitcoms now that didn't interest me before at all and I couldn't sit through after 30 seconds.

I also think that when I was at my saddest, I turned to music for comfort, but sad and angry songs brought it out of me, and happy ones were no longer making me feel that way either, how could I be? And I used to think and extremes and think I will make something out of myself from it and now I can't, I was never really disciplined enough to do it and when I did, I could have done better and maybe I needed to back away, but every time I get miserable with how awful I am with other things and paying bills, I can't turn to it either.

alphastreet said:

purplethunder3121 said:

When you feel that way it is best to step back and give the music a rest for a while. The passion for music reappears but sometimes it is best to put it on the backburner for a moment and do something else.

Yeah I've come to accept the sad truth, that's why I watch sitcoms now that didn't interest me before at all and I couldn't sit through after 30 seconds.

I also think that when I was at my saddest, I turned to music for comfort, but sad and angry songs brought it out of me, and happy ones were no longer making me feel that way either, how could I be? And I used to think and extremes and think I will make something out of myself from it and now I can't, I was never really disciplined enough to do it and when I did, I could have done better and maybe I needed to back away, but every time I get miserable with how awful I am with other things and paying bills, I can't turn to it either.

Sounds like it's more to do with your general state of mind than anything.

What is it you were hoping to achieve that you now feel like you can't? Perhaps you're putting limitations on yourself unnecessarily.

I think I've peaked already, cause whatever I used to do, I can't anymore. I've tried it more than once and it's gone. I tried performing again and I can't feel excitement at all, even if it's to favourite music, my stage fright is bad. I used to base my worth on being good at music when I was, but it's like it left me somewhat. Even if I get excited over others time to time, the level is not the same.

I'm afraid that a lot of us avoid admitting that with age comes change. As we get older, we simply aren't interested in the same things that we into when we were younger. The interest may still be there, but it's not always as strong. Age does that to ya! I recently turned 40 and there are several things that I was highly interested in when I was in my 30's that just don't excite me now that I'm 40.

alphastreet said:

I will always love it, but the rush it gives me or I'm capable of getting is nil right now. I've been to concerts, I've collected like crazy, I have musical hobbies though I've gotten lazy with them, but I really feel dead and like something is missing and can try to accept that it is what it is for now, and maybe someday it'll come back. I find myself more into shows that make me laugh now, and I was the total opposite before, having too much of a low attention span to watch sitcoms. Even artists I like, though I will still put them on don't excite me like before. Sure Prince does and I'm so glad I finally saw him last year, but I feel like everyone I needed to see, for the most part, I have. I know there will be more performers, but I don't care right now. Kind of contradicting my thread here, but I can relate to Gold kinda.

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I think because your limitations are with mainstream you feel this way or am I wrong? You got to dig a little bit deeper than that. There is plenty of music to still get excited about. I love music and could never get tired of it... music is my life.

Wow I found some old similar threads and about wanting to back away from my rush three years ago. In comparison I have calmed down more than I give myself credit for, and realized Prince is giving me a thrill right now. I was really acting nuts and out of character and irration, getting mad at all the wrong people. I'm glad you guys could overlook my shortcomings and mistakes, I think and understand who I am.

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Rediscovered some Prince music I couldn't get into when I first heard it, it's coming back! Controversy, Parade and Sign O The Times! I only liked the singles before, but not just those anymore!