Music and growing older... • Page 4

Picked up a pair of the Earasers. Excited to see how well they work.

Aaand they ruled.

 

This is the same as me. I'm turning 30 this month and going to shows is more of a time issue for me.

 

For the longest time (maybe until a year or two ago) I was always constantly searching for new, different bands allll the time. Since I lost my iPod and my laptop has been just really old and slow I've been a little disconnected. I still check things out from time to time but it's just kind of shameful, new music was something that always cheered me up when taking the train or bus ride to school. It really kept my mood up and my mind entertained for so long. I just feel disgusting atm. Especially since I've always wanted to be an A & R for most of my life (not that it'll ever happen), I'm just very disappointed in myself.

The one upside is things in my life are actually working out for once, surprisingly. Other than that, it's a bummer. I hardly go to shows anymore because my friends are old, lazy or broke and I can't find new ones that like the music I like. I used to go to shows alone but I just got sick of it, on top of that livenation service charges are through the roof and I can't always shlep to the venue to get the tickets. The 15 year old who starved himself to save his lunch money for shows and merch would be really mad at the current me right now.

 

Glad I found the old people thread. lol. Just turned 30 a couple of months ago. Maybe go to a show every 2-3 months now, which like everyone else said, is a pretty big decline while in my older teens and younger 20's. I definitely don't listen to as much music as I used to, but I still try to keep up.

 

I didn't read through the whole thread, but I just wanted to say that this is something that I think about a lot. Most of the older adults I know (think 40 and up) really have no interest in discovering new music, and that makes me sad.

 

My madre is a rare exception...she's introduced me and been actively listening to bands like Underoath, Moving Mountains, and Thrice for years now. Got lucky with her, a rare exception though. You're definitely right.

 

My parents love Coheed. I grin so hard when I visit and that's what they're jamming to.

 

I think your parents are great examples to live by. They sound pretty awesome. :)

 

I'm 52... no joke. I started listening to music really young (Beatles) and continued through the 70s and 80s, but then lost track for a bit in the late 90s. I rediscovered it again in 2006 and have been hitting shows and buying vinyl again ever since.

 

Turning 30 in a couple weeks (gahhhhhh). I go to maybe 1-2 shows per month? That's not very different than from when I was younger. I'll even still get there really early to be up front if it's one of my favorite bands. Living in the city makes all this a lot easier, though. Probably wouldn't be the case at all if I was living in the suburbs.

 

I feel like it's an old person thing to use PTO to go to shows. FUCK IT.

 

Working early in the morning helps with that. Only downside is you are really tired when you go in.

 

25 here. As far as the amount of shows I attend every year, it's been pretty consistent since I was 18 or so. Usually 10 or so a year. And as far as getting too old for shows, I can't see that happening. My dad used to take me along to shows from the time I was 10 years old and he still goes to quite a few himself. I don't see that being much different in my case. My dad is pretty much equal parts Deadhead and 80s Punk Rocker, which are two music scenes that tend to embrace their old heads.

 

I rarely attend shows cause I live far from the city. I'm like a 23 year old trapped in a 80 year old's body tho. I got tired of standing around when I was like 18. Best show was Rufus Wainwright where there were no openers to pretend to care about and it was seated. Show got out by 930pm, it was amazing. My dad is 43 and still attends metal and punk shows on the reg. I don't think it's that unusual

 

I may move to overnights soon so I can sleep- go to event-go to work

 

That doesn't sound too bad. I used to go to work at 7am and it was pretty great for going out the night before.

 

Just turned 33 in March. The only shows I go to anymore are either bands that don't come to my area often, or I travel to "specialty shows" if you will. Just went to Philly to see Less Than Jake play Hello Rockview. Other than that, I go to Fest in Florida every year and that seems to be enough for me. Shows aren't as fun as they used to be when I was growing up for some reason. Plus, not many of my friends listen to the same music as I do, girlfriend included, which kind of takes the fun out of it.

 

pretty much. I'm taking 3 days off in May to see all of the PVRIS shows in Texas and that's basically what I said when justifying my reasons to do so to myself..."fuck it, just do it"

 

YES! my girlfriend and I (I'm a teacher and she's a senior in college) just drove from KY to Arizona to see Limbeck a few weeks ago and it was one of the best experiences of my life. you've gotta follow your heart when it comes to things like that.

 

I will only have 5 days left between June 1 and Dec 31. OOPS. Oh well. WORTH IT.

My employer does not let us carry it over so I'm gonna use it.

 

Mine will probably end up being unpaid time off since I've only been there since November but I really could care less. I'm not going to let an 8-5 stop me from being adventurous and doing things I want. Life is too short to let work consume us especially when it's not something you are passionate about

 

I don't go to shows as much anymore. Not anywhere near as interested as I was two years ago, but that coincided with my increasing disinterest in music in general.

 

I mean, I've only been to a dozen or shows in my life, but is it reasonable to say the age of the audience is often reflected in the ages of the performers? Aside from the maybe stuff like mainstream pop and hip-hop which have a lot of age diversity at shows. At the Disclosure show everyone was mostly early 20's, late teens from what I could tell. But often times if I go to see a band I loved growing up in the 90's, or a band from the 80's I like you'll see more post-30 audience members. When I saw Sigur Ros, Massive Attack and MBV everyone seemed to mostly around late 20's- late 30's.

 

This is funny because my local scene seems to be filled with mostly teenage girls. I hardly go to local shows anymore because most of the bands are young and shitty but the crowd is usually pretty annoying as well

 

I have found that, at 27, I go to less shows then when I was 16-25. I still go to them (for instance, Dir en grey back in November, and Armor for Sleep in December on their ten year anniversary tour for What to Do When You Are Dead) but it's not constantly like when I was younger. It makes me sad, but school/work consume so much time. I have also found I've outgrown a lot of shows I used to love to go to. I saw Mayday Parade a few years back, and almost everyone was in their teens. I just don't feel like being crushed in a crowd of screeching teenage girls.

A big shift happened when I moved from NY to NC. I actually saw a fair amount of shows when I was down there, but my access to them changed dramatically since I now had to drive 1-2+ hours to shows, instead of hopping the LIRR to go into the city, or catching a venue near me. So I suppose since I moved back to NY, I have had some catching up to do. Luckily I am easing back into it, but school/work still suck up most of my time.

Ah, responsibilities.