I think the deep inspection of an artist or album still happens as you suggest, it's just over a more condensed time frame. I'd have a single CD sit in my ster

I think the deep inspection of an artist or album still happens as you suggest, it's just over a more condensed time frame. I'd have a single CD sit in my stereo for months when I was a teen and I'd listen to it over and over, but only when I was home. Now that I take my whole music collection and an internet connection with me wherever I go, I find I'll rinse out a new interesting artist while at work/home/commuting for a few days or weeks, depending on the amount of music they've published, buy a few of their best tracks, and then they graduate to my collection to be revisited occasionally. In effect they get as much airtime as when I played a CD repeatedly, just over a shorter span of days thanks to how portable and accessible music has become. Music is so accessible I can even explore a sizeable chunk of an interesting sub-genre on Soundcloud over a period of days. I'm truly spoiled.