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What I'm struggling with is the opposite of FOMO. It used to be, if you liked a particular type of music (e.g. New Wave in the 80's) you stood a chance of heari

What I'm struggling with is the opposite of FOMO. It used to be, if you liked a particular type of music (e.g. New Wave in the 80's) you stood a chance of hearing a significant percentage of what was available out there. With the advent of things like Youtube and Garage Band, MOST of a niche music type will be made by people, who won't be well compensated for it, and you'll never get the chance to hear it...because there are so many people making so much stuff.

lotsofpulp 7y ago
You’d rather choose to hear most of a small amount than some of a larger amount? The compensation was never there to begin with for non popular artists, only difference is now they can distribute it.
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- Damogran6 7y ago
  It's not that, there was this huge communal experience that's, well, probably not gone, but significantly changed. I used to joke that old people listened to classic rock and it was all the same 7 bands from that late 60's early 70's...all the while not realizing I was forming the same tastes with the 80's...but I still consume new stuff...heck, I have access to 90% of everything ever recorded, but it's the fraction of that that I'll never have full mastery of. It lets me sample Zepplin and Beatles and Bowie, and also Earl (Tongue Tied) and K/DA, and Pomplamoose and I'm not scratching a half a percent of the music that's out now.
zwieback 7y ago
Exactly - FOMO and JOMO are two poles. The hard thing is to be satisfied with the selection you make out of the vast offerings.
KozmoNau7 7y ago
That's another kind of FOMO. I'm at a festival right now, which is focused on a particular niche (death metal), and structured so it's possible to see every single band and still have time for beer and food. I am consciously choosing to miss out on some of the bands, because I only have so much capacity to take in new bands at a time. Don't worry, just enjoy the stuff you like.

lotsofpulp 7y ago

You’d rather choose to hear most of a small amount than some of a larger amount? The compensation was never there to begin with for non popular artists, only difference is now they can distribute it.

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Damogran6 7y ago
It's not that, there was this huge communal experience that's, well, probably not gone, but significantly changed. I used to joke that old people listened to classic rock and it was all the same 7 bands from that late 60's early 70's...all the while not realizing I was forming the same tastes with the 80's...but I still consume new stuff...heck, I have access to 90% of everything ever recorded, but it's the fraction of that that I'll never have full mastery of. It lets me sample Zepplin and Beatles and Bowie, and also Earl (Tongue Tied) and K/DA, and Pomplamoose and I'm not scratching a half a percent of the music that's out now.

zwieback 7y ago

Exactly - FOMO and JOMO are two poles. The hard thing is to be satisfied with the selection you make out of the vast offerings.

KozmoNau7 7y ago

That's another kind of FOMO. I'm at a festival right now, which is focused on a particular niche (death metal), and structured so it's possible to see every single band and still have time for beer and food. I am consciously choosing to miss out on some of the bands, because I only have so much capacity to take in new bands at a time. Don't worry, just enjoy the stuff you like.