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As teenagers used to record mixtapes of music we likes to people we liked/love. Nowadays people just tag other on social medias or send links in private message

As teenagers used to record mixtapes of music we likes to people we liked/love. Nowadays people just tag other on social medias or send links in private messages. I wonder if some still take the time to curate / prepare special things the same way we did.

01HNNWZ0MV43FF 3y ago
For some recent holiday I had my girlfriend burn me a CD of an album I liked. (Legally bought DRM-free) I'd make her a mix CD, but there isn't much music we've listened to together. In fact, when I talk to anyone about music, the result is often a mutual "Hm, never heard of them" followed by non-interest. Music discovery is done independently and I don't usually want to get into other people's bands. I guess it used to be more social. I'm a late millennial, almost Gen Z. For me music is personal and not social. I listen to a lot of video game soundtracks.
- digging 3y ago
  This reflects a lot of my experience. Music has become more and more personal over the years. I have one friend whom I introduced to a lot of music and we used to share often (links to songs etc). Over time, that friend began having their own vast personal world of music and we rarely share anymore. One of my favorite things to do with music is to create a curated playlist and imagine sharing it. Sometimes I actually will share it with that friend or my partner, and that's been well received at times, as a rule it usually feels like asking anyone else to listen to something I like is just burdening/boring them. Possibly worse, when you actually do connect with someone new about shared music taste... suddenly you open the floodgates and actually there's way too much music out there in your individual spheres so that sharing becomes exhausting.
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foobarian 3y ago
Kids these days seem to screenrecord youtube videos, and then stitch them together in iMovie/cabcut/other.
ljf 3y ago
Not a teenager here - but I still make Spotify playlists for my friends, and I come across shared/curated playlists that people post all the time. Pre-spotify I used to make youtube playlists of music I loved - so pretty sure teenagers are doing the same now.

01HNNWZ0MV43FF 3y ago

For some recent holiday I had my girlfriend burn me a CD of an album I liked. (Legally bought DRM-free) I'd make her a mix CD, but there isn't much music we've listened to together. In fact, when I talk to anyone about music, the result is often a mutual "Hm, never heard of them" followed by non-interest. Music discovery is done independently and I don't usually want to get into other people's bands. I guess it used to be more social. I'm a late millennial, almost Gen Z. For me music is personal and not social. I listen to a lot of video game soundtracks.

digging 3y ago
This reflects a lot of my experience. Music has become more and more personal over the years. I have one friend whom I introduced to a lot of music and we used to share often (links to songs etc). Over time, that friend began having their own vast personal world of music and we rarely share anymore. One of my favorite things to do with music is to create a curated playlist and imagine sharing it. Sometimes I actually will share it with that friend or my partner, and that's been well received at times, as a rule it usually feels like asking anyone else to listen to something I like is just burdening/boring them. Possibly worse, when you actually do connect with someone new about shared music taste... suddenly you open the floodgates and actually there's way too much music out there in your individual spheres so that sharing becomes exhausting.

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foobarian 3y ago

Kids these days seem to screenrecord youtube videos, and then stitch them together in iMovie/cabcut/other.

ljf 3y ago

Not a teenager here - but I still make Spotify playlists for my friends, and I come across shared/curated playlists that people post all the time. Pre-spotify I used to make youtube playlists of music I loved - so pretty sure teenagers are doing the same now.