# WTF is this
Historically, I did not listen to a lot of music. My tastes were note wide, and most of them were directly inherited from my mom. (Not that there's anything wrong with my mom's musical tastes.)
I also often found music _difficult_ to listen to. Unfamiliar music was grating to my brain, and often music with emotional connotations for me was tough to process even if I enjoyed it a lot.
A few years ago, something shifted in my brain, and I found myself really struggling to read novels (for which I had previously always had a voracious appetite) but much more at ease with new music. Since then I've been working on expanding my awareness of music and trying to develop a sense of what I like now.
Since I didn't already have -- and still do not have -- either a well-defined taste in music or much knowledge about it, this is in some ways a challenging process.
One of the ways I accelerated the process was by getting a bunch of twitter mutuals to recommend me whatever they liked. ([`#inflictnick`](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23inflictnick&))
# New Music Listening Notes
New or new-to-me things I'm listening to each month:
- [[2021-01]]
- [[2021-02]]
- [[2021-03]]
- [[2021-04]]
- [[2021-05]]
- [[2021-06]]
- [[2021-07]]
- [[2021-08]]
- [[2021-09]]
- [[2021-10]]
- [[2021-11]]
- [[2021-12]]
- [[2022-01]]
- [[2022-02]]
- [[2022-03]]
- [[2022-04]]
- [[2022-05]]
- [[2022-10]]
- [[2022-11]]
- [[2022-12]]
# Annual Lists of Albums I Liked
- [[2018 Album List]]
- [[2019 Album List]]
- [[2020 Album List]]
- [[2021 Album List]]
# Bandcamp Recommendations
- [[2021 Bandcamp Recommendations]]
# What's on my DAP
("Digital Audio Player")
- [[DAP Contents]]
# Inflict Nick Playlist
- [[InflictNick]]
# Live Shows
- [[Live Shows]]
#list