| I don't think this is something you can force, it just happens when you enjoy music, and a range of music. A couple tips from me though: 1) Use Spotify, and the personal generated playlists that expand out (ie Discover Weekly, and Release Radar), avoid the ones that just play what you listen to a lot, it just reinforces a limited set of songs/albums/artists. And use the 'Fans also like' section of artists. Spotify's recommendations tend to really impress me, especially niche stuff 2) Never prejudge music. I used to do this, and since I grew up and stopped, my music taste has expanded in every direction. Own the embarrassing stuff, it's music for your enjoyment 3) Give everything a chance. Listened to something which was too experimental/loud/ambient/whatever? Come back to it later, some genres and even albums are growers, so never discount anything quickly. 4) There's no bad music. There is music you may not like, there's music which may be poorly produced/poor musicianship/etc, but music is about more than the sum of it's parts __Edit__ Nearly forgot the most important IMO. 5) Songs are (for the most part) designed to sit in their place as a chapter in an album. They typically make more sense in the context of the other songs, so try and listen to full albums rather than songs or playlists. And make sure to turn off shuffle! |