How do you pick what you will listen to each day?

manny wrote:

This week at my house Iron Maiden has playing alot on rotation, inspired by the kick ass show, sadly Black Tide did not inspire me enough to revisit the only disc I have by them.

Black Tide sucked big time!!!!!! I wanted to yank those things out of his ear lobes!!!!!

thejokeriv wrote:

manny wrote:

This week at my house Iron Maiden has playing alot on rotation, inspired by the kick ass show, sadly Black Tide did not inspire me enough to revisit the only disc I have by them.

Black Tide sucked big time!!!!!! I wanted to yank those things out of his ear lobes!!!!!

I didn't hate them as much as you did but they should have opened for My Chemical Romance, Nickleback or some other modern rock band and not a classic metal band like Iron Maiden, also the drummer was horrible!

manny wrote:

thejokeriv wrote:

manny wrote:

This week at my house Iron Maiden has playing alot on rotation, inspired by the kick ass show, sadly Black Tide did not inspire me enough to revisit the only disc I have by them.

Black Tide sucked big time!!!!!! I wanted to yank those things out of his ear lobes!!!!!

I didn't hate them as much as you did but they should have opened for My Chemical Romance, Nickleback or some other modern rock band and not a classic metal band like Iron Maiden, also the drummer was horrible!

Is this the new direction that they have been talking about that they've gone in?

scottmitchell74 wrote:

It's not as bad as it reads. Now that I've set it up, it's a breeze and fun.

I'm intrigued by your system. Although I've read through it 3 times now and I still don't know how it works. Still interesting though.

chewie wrote:

manny wrote:

thejokeriv wrote:

manny wrote:

This week at my house Iron Maiden has playing alot on rotation, inspired by the kick ass show, sadly Black Tide did not inspire me enough to revisit the only disc I have by them.

Black Tide sucked big time!!!!!! I wanted to yank those things out of his ear lobes!!!!!

I didn't hate them as much as you did but they should have opened for My Chemical Romance, Nickleback or some other modern rock band and not a classic metal band like Iron Maiden, also the drummer was horrible!

Is this the new direction that they have been talking about that they've gone in?

Must be. Their debut was a good traditional sounding metal album. By most accounts, they've changed directions to a more Avenged Sevenfold style.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

chewie wrote:

manny wrote:

thejokeriv wrote:

manny wrote:

This week at my house Iron Maiden has playing alot on rotation, inspired by the kick ass show, sadly Black Tide did not inspire me enough to revisit the only disc I have by them.

Black Tide sucked big time!!!!!! I wanted to yank those things out of his ear lobes!!!!!

I didn't hate them as much as you did but they should have opened for My Chemical Romance, Nickleback or some other modern rock band and not a classic metal band like Iron Maiden, also the drummer was horrible!

Is this the new direction that they have been talking about that they've gone in?

Must be. Their debut was a good traditional sounding metal album. By most accounts, they've changed directions to a more Avenged Sevenfold style.

Sounded like boring emo hard rock to me, far from Metal. They opened with Hit The Lights and totally butchered it. At the Ft Lauderdale show, the singer tried to get the crowd to do the "wall of death" and split down the middle. Yeah, that is going to work with the Iron Maiden fan club member who won First To The Barrier and had their spot on the rail (including me). Some of them (not me) flicked off the singer when he did that. They tried to act all bad a$$ and it didn't work out too well for them. They threw pics into the crowd and they the crowd threw them back - lol!!!!!!! They tried handing out free CD's to the folks at the barrier and no one would take them!!!! They ended up throwing them into the crowd...

At the Tampa show, they cut the antics and didn't try the wall of death... They all must have been thinking "o sh*t" when they saw the same people from the fan club up front again - lol!!!!!

chewie wrote:

manny wrote:

thejokeriv wrote:

manny wrote:

This week at my house Iron Maiden has playing alot on rotation, inspired by the kick ass show, sadly Black Tide did not inspire me enough to revisit the only disc I have by them.

Black Tide sucked big time!!!!!! I wanted to yank those things out of his ear lobes!!!!!

I didn't hate them as much as you did but they should have opened for My Chemical Romance, Nickleback or some other modern rock band and not a classic metal band like Iron Maiden, also the drummer was horrible!

Is this the new direction that they have been talking about that they've gone in?

Yes they went a new more modern rock direction, they opened with their cover of Metallica's Hit the Lights and closed the show with Warriors of Time which were two bright spots in their set, but the rest of the set was your standard radio fodder.

If I have anything new, I rip it to my laptop and then burn it onto a disc and it goes out to the car with me and the other 150 or so discs out there. I have made comps of stuff I like and then the new albums. When I've had enough of those, they get pulled and new stuff goes in. My daily commute is about 100 miles so I have lots of time to listen. Also, my girlfriend lives 5 hours away from me so I listen to discs the entire way to her place.

I mostly choose music based on mood. I usually listen to a disc over and over and then get tired of it and set it aside. I try to give each new album a number of listens before I send it back to the racks. Also, I put most of the stuff on my Ipod for listening around the house. The Ipod is hooked up to my Bose speakers.

Well for me it's quite simple it is basically new stuff I've ordered which is quite abit.

Wargod52

Every morning I just stop for a minute and search my cd collection for 2-3 cds that sound good for the day. Those are what I listen to in my car, but at home I just randomly choose whatever appeals at the moment. But whenever I have a new cd, I generally choose that one.

mood

manny wrote:

chewie wrote:

manny wrote:

thejokeriv wrote:

manny wrote:

This week at my house Iron Maiden has playing alot on rotation, inspired by the kick ass show, sadly Black Tide did not inspire me enough to revisit the only disc I have by them.

Black Tide sucked big time!!!!!! I wanted to yank those things out of his ear lobes!!!!!

I didn't hate them as much as you did but they should have opened for My Chemical Romance, Nickleback or some other modern rock band and not a classic metal band like Iron Maiden, also the drummer was horrible!

Is this the new direction that they have been talking about that they've gone in?

Yes they went a new more modern rock direction, they opened with their cover of Metallica's Hit the Lights and closed the show with Warriors of Time which were two bright spots in their set, but the rest of the set was your standard radio fodder.

Bummer! They seemed promising............

I generally go with a particular genre for the day, whether it be power, thrash, death, prog, or whatever. I will then choose CD's from the rack and hit the road. I drive anywhere from 100 to 300 miles a day at work so I have plenty of time to listen. My work truck has both a CD player and an MP3 jack so I can either take CD's or use a memory card in my smartphone.

Random. When I set my playlists for the next day I either pick my newer additions and albums that I haven't listened to in a while. Occasionally I'll throw in some favorites. However, sometimes, like today, I will listen to stuff I am most familiar with (so I can sing along) when the mood arises. I tend to stick to the heavier and or more upbeat music at work as to keep up my energy. For instance, I like goth metal but it tends to suck out my energy when I'm trying to hustle.

manny wrote:

chewie wrote:

manny wrote:

thejokeriv wrote:

manny wrote:

This week at my house Iron Maiden has playing alot on rotation, inspired by the kick ass show, sadly Black Tide did not inspire me enough to revisit the only disc I have by them.

Black Tide sucked big time!!!!!! I wanted to yank those things out of his ear lobes!!!!!

I didn't hate them as much as you did but they should have opened for My Chemical Romance, Nickleback or some other modern rock band and not a classic metal band like Iron Maiden, also the drummer was horrible!

Is this the new direction that they have been talking about that they've gone in?

Yes they went a new more modern rock direction, they opened with their cover of Metallica's Hit the Lights and closed the show with Warriors of Time which were two bright spots in their set, but the rest of the set was your standard radio fodder.

I will say that they were better at the Tampa show than the FLL show

Random - I never know what I want to listen to until I put the headphones on or play it on the stereo.

Its pretty random but its usually almost always centered around an entire bands discography, than ill move to another band and than do the same thing. Ive talked about this before I think, but I actually pick the music I jam sometimes based off the band shirt I pull out to wear at the beginning of the week...so like if I pull out a a black flag shirt sunday morning good chance ill be listening to everything black flag til next sunday.

Stender wrote:

...so like if I pull out a a black flag shirt sunday morning good chance ill be listening to everything black flag til next sunday.

So you wear the same Black Flag shirt all week long too? Ewww. Crusty.

My Creative Zen has the majority of my collection on it. I can pretty much listen to whatever depending on my mood. My newest Cds sometimes fall by the wayside if I'm to lazy to rip them on my computer, and then load them on my Zen.

Just whatever mood I'm in. It's that simple.

While commuting I tend to listen to new purchases. When I get to work I have four small Ipods loaded by genre, and which one I pick depends on my mood. I listen to some more than others at certain times of year. The Ipods are set up as my own personal radio stations I guess. I let them play randomly. I'm the program director and the Ipod is the deeJay. Here are the contents of each Pod.
1. Acid Rock, Psych & Hard Rock ('67-73)
2. Lost Classic Rock late 70's (stuff rarely if ever heard on the actual radio)
3. Melodic Rock & Prog from the 70's & 80's
4. Hard Rock & retro from the 90's & 00's

they each have from 1000 to 1500 songs programmed.

James B. wrote:

mood

Same here

Pretty random here also. I just recently startet to take my mp3-player to work, and discovered that I can pretty much listen through everything on it during a work day (yeah, I've got an old one that only holds 1GB). At first I loaded it with random songs, but now I put in full albums to listen through instead. What I pick is just stuff I feel like listening to. At home I moslty listen to music on my computer, and there I listen to CD's I am writing about for my website, or new CD's I just bought.

It depends. If I'm in the mood for vinyl, I'll choose about 10 or so LP's and try to hear 'em in the next few days. If I buy new vinyl, then I'll make a mental note to play them very soon.
If I buy a new cd or two, I'll play 'em in the car and those usually last a couple days worth of driving.
At work I listen to my MP3 players and I try to listen to music I dont know very well but want to know better. Or I'll go on a major kick with a certain band and try to hear as much of their catalog I can, including live albums and a handful of boots. Then I'll be tired of that band for a short while.

Or I'll be on some forum or message board (like this one) and certain discussions will get me to dive into a band. For example, the other day I was goofin' around and went to Ult's No Life 'Til Metal CD Gallery (shameless plug...) and was reading about Metallica and next thing I knew I was off on a Metallica kick for about a week.

I usually put on my iPod then listen to newer albums first.
Or if I read a review or something someone posts in here I might go grab it off the shelf.