I'm trying to learn to listen more consciously to albums and not just individual songs that get recommended by the Spotify algorithm. Unfortunately, I'm at a point where I struggle with appreciating good music as I'm mainly used to just use it as background noise.

Can anyone recommend good channels that dive deeper into songs and talk about the individual instruments? I'm also interested in artist showcases that explain what it took to create the song, their inspiration and reasoning behind it.

I think I just want to be able to appreciate music more and be able to understand whats going on.

My favorite genres are Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, and Rock and Roll type of things.

I've been watching a bunch of
https://www.youtube.com/@DrumeoOfficial
https://www.youtube.com/@MusoraOfficial
and found it really interesting.

Any input is greatly appreciated :)

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[–] SolarPunker@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Stop using spotify/streaming for enjoy music (you can use it for discovering) and download/rip FLACs instead. Start your album collection by your favorites and find good albums using albumoftheyear.org and asking to audiophiles (like me!) for album suggestion, also Wikipedia.

3 essentials:

Chuck Berry (1957) After School Sessions (rock & roll)
Led Zeppelin (1969) Led Zeppelin (hard rock)
Black Sabbath (1970) Black Sabbath (metal)

Also learning to play an instrument and watching musicians play live can help you.