How often do you get "burnt out" on music?

No =P Besides, a musician's efforts aren't wasted just because *I* don't like their music. but I'll usually reject signs of nostalgia or safe-ness in an album because they have a sickening quality - something silence seldom has.

and when I find an album worthy of being a favourite, I romanticise it. That, at least, isn't de-sensitization. =)

i never stop hearing music, whether i realize it or not. even in my head when nothing is on.

however, (minus the last 2 weeks) this last month and a half i barely put music on. the only reason i heard music was because my friends would throw some on. i felt i needed a break, something ive never taken in my life of listening to music.

last year, i went 3-4 months playing no guitar, something i thought (at the time) i was passionate about. but it was rough, i was in no band, my last band had dissolved. funny enough that was during a time when i immersed myself in music so much (as in like over half my day or more)

then for some reason i picked it up again and worked my ass off and now im much better than i was before.

music can mess with you psychologically sometimes...

Can't say I ever stop listening to music, and I'm never tired of it. Listening almost constantly to one thing or another takes it toll by making me less passionate about ALL kinds of music for say one day/week. But that's about it.

I'm always semi-burnt out on music in general, and I don't really find that alternating between genres helps that much. Music that isn't *way* above average is far worse than silence to me. I only listen to a few hours of music a day and usually I make sure it's some of the best available.

in fact I've been irascible exactly because I've been trying to care about modern music but at least three quarters of this year's prog albums that I've tried have been unremittingly awful and stupid. and I take it personally. ;P

Rarely, because I listen to a variety of musical styles, so whenever I feel like I'm starting to burnt out of one, I stop listening for a while and turn to another.