YOU SAID:
i listened to music for way too long this year
INTO JAPANESE
今年はあまりにも長い間音楽を聴いていました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I've been listening to music for too long this year
INTO JAPANESE
今年は音楽をずっと聴いていました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I've been listening to music this year
INTO JAPANESE
今年は音楽を聴いています
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I'm listening to music this year
INTO JAPANESE
私は音楽を聴いています。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I am listening to the music.
INTO JAPANESE
私は音楽を聴いています。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I am listening to the music.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.