are you a visualizer? (like thinking of something akin to music videos in your mind)

or do you compare the music to music of the past and what's currently out in that particular genre?

or do you try and decipher lyrics? (maybe more so for rock and folk than hip-hop since aside from slang, the lyrics are straightforward.)

or do you judge the technical aspects of the song? (like identifying the musical instruments or samples used)

OR all of the above...??!

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basically i gotta "feel" it...and it usually happens within 15-20 seconds. i'd say less than 10% of the time does shit 'grow on me'

After 5 or so listens im deciphering the lyrics
After 10 listens im focusing in on the vocal rhythm and how it fits the beat

i dont analyze technical aspects until the 30th listen or so

than making it a cerebral exercise. not that analyzing music is a bad thing, but i think i've missed out on alot of good music because it wasn't technically sound.

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Lil B for example has that ratchet shit i'd fuck with but his mixes, my god, atrocious. I dont ask for Bob Power clarity but damn no song should ever distort at low volume. I like to bang my shit loud.

in general i'm a sucker for music that has good sound quality, but i'm learning to not be quite so picky about what i listen to.

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to music. ;P

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Either Bob or Cecil would cut the recording right off in the middle when Stevie was going in, I guess to escalate his anger.

I think of stuff like that whenever I listen to a song I'm deeply touched by, what was the artist's state of mind when he/she sang a particular song? Some things though I wish I didn't know about lol like when one of Billie Holiday's pianists commented about how she sang all the way down from her _____, thats why "longing" is a pronounced theme of her music.

What was going on in the world that day - when Prince went in and cut "Erotic City". Or how Minnie felt about singing "Inside My Love", prior to and after recording it. Did Aretha went into a deeper hole of depression when she finished recording "Ain't No Way", or was she relieved she got those emotions outta her system? Among many other stuff.

Basically, all you've mentioned and then some.

i would maybe think of how music had evolved and think of what ways the music was innovative, but nothing involving the actual musicians and their creative process.

might have to do some more research into how some of my favorite albums were made.

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i probably pay the most attention to hip hop lyrics just because they're usually easy to make out, but i usually have a hard time making out lyrics for most of the other music i listen to.

i used to try to get into Thom Yorke's lyrics, but alot of the times the lyrics' reference points change from line to line so it's hard to stay in his headspace. that and some of the times it's just hard to make out what exact word he's using at a given time in the song.

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i make up my own lyrics and sing along

I like to follow the structure, lyrics and the drums and so on. I don't really see landscapes or things like that, never have...

i'm not gon say though, lol

I like to FEEL music, not ANALYZE it.

It's funny because when I was younger, I used to visualize a music video for any song that I listened to.

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especially if the music was associated with an important time/place in my life, e.g. college, road trips, etc.

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I'm not good at wanting to skip songs, I don't really internalize lyrics, I guess I think about what I like about the beat at first but not in any sort of technical sense, I don't care about gear or technique

I just listen to it, really. I mean I think about it a lot since I write but nothing in particular. I guess mostly I think about it in relation to other things going on either now or then. Sociological sort of, maybe.

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