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Old 08-09-2016, 03:36 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by JGuy Grungeman View Post
Overanalyzing can't really be combined with just listening. But it does lead up to it in a way. After a while, the listewner becomes so experienced at analyzation that he's learned to judge the overall quality by instantaneously picking it apart and putting it back together. That's because the listener knows what to look for, so there's no need to spend too much time analyzing it. It becomes instantaneous second nature, and thus "overanalyzing" it becomes a false label because it just takes simply listening to it to decipher it at that point. It becomes a second nature/mental reflex.
"Knowing what to look for" is one of the reasons why I think it will more likely put you in a closed set of genres like I mentioned earlier. I also think it's possible to understand whether or not you enjoy a song without having to dive into it on an analytical level.
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