The Circle of Sound (np: K.O.D. by Tech N9ne)

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@Jon

1. Never do more than one album by an artist at a time.

I do the complete opposite! My usual routine is like, download the whole discography (disclaimer: it’s legal in Brazil, please abide by your own country’s law), add a beep noise between albums, listen to it end-to-end.

@Jon

2. Double Albums: Only do one disc at a time.

This really depends on the nature of the album, I guess I wouldn’t do that to a concept album. But most of the time, you’re right, it can get tiring if you’re really trying to appreciate, taste an album.

@Jon

3. Never skip a song on an album (unless it’s irritating, like Mother on Synchronicity, even though I actually like the song now).

Agreed.

@Jon

4. After 30-40 listens, you may listen to single songs off of an album, though it’s still frowned upon.

Hahaha, I have no problems with single songs or with playlists, but I guess that’s because of my culture. I grew up in the countryside, most music I listened to came from custom-missed cassete tapes, in the «I mixed a tape for you» fashion, with a carefully thought set list and some funky transition effects. So I always valued songs for their value within a sequence, but not necessarily the album. A playlist can do to a song as much justice as its original album.

@Jon

5. Don’t do Captain Beefheart albums.

Who?

@Jon

6. Patience with new albums.

True, and hard learnt.

@Jon

7. Don’t listen to the same album more than once per day. Makes you get tired of it really quick.

I don’t have a problem with that, I can get burnt out and just prefer listening to something else, I’ve never gottent to the point where music actually gets annoying to me.

@Jon

8. Don’t do too many albums at one period. (A good number I’ve found to be was about 4-5 max)

Also true for playlists.

@Jon

9. Some albums/artists are better in certain seasons, for instance, Bruce Springsteen in the summer, and Bob Dylan in late fall/winter. Enjoy them in their right seasons, for the most part.

Funny. I’d definitely put Springsteen on winter and Dylan on summer. Well, whatever, we get to listen to them at the same time.

@Jon

10. Only branch out to new genres a little at a time. Easy to get exhausted from too much new stuff at once.

Also, if it’s not something you’re used to, go check a music encyclopedia (yeah, sure, wikipedia will do if you have nothing better) to learn the language. You can actually appreciate jazz a lot better if you understand how a song is split in parts and how they work; and you cannot ever appreciate hip hop without understanding what’s at play there — the closest you’ll get to hip hop without knowing their culture is being a crazy «yo ma, look at me, I’m from da hood» poseur.

@Jon

11. Later on, after 20 listens, don’t force an album too often. A little is fine, but not too much. Makes you get tired of it fast.

This tends to happen naturally for me so meh.

Nice to see your routine, I’ve got to put it to practise one of these days and see what happens.