Artists: How Often Do You Listen to Your Own Music?

**Frownland** · 04-05-2016, 05:47 PM

How often do you listen to your own music? This thread is also open to any interviews with other musicians speaking on the subject.

YorkeDaddy · 04-05-2016, 06:03 PM

Interesting topic of discussion. When I'm in the process of creating an album I listen to the tracks I have currently deemed to be in the "final cut" pretty much constantly. Additionally once I've released an album I'll usually listen to it a lot still especially as reviews come out and I'll listen along while reading the review. After that I'll go back to it occasionally but not very often at all, mostly because I've worn my own album out and have gotten bored of it after 30+ concentrated listens off Bandcamp.

Lu-Cuss · 04-05-2016, 06:46 PM

I'll usually listen to a track like 5 times over the course of a few days after I release it. It's not really for enjoyment, it's just weird to experience it from a perspective outside my DAW, where I've visually seen everything going on in the song for weeks or months on end. Does that sound pretentious?

EPOCH6 · 04-05-2016, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy

When I'm in the process of creating an album I listen to the tracks I have currently deemed to be in the "final cut" pretty much constantly. Additionally once I've released an album I'll usually listen to it a lot still especially as reviews come out and I'll listen along while reading the review. After that I'll go back to it occasionally but not very often at all, mostly because I've worn my own album out and have gotten bored of it after 30+ concentrated listens off Bandcamp.

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Originally Posted by Lu-Cuss

I'll usually listen to a track like 5 times over the course of a few days after I release it. It's not really for enjoyment, it's just weird to experience it from a perspective outside my DAW, where I've visually seen everything going on in the song for weeks or months on end. Does that sound pretentious?

Both of these are true for me as well, especially when I was primarily working on electronic projects. It's hard to critically judge a project until after it is finished, from the inside all you can see and hear is the individual components, the big picture doesn't become apparent until it's finished. Then you can stand back and judge it like a casual listener, which is absolutely essential if you want to improve your musicianship/production skill. I always found it extremely refreshing to hear a finished project outside of the DAW, it always felt much more enjoyable, fluid, and cohesive when you can't see the inner-workings. Likewise with guitar, while you're playing you aren't able to focus as directly on the music itself, a lot of your attention is allocated to the dexterity and physicality involved, it's much more constructive to judge your own playing without the guitar in your hands.

Shadows5 · 04-12-2016, 08:49 PM

I listen to it as I record it, and then when it is finished I will listen to it a couple of times. Then I will move on to the next song that is rolling out of my subconscious and onto a sheet of paper. I'm not a great singer or guitar player I just like to write lyrics and sing them while playing my guitar.

Stormelius · 05-04-2016, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

How often do you listen to your own music? This thread is also open to any interviews with other musicians speaking on the subject.

Well I pretty much listen to my own music all the time, because I write to my taste, so obviously it's stuff I like. Sometimes it needs to breathe for a month after I record it because I've just heard it nine thousand times, but I swing back around to it.

Mondo Bungle · 05-04-2016, 05:53 PM

As often as everyone else

(read: not at all)

YorkeDaddy · 05-04-2016, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Mondo Bungle

As often as everyone else

(read: not at all)

You say as a review of your new album sits in the forum member album reviews thread unresponded to ayy lmao

Mondo Bungle · 05-04-2016, 07:37 PM

you say this as I dkaliserutsiltbefvmh

Tristan_Geoff · 05-04-2016, 08:25 PM

Usually 3-4 times after I've released it, to prove to myself it's actually worth putting online, more to see if it's something I would readily listen to.

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Shadows5 Groupie Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 8	I listen to it as I record it, and then when it is finished I will listen to it a couple of times. Then I will move on to the next song that is rolling out of my subconscious and onto a sheet of paper. I'm not a great singer or guitar player I just like to write lyrics and sing them while playing my guitar.