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Originally posted by ubertuber
Wilbjammin,
I know just what you are talking about. This is the trick to being a musician - to manage the knowlege mastery requires without making music an intellectual exercise. I say this as someone who is one the path trying to learn the same lesson right now. I do feel that learning to hear and about technical issues has increased my enjoyment in listening though. It is all about the spirit in which you approach the music!
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Don't get me wrong, I love music, and I'm in a band currently. It just isn't the same anymore. Now I listen to music and I hear the chord structures, I hear the linear movement of the notes and quite often can hear the exact intervals at which this is happening. Instead of it just being sound, it is like looking at architecture while seeing the blueprint, the foundation, the wiring, the support beams hiding behind the walls and ceiling, etc. Luckily, I can still feel the music if there is any degree of expression in it. And it does add the experience having a sort of understanding in the music... kind of like I feel like my understanding gaining from reading literature and philosophy gives me something really tangible. I'm Daedalean at heart. I'm not innocent like a child anymore, but I still find ways to experience joy.