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mrToad	Date: November 22, 2006 @ 9:34 PM you know, i realised something. it's true for me at least. it's hard to like something right off bat. say you are browsing the artists here. you click a random one, and hear a random song. well, usually you can tell about how much you like it -initially-. obviously there's some stuff we're going to be like "ah, not really my taste." but it's my belief that like, over time, if something comes on Random on your playlist and you don't even remember who it is or where you got it, you may find yourself thinking "wow, i really like this! who is this?" you didn't know at first, but now you do, and you feel more inclined to go leave a comment somewhere, if it -was- from dmusic for instance. so i'm going to keep a little collection of organized stuff i've (liked pretty well at least initially and) downloaded from this site. and now and then just play a whole bunch of them. over time i bet i'll know which ones i'm growing attached to. because to me music is a sort of relationship. songs mean something to us for certain -reasons-. tho maybe you couldn't explain them, but they are linked in our heads with perhaps a memory. like a smell, it brings all sorts of visuals and feelings back--so much more than just a song alone. no, new songs can't bring back memories you've never actually experienced, but they can make new ones. maybe on your car stereo someday you'll find something playing, or it comes on your music alarm one morning, or it goes really well with the pencil art you're doing, or sounds so good in the background of a group of friends. and that's when a relationship (of sorts) begins, and a fondness for the artist begins.
ShadowMom	Date: November 22, 2006 @ 10:07 PM It's true for most people, I think. There are plenty of times I've listened to a song and thought, "That's nice--not great, but nice." But after several listens, it starts to grow on me, and those are some of my favorite all-time songs now. I think it may take time to develop a relationship, as you say. And it's very easy here to get caught up in listening, commenting, then moving on, without really giving the music a chance. Good point, mrToad! And a good idea to make a roster of songs you'd like to hear again.
Fraser	Date: November 23, 2006 @ 5:16 AM 90% of me is too lazy to read all this typing 9% of me is opressed. 1% of me doesn't even know the direct definition of opressed.
Opossum	Date: November 23, 2006 @ 11:10 AM 50% of me is optimistic, 33% of me is pessimistic, and the remaining 10% isn't very good at math... I have to say though, that there are a few songs that I hear for the first time that remind me strongly of the past, but that may be because of reminding me of a different song from my childhood or something.
evansorchid	Date: November 24, 2006 @ 2:36 PM That must have been one of my tunes that has been lingering in your psyche, planting roots, and releasing your seratonin on an intermittant basis. You must come back and listen again and again and again.
Snoogans775	Date: November 24, 2006 @ 9:33 PM my tunes are said to have a slightly bitter aftertaste.
imemine	Date: November 25, 2006 @ 10:02 AM I’ll have the Key Lime! Well, 60% Key Lime, 30% French Silk and 10% French Maid. I had an Idea once---I think I did-----and a fondness for the artists too but they too can't bring back memories I’ve never actually experienced or not! A pencil in the eye by any other name is still a pencil in the eye by any other name. Random is but a series of connected events. See John Cage for example----or EGAC or not from dmusic for instance or not. I’ll have the Key Lime! Pie is good food!
zedsalt	Date: November 25, 2006 @ 10:40 AM I wouldn't describe the aftertaste I've experienced after listening to Snoogans775's tunes as "bitter". It's more of a maple cream...
egac	Date: September 1, 2007 @ 9:42 AM soon will be the coming of the
Mojosnake	Date: September 1, 2007 @ 11:09 PM and where the :goes the follows
ChillinBuzz	Date: September 2, 2007 @ 1:21 AM
officernarc	Date: September 2, 2007 @ 3:31 AM On 1st Sep 2012, egac said: soon will be the coming of the the four moose of the apocalypse?
Scone	Date: October 1, 2007 @ 2:33 PM I definitely agree with this first post. With some of my favorite albums of all time (Phish's Junta, for example), the first time I listen to them, I either don't really like them, or think they're okay. However, I keep coming back, and every time I listen, I hear more and more, and I like it more and more, and more often than not, I end up loving it! This happened to me as well with MIKA's album Life In Cartoon Motion. And I think all this can definitely apply to dmusic artists as well!
moam	Date: October 1, 2007 @ 2:40 PM Heh, I like how there are only about 3 or 4 posts in this topic that actually relate to what mrToad is saying... I know what you mean though. There are a few artists on this site that I have downloaded all music from, and then put it all on a CD. I would listen to that CD over and over and I would really get into their music from there. It really helps to hear songs multiple times. Also, the CD's that I have collected from here have also given me memories as well. I know exactly what you're saying.

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