I was going to comment more on what I said the otehr day about religion, but I decided not to. Sometimes when I get a new album that I really like, I listen to it over and over and over again to drill the sounds into my head. I hear crap all the time, and I start to find it seeping into my music (in my head,on my lips,from my fingers) -- so when I hear something good, it's like a breath of fresh air. I want to be able to name a song on an album I love by hearing any riff, reading any lyric.
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I would say that yeah, listening a lot to a good album is a good idearrr.