for me, doing a degree in music, as it got more intense, i couldn't enjoy even listening to my favourite music anymore as it was all about listening to the structure/timing/key blah blah...telecode wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2019 4:58 pmthats sort of like anything when you study it. i love cinema and film but i hate the stuff i had to study. the mind always drifted to other types of cinema and films than the ones i had to study for exams because, studying is like work, gets boring after a while.Distorted Horizon wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2019 4:53 pm The more I studied music theory, less I liked to make music.. I actually quit making it for a year maybe? After that year I accidentally found the joy again and now the knowledge is just a tool, not that I'd know much but still.
i couldn't switch it off
once i learned how to just listen again it was ok