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It depends. I have a lot of other peoples' music on my computer in iTunes - 43.9 straight days worth, if you must know. About 10 hours of that is my own music - which on random play is bound to come up every now and again. So, listening to it is not a completely deliberate choice most of the time. And...most of that is very old stuff, recorded 10 or even 20 years ago or more...and is stuff I decided to keep (for one reason or another). Listening to it just happens on it's own every now and again. It's also sort of a "reality check" to have something I've done segued between a couple of real "masterpieces" by real musicians in random play (LOL). It can be a real slap in the face...but in a totally good way. I have a different M.O. though when I've actually, been currently working on a particular piece (or pieces) of music. Immediately after having recorded something new, I listen back to it quite a lot...so much so that I do so until I get sick of it (which usually doesn't take long). After that I have to take a break of about a month, or two, or maybe three before I even stand to hear it again. It usually takes about that long (for me) to gain some sort of realistic perspective and good judgement on my own work. Immediately after recording I may either love or hate a piece (usually the latter), and I listen to it a lot to figure out what I did either wrong or right when creating it. But I almost always find that with time, my perspective changes, and (after a significant break of several weeks) I can get a more balanced view of whatever it is...and make my peace with it (one way or the other, to keep or discard). Only at that point do I allow myself to form a permanent opinion about whatever it is. Prior to that, it's all just transient emotions, neurotically obsessive insecurities, and thwarted expectations. It takes time to let go of all those. After that it either goes in the iTunes list or the trashcan. That's what has worked for me...mostly. Cheers! On Jul 28, 2012, at 12:16 PM, kay'lon rushing wrote: > I guess this is a rather odd question but I'm curious. Do you only > listen to it for improvement? Or do you enjoy listening to yourself just > as you would listen to an artist you like? > > -- > http://www.facebook.com/pages/K3Z/311236368904238 > > http://www.youtube.com/user/gumdrops27 > > https://twitter.com/K3Z_Art > > www.soundcloud.com/k3z