The other day my roommate asked me why I keep songs on repeat on my Itunes playlist. I hadn't really thought about it ever but I came up with a decent answer and said it's because - A song is just a song for most people. For instance- "lolipop" by Lil' Wayne was just an excuse for a good rub down. However, to me a GOOD song is more of a moment. A moment in time that the song represents. They maybe moments of pleasure or pain, but most of the time the song is acting as the "drug" i'm using at that moment. So I keep the songs on repeat in order to extend that moment in time because 3-4 minutes just isn't long enough sometimes. My roommate replied by saying- "that's the gayest thing you've ever said" and went back to playing his video games.

I then went back into my room thinking about it and thought of the more salient reason for keeping my songs on repeat: I study each song I like. Study in the sense- every song has layers, the beat, the rhythm, the groove, the structure, the effects used etc. I try to dissect each song and listen to each element so I can learn from it and re-use/ re-implement those ideas when I'm working on my own music. Hopefully they're not too identifiable. And even though creativity is extremely present in the process, there are only 7 notes to work with.