How do you break in a new record?

[Johan]

Do you have a favourite way of listening to a new record? For instance pop it into your cd walkman/car stereo on the way home from the cd store, wait till you get home and lie down on bed with the booklet and lyrics to listen carefully, or just play it in the background while going on with your usual stuff at home.

 

[Kushantaiidan]

I turn off the lights, lay down in bed, and close my eyes.. Lyric reading comes later.

 

[Sadistik]

I use it as a coaster for several weeks, then use it as a frisbee for my dogs for another 5 days. Then I use it as a tanning mirror and a yard spade. Then if it still plays, it's worth keeping, regardless of musical content.

 

[Johan]

You do that with all albums, Kush?

Sadistik, you must not have many working records in your collection.

 

[Sadistik]

Abruptum. And remember: "Only Abruptum is real".

 

[Kushantaiidan]

Originally posted by Johan
You do that with all albums, Kush?

Absolutely.

 

[Johan]

Cool

Well personally I try to do the same with the ones I'm really psyched about (Deliverance for sure), but otherwise I just listen normally.

 

[DeadBaytar]

Depends on the band. I literally "study" some albums like Death, Opeth, Theory In Practise etc. Listen to them really carefully like its a course i take.

The others, lay on bed with booklet...

 

[7 Dying Trees]

Put them on, and sit down somewhere, either bed/chair and listen while flipping through the booklet

 

[Static]

I leave the CD store, put it in my discman, and walk really slow through town casually listening. Then go home and listen to it while I use the computer. Then listen to it in bed. Then next day listen to it when I'm on the bus going to course. Then I listen to it during my mid day break. Then I listen more and more until my ears go numb from all the listening.

I listen to my new CDs.

 

[Johan]

Static, if you think the topic was dumb, just come out and say it

 

[Triste]

I listen over and over and over for about a week until I know the CD....and then I read lyrics...

 

[Infinite Reach]

I almost never blindly buy albums, so most of the time if I buy something, I already like it.

The times I just buy something based solely on recommendations or something like that, I usually listen to it while doing other things for a while (on the computer, at school, in the car, etc) rather than just sitting down and concentrating on the music. I like to hear things a few times before diving right in I guess.

 

[pac1288]

Originally posted by Johan
Cool

Well personally I try to do the same with the ones I'm really psyched about (Deliverance for sure)

Only with Deliverence YOU would have a box of Kleenex/tissue within easy reach.


- sorry man couldn't help it

 

[Static]

Originally posted by Johan
Static, if you think the topic was dumb, just come out and say it

No no no, not at all. Its just what I do with new CDs. Its not rocket science,

 

[Leech]

i usually listen to new cds at night, turn off the lights, light some candles and insence, lay in bed, and listen to the cd while either flipping through the booklet, or closing my eyes.

 

[IdoNOTexist]

So you close your eyes very slowly then?

 

[Johan]

yeah, kleenex needed

 

[Cows on million man march]

i do the same as kush, once i get a new album, i swtch off the lights, and lie down on my bed and listen...some times i wouldnt swith the lights off, lie down and read the lyrics and stuff..