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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 9384394" data-attributes="member: 19675">I don’t revisit most of my books, but music?&nbsp; Music is different.Like the recent Weezer song, “Records”, I have a mental soundtrack running in my head almost constantly.&nbsp; I can recall stuff from decades past- in 2010 or so, I IDed a song used in an NFL promo as Billy Cobham’s “Stratus” (1973)…and grabbed it from my collection to prove it. I did likewise with their use of Brian Eno’s “Fractal Zoom” (1992) during game broadcasts.&nbsp; (My ability to do this surprises people, including my Mom who was a professional music teacher.)*Then there’s learning how to play some of them on guitar…To memorize this stuff requires repetition.&nbsp; Sharing with another requires actually playing the music.&nbsp; So my CDs get used.To be clear: I do forget some stuff.&nbsp; There’s an old Barry White or Isaac Hayes tune I’ve been looking for for 10+ years.&nbsp; I can remember parts of the bassline enough for other music-heads to say it’s familiar.&nbsp; But nobody remembers it.&nbsp; But that’s an exception.Now, if I could only remember the names of all my best friends’ wives &amp; kids, who have invited me into their homes, etc..* I do similar stunts with RPG rules I use a lot.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 9384394, member: 19675"] I don’t revisit most of my books, but music? Music is different. Like the recent Weezer song, “Records”, I have a mental soundtrack running in my head almost constantly. I can recall stuff from decades past- in 2010 or so, I IDed a song used in an NFL promo as Billy Cobham’s “Stratus” (1973)…and grabbed it from my collection to prove it. I did likewise with their use of Brian Eno’s “Fractal Zoom” (1992) during game broadcasts. (My ability to do this surprises people, including my Mom who was a professional music teacher.)* Then there’s learning how to play some of them on guitar… To memorize this stuff requires repetition. Sharing with another requires actually playing the music. So my CDs get [I]used[/I]. To be clear: I [I]do[/I] forget some stuff. There’s an old Barry White or Isaac Hayes tune I’ve been looking for for 10+ years. I can remember parts of the bassline enough for other music-heads to say it’s familiar. But nobody remembers it. But that’s an exception. Now, if I could only remember the names of all my best friends’ wives & kids, who have invited me into their homes, etc.. * I do similar stunts with RPG rules I use a lot. [/QUOTE]

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