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How Do Non-Musicians Hear Your Music? Nice little article on the difference between musician/audio professional and regular people listening to a song.

Lyrics are king when it comes to popular songs. When I hear my non-musician friends comment on a song, they are almost always commenting on the lyrics. The lyrics are probably the most accessible component of a song to a non-musician, because poetry can be universally appreciated without any training. They can immediately grasp the meaning behind what went into the song through the lyrics.

I almost never listen to the lyric on the first 5 listen its all about the beat and instrumentation for me. and this is what I think afterwards when I reflect on my thoughts.

Some even say they wish they could be back to before their training so that they could truly appreciate a good song before deconstructing it’s production value.