Q: hello bill billson my question is how do i stop zoning out while listening to music? it seems like no matter how much i'm enjoying the music, no matter how interesting the music is, no matter how few distractions i have, i still zone out often during my music listening sessions. i also often have trouble paying 100% full attention to the music for more than like 10 seconds at a time. this doesn't mean i don't get to enjoy the music in the moment, just that it always takes multiple listens for me to digest a song or album and figure out how much i like it, if that makes sense. i can't imagine having any cohesive thoughts about a song or even remembering how it goes after listening to it only once, yet my music nerd friends seem to do all of this with ease. is there anything you think might help with this? sorry for the slightly unnecessarily-long winded question, and thank you in advance for any wisdom you may choose to dispense mr billiam wurtz
A: you'll get this, in time. you just have to listen to a lot of music. you'll get it when you least expect it. how about this, have you ever tried working in a store where they play a broad and well established popular repertoire through the ceiling