I miss the days when I was just a fan.

[Shadrick]

Originally Posted by Asmo I have a different experience about this. I'm a smarter fan now, sure, but i do find myself lost in the moment more often now than ever before. Analyzing every other thing, or sometimes, over-analyzing stuff doesn't get in the way while i'm watching the product. I'd liken it enjoying music. Musicians get lost in the music, and appreciate it with a different perspective than the non-musician man. Am i making sense?

Yeah, I'm a musician actually, so that makes sense, but it kinda speaks to my point.

Before I made music, when I'd hear music I liked, I just heard it like "I like this." Now that I'm more on the creative end, I still say "I like this" but its more about me breaking it down; I hear it differently. And I'll never be able to go back to not hearing it as a musician anymore. Sure, I can separate the worlds; but it just won't change the way I interpret the product.