Does being a musician affect the way you hear/enjoy music?

I've been playing music for a while (piano and just started guitar) and I can't say it has affected me too much in the way of listening. Even if I notice something I wouldn't normally notice it doesn't really effect how I enjoy the music. However, learning an instrument is fun because then you can play your favorite songs yourself.
 
i've gone through university, in which we've been taught to predict the patterns of typical music, as well as the emphasis on studio production and fx. now i find myself deconstructing all aspects of music without really thinking about it. however, most of the musicians i've met usually pay more attention to their predominant instruments; i.e. i'm mainly a singer, so i place more importance on melody and especially lyrics , while a drummer would focus more on percussion...etc.
 
I did this for a short while after I started playing guitar. I would over analyze every song and didn't listen to music that didn't have really cool guitar parts. So I started listening to The Shaggs, Swell Maps, James Chance and the Contortions, Lightning Bolt, Sonic Youth and the likes. Now I'm not saying by any means that these people are bad musicians (except the Shaggs... they are fun to listen to but as far as musical talent goes... no) but I don't know enough to even begin to understand what the **** they are doing on their instruments. I wasn't at all able to analyze it (I may have tried a bit, but try tuning your guitar for Bad Moon Rising) and just started to enjoy listening to the music again. I took that and went back to music with artists that aren't really good at their instruments. Sometimes I'll do it, but if I just want to enjoy music then I listen for the sound rather than their technical abilities.
 
Deconstruct is the word that sleepy jack used and that's what I often do when I listen to music. I like listening to individual parts, especially the drumming.
 
Indirectly. I started studying music theory because I'm a musician.

And then I started analyzing music.

Now I always analyze music. It's a gift and a curse.
 
Everything is still clinical. Especially in music history courses where there is a lot of technical jargon and listenings are chosen for you.
 
This is what I meant. All-in-all it's a good thing to learn. It just becomes annoying when you can no longer enjoy music. For me, I wasn't able to enjoy music when we started analyzing it intensely, inside or outside of the classroom. I'm able to set aside the analytical side of me now to just enjoy music, though.
 
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