Do you guys PAUSE your music halfway?

What I mean by that is:

If your listening to an album, especially one that takes up most of a CD (up to 80 minutes), so you pause the music somewhere half way?

I don't do this regularly, but sometimes, especially for long albums, if I remember to do so, I'll pause it when I feel a half way point has been reached.

3 good reasons to do this are:
1 - you get an idea of what the album would be like if released in the 70s on vinyl (if it was, then there you go).
2 - you get to give your ears a break, which helps keep the music, for the second half of an album, fresh.
3 - bathroom breaks 

Does anyone else do this?

Edited by darkshade - March 01 2012 at 11:59

Yes. I even pause movies and books.

No. I totally submit my bladder and intestines to the mandate of whoever decided to put 80 minutes of damn music into one single cd. 

Vompatti wrote: Yes. I even pause movies and books.

I sometimes pause books for several months.

I wish I didn't have to pause as often but since I use headphones and I often can't have 80 minutes of undivided attention I pause frequently.

Yes , for all kinds of reasons.

Vompatti wrote: Yes. I even pause movies and books.

How do you figure you're halfway through a movie (besides looking at the time?). Books are obvious.

tamijo wrote: Yes , for all kinds of reasons.

Like what? And we're talking about pausing halfway, obviously everyone pauses music in general.

darkshade wrote: Vompatti wrote: Yes. I even pause movies and books. How do you figure you're halfway through a movie (besides looking at the time?). Books are obvious. tamijo wrote: Yes , for all kinds of reasons.   Like what? And we're talking about pausing halfway, obviously everyone pauses music in general.

How do you figure you're halfway through a CD?

Oh, and I don't deliberately pause anything halfway, I just pause at any point I feel like pausing in.

'Hello'.........'Hello' ...........'Who is that?'....

I'm lucky if I can get through an entire song without pausing, stopping, going to another genre, whatever.  I'm prone to weird mood swings, musically.  One minute it'll be Yes, then suddenly I need to hear the Swans.  And because I have 10,000 songs with me at all times, I'm all over the place.

Vompatti wrote: darkshade wrote: Vompatti wrote: Yes. I even pause movies and books. How do you figure you're halfway through a movie (besides looking at the time?). Books are obvious. tamijo wrote: Yes , for all kinds of reasons.   Like what? And we're talking about pausing halfway, obviously everyone pauses music in general. How do you figure you're halfway through a CD? Oh, and I don't deliberately pause anything halfway, I just pause at any point I feel like pausing in.

Well, it's very easy to check if you're using iTunes or WMP. Just highlight the songs and see where the halfway point is. If you have a 80 minute CD with 8 tracks, and the first 5 are about 40 minutes, you'd pause after the 5th song.

Again, I don't do this on the reg, but occasionally I'll do this for some minor entertainment.