"astarisborn94" wrote:Thanks. That really does help. Its hard to believe how fast the 日本語 talk, but then again, that can be said for any language I'm unfamiliar with. I also like to listen to j-pop (though mainly from animes), but I'm not sure if that's any good.
I think in the context you were trying to use "Japanese" that you meant to say the person, right? In that case, Japanese person is 日本人.

As for music, I personally like using music as a practice tool. Singing is especially fun. Although music isn't my main tool. I am not sure whether it's good or bad either, I guess a neutral kind of benefit?