I agree.
I can only study and read posts so much. I finally had to make the plunge and basically picked a song and started animating A:M's characters to perform the song. It's an excercise in lip-sync, decals, lighting, showing emotions, animating etc... It's gonna be like a music video, very involved, over 3 and a half minutes long, but hey, I figured I have to start somewhere. I only wish I had more time. In the mean time, I'm learning by the tons