Joe BrockmeierMar 15

RE: https://mastodon.social/@yayaver/116210451937109857

Listen to full albums, too.

Just listen: don’t just put music on as background noise. Pick a good album, and find a quiet place with a decent enough stereo or headphones (preferably not earbuds). Grab a cup of tea or a beer or a whiskey (whatever your sipping beverage of choice), get comfy, and really listen to the music.

When you were in grade school did your music teacher have you listen to music (say, “Peter and the Wolf”) and try to pick out the instruments? I hope so. Do that. Appreciate the interplay of instruments and vocals. Really listen to the lyrics (if it has them) if you haven’t before.

One of the tragedies of today is that people have basically all recorded music at their fingertips, but relegate it to background noise.

Show threadAaron In Minnesota
@jzb our family got a small sauna before this winter and this has been one of the unexpected bonuses of it for me. It came with Bluetooth speaker system, so it is like a little cozy cabin to listen to an album. Beside album length often a good amount of for a suana session, it sends a signal that you're doing something - so I'm less likely to be interrupted because it doesn't look like I'm just sitting around
Mar 15 at 6:59pmTusky