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 threadMikeStokMar 15
@jzb @yayaver for those of us “of a certain age” this was Peter and the Wolf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_and_the_Wolf_(1975_rock_album)
Peter and the Wolf (1975 rock album) - Wikipedia

Show threadJoe Brockmeier

@MikeStok @yayaver heh. Okay, that wasn’t the one we listened to, but it would’ve been cool.

That got me to digging: ours was narrated by Boris Karloff and he introduces the characters and instruments that represent them.

Wow. That was something like 45 years ago, but listening now I remember it vividly.

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=93OFyzXub9E

Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67: I. Introduction

Wiener Opernorchester

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