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.

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@jzb @yayaver “Pick a good album”…. Which means if you’re all about the listening experience, pick something that was well-recorded and mixed for human ears… not all compressed for maximum loudness, AM radio, ear buds, or tiny phone speakers. Make sure the source is high-resolution and full bandwidth if you’re streaming it. GIGO (garbage in, garbage out) applies to sound recording and playback, too.
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