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 threadAlaric Snell-PymMar 15
@jzb I can recommend Pink Floyd albums for this. They record l explore overarching concepts, sometimes even tell a story, and have nice segues between tracks that make no sense when a streaming service jumps from track to track willy nilly!
Show threadJoe BrockmeierMar 15

@kitten_tech Definitely. I’d also suggest:

“Tommy” - The Who
“Disintegration” - The Cure
“Skylarking” - XTC
“Lost in Space” or “The Forgotten Arm” - Aimee Mann
“OK Computer” - Radiohead
“Hallucination Engine” - Material
“Starfish” - The Church
“Fear of Music” - Talking Heads
“Bloodletting” - Concrete Blonde
And, of course, the GOAT: “Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band”

I’ll stop there, I could go way overboard with album recommendations…

Show threadDaniel

@jzb @kitten_tech I own about half of these, and they're all good so I guess I'd better buy the rest

"Northern Exposure" (Sasha/Digweed) is a classic of electronic music, too. 30 years old this year

Mar 15 at 8:22pmWeb