Mastodawn

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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Papageier Mar 15

@jzb If you have a good quality streaming account, give yourself a treat, pick a piece of classic music (I recommend Schubert's Unfinished Symphony) and compare some different recordings. You'll be surprised.

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AllyPally

@papageier @jzb Inspired by 2001, several friends in my hall of residence over 50 years ago had full versions of Also Sprach Zarathustra, and how different they all were! I’ve been a Richard Strauss fan ever since. And I hate background music. You have to actually listen.