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 threadTom Harrington
@jzb if possible, get a musical instrument and learn to play it a bit. It doesn’t matter if you’re any good at it. Picking out notes and chords yourself will transform how you listen to others doing the same, though they will be so much better at it than you. And not just individual chords or notes, but progressions, patterns, themes. You can get a good ukulele for $50 or less and do some self teaching through numerous free online resources.
Mar 15 at 10:28pmToot!