The more musicians I speak to about practice in preparation for the new book, the more I’m reminded how extremely important listening is to one’s music. In fact, there’s some evidence in published research that all this time spent listening gives us musicians more ability to pull sound out of noisy environments (link to study). And an ability to pull meaning/emotion out of speech (I’m still looking for the study…).
Anyway, here’s Julian Treasure reminding us how important listening is in general, and gives us 5 suggestions to listen better. It’s a short talk and a good reminder to be grateful for the ability to hear, and to listen, mostly to each other, but these thoughts can be applied to music, too. Hope you enjoy it.
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