In Reply to: You're not listening to music, you're hearing music. posted by hesson11 on October 20, 2010 at 16:07:22:
.., he was talking about listening to recordings. And to me at least, that is a distinction that is important to make. With recordings, a more casual listening spirit is possible - and even commendable, at times. We are free to give the music the sidelong glance (so to speak), as streams of related thoughts and passions come freely. I know I can replay a recording at anytime and listen to the recording in part or in full, as many times as I wish, so I am not necessarily worried about dishonoring the music by multi-tasking, etc.., about the house while the music is playing. And these are just a couple of the reasons why background music can be much more than simply background music - depending on who is doing the listening and why. By contrast, I can only hear a live performance once and rapt attention would definitely seem to be the order of the day.
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- He was not talking about listening to real music... - genungo 14:29:26 10/21/10 (0)