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In Reply to: RE: "Critical" listening: a one-way ticket to the funny farm? posted by tinear on January 09, 2015 at 11:06:21
I don't "critically listen to" equipment, except when I'm evaluating something.
Mostly, I critically listen to performances and productions, and am always interested in the nuances of the work. It helps to make me a better musician and audio engineer.
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reasoning side and allowing oneself to relax into the feeling one.
To be extra-attentive to how a component sounds is to dilute the appreciation. Similarly, to concentrate on the performance (every time you hear it, comparing and contrasting to others), is to lessen its impact. To do both, I'd emphasize, is truly to lose much.
Of course, the listener must evaluate an artist/recording, but I'm speaking to those who look upon music as some sort of test venue for their equipment (at least that's the impression from their comments); or their equipment as some sort of performance measuring apparatus.
Simply put, to obsess over the performance and equipment is similar to the scientist who spends the day identifying and categorizing flora, quite unaware of the natural beauty surrounding her.
Looking down his nose at us, all to glimpse his navel.
You never change,desperately wanting to be that man of exclusive taste, but pedestrian in reality.
Good news though for you on Monday, college football finally overall has talent down to level for the Ducks to actually win.
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To tinhead: I'm a musician and audio engineer. For me, listening to the details and the creativity of a work doesn't detract from enjoying the experience, it adds to it. Heck, I sometimes giggle like a little girl when I hear the way a passage is played or a soundscape is created or when a fellow player executes a little 8-note solo perfectly. Those are 'high-five moments'!
Back in October, when a bunch of us toured legendary 'The Village' recording studios in Santa Monica, I was coming unglued inside, thinking about the music which was made there. :) Sure, LA-4s and Neve channel strips and U47s are cool, but, to me, it's what is created with them that pushes my buttons (not that I don't appreciate the excellent design and talents of the equipment's creators as well!). I'll post a pic of me at a console when I figure out how to get it from here to there.
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