
How you listen determines what you hear. What you hear determines what you feel and think. Listening is the most important tool a musician has to connect with their music, but far too few are ever taught the art of listening. Join us as we take a deep dive into listening, including our 4 filters framework that reimagines and defines exactly how to connect with music in a more meaningful and powerf... more
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 12 | Founded | a year ago |
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Stephen Taylor and Patrick Summers join me to discuss how choice can be utilized in listening.
This episode details how to optimize the exploratory and experiential filters.
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Stephen Taylor and I discuss how feeling and thinking can be balanced through active listening.
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Patrick Summers and I discuss mechanisms that invite flexibility in your listening.
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This audio is taken from a recent livestream concert that highlights how listening can be applied to live performance.
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Dr. Jim Douglass and I discuss how to optimally use the four filters, as well as common pitfalls when engaging in active listening.
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Patrick Summers joins me to discuss the challenges of listening to music in a university setting.
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This episode discusses new aspects of the thinking filters, including the naming process in analysis, and the proper way to critique.
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I dabble in music. By no means would I say I’m a musician but these podcasts are very informative. I like William’s ideas around listening and he’s got me rethinking something I’ve done (listening to music) my whole life. Interested in hearing more of his ideas.
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