Poll - Do you really "listen" to music

[spidey07]

No background stuff.

Do you sit down and listen to music like you would at a concert? At a jazz club? Where you actually stop everything from your surroundings and just listen? Do you pay attention like you would a good movie?

 

[Rip the Jacker]

No. I'm deaf.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Yes, sometimes.

 

[Hyperlite]

yes, when i am in my theater i do, but on my computer and stuff i am usually doing something else.

 

[Heisenberg]

When I'm trying to play along with it I do.

 

[sonambulo]

depends.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Rip the Jacker
No. I'm deaf.

NO EXCUSE!

 

[CptObvious]

On my favorite records I've memorized all the "sounds"...i.e., the stuff you only hear when you listen through a good pair of headphones. So I guess yes

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Originally posted by: CptObvious
On my favorite records I've memorized all the "sounds"...i.e., the stuff you only hear when you listen through a good pair of headphones. So I guess yes

Bingo, I can say the same for at least a half a dozen CDs.

 

[Xyo II]

Originally posted by: CptObvious
On my favorite records I've memorized all the "sounds"...i.e., the stuff you only hear when you listen through a good pair of headphones. So I guess yes

ahhh.... these "sounds"..... you hear them? with your ears?

 

[nakedfrog]

Yes, sometimes.

 

[EGGO]

Yes, like CptObvious, I even go so far as to hear the suttle sounds in the songs.

 

[Ricemarine]

Yeap... Though its often when in the car...

Sometimes I tune into one specific sound in the song, and it plays totally different from the original perspective. Then other times I'm just listening to the lyrics to understand what they mean.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Ricemarine
Yeap... Though its often when in the car...

Sometimes I tune into one specific sound in the song, and it plays totally different from the original perspective. Then other times I'm just listening to the lyrics to understand what they mean.

Well I guess that was my point.

To really "listen" to music you have to focus on it and nothing else.

Sit down in the sweet spot.
Relax.
Press play.
If your hands or head start to move then you are just about there.
If you hear all those instruments that you never heard before, you're real close.

 

[Moya]

That's the only way I do it.

 

[Syringer]

No but usually I'll listen to a song subconsciously, remember it, and randomly "replay" the lyrics in my head and think about its meaning..

 

[Kaido]

I tried it once. I bought some Sennheiser 650 headphones, a nice Headamp amplifier, and a load of CDs. Didn't excite me much. Sold the cans & amp and now use iTunes. btw anyone want to buy about 40 CDs?

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
Yes, sometimes.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: spidey07
Well I guess that was my point.

To really "listen" to music you have to focus on it and nothing else.

Sit down in the sweet spot.
Relax.
Press play.
If your hands or head start to move then you are just about there.
If you hear all those instruments that you never heard before, you're real close.

I still love listening to my DTS CD of Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here," because the mix is so different it's almost like a new album. I hear things I've never heard on it before, despite having listened to the CD I have hundreds of times.

 

[Rip the Jacker]

Yes

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

Before I go to sleep I put on my headphones (either my Sennheiser HD555 or AKG K81DJ), and just lay down and listen to the music. It's so nice

 

[Skeeedunt]

Rarely (though I enjoy it). More often I'll sit around and watch music videos, if that counts too.

 

[mugs]

Nope, not at all.

Which is why I don't buy music (or download it). I just listen to the radio on my way to work. And most of the time I drive to work in silence because I turned the radio off when I was going through the drive through for lunch the day before and forgot to turn it back on. I don't even notice that the radio is off.

 

[Alienwho]

I do. Especially in the car. But also when i'm at work i'll put my headphones in and just stare at the monitor, pretending to work, but actually just absorbing the music.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Originally posted by: spidey07
No background stuff.

Do you sit down and listen to music like you would at a concert? At a jazz club? Where you actually stop everything from your surroundings and just listen? Do you pay attention like you would a good movie?

What you are referring to is called "critical listening". And yes, I do ... but not in longer spurts. Usually a song or two once in a while.

I don't think I have hte patience to kill an hour.
I typcially do this with live recordings of Jam Bands. There are some GREAT Umphry's Mcgee recordings out htere for free at archive.org if you want to know what music is all about. And about 1000 otehr bands that allow taping.