Music Appreciation

Everyone likes music, right? I mean, have you ever heard someone say they didn’t? I know people who don’t like country, or rap, or think house music is too simplistic.... but everyone enjoys listening to some form of music. (Personally I enjoy metal utensils being rhythmically shoved into running garburators while fingernails scrape down chalkboards.... Dubstep, i think the kids are calling it.) But some people seem to enjoy music more than others. What is it that separates those who will hum along to a tune in the car from those who sit intently, in a quiet room, mesmerized by the same song? The answer lies in investment. No I don’t mean having a humongous collection of rare records or a gold plated hi-fi sound system in an acoustically sealed vault... What I mean is that they’ve put something into listening to music and as a result, they get more out of it. That something they’ve invested is attention. When we hear a song we may simply think “ Yeah! That sounds good!” To invest attention in that song we have to ask ourselves, “Why does that sound good?” This is where the casual listener becomes a participant, an investor, in the music. Fametune is a great place to discover and start investing in music. Simple things like noticing the drum fill crossing the stereo from left to right will lead you to anticipate that moment every time you listen to the track. Noticing the fact that it crosses from right to left after the second chorus will heighten your enjoyment of BOTH instances of the fill. Relishing the tension as a pulsing wave of noise sweeps you inescapably towards the drop makes that drop so much bigger! Developing music appreciation is like discovering that the Ferrari you’ve been driving around in first gear for years has five more gears and a turbo button hidden under the wheel. A great way to start you on your path of musical appreciation is to start talking to other people about the music you love. Write reviews on Fametune to get the dialogue going. Share your insights on a particular track, and then read what others had to say about it. You’ll discover new ways to listen to music. A natural result of this type of listening is that you will learn more about how music is made. This may even prompt you to start making your own music which you can then upload to Fametune to share with and inspire other listeners. I don’t know a single musician who didn’t start their journey of music making without first learning to appreciate music.

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