After a while it’s just sounds.
I find myself lately listening for spectacular sounding recordings ( as per my last post regarding the Alpine Symphony.) After a while I noticed that all I was listening for was just great sound in my listening sessions. And the sounds started sounding like weird noises devoid of meaning, even on my most beloved recordings.
This brings up the point of how we listen to music, and the attitude we bring to it. If we just listen for sounds the meaning disappears, and we’re left with disjunct noises making no sense. Not very enjoyable.
Thank the heavens, after realizing this I started listening for the meaning of the music and broke out of it.
Does this happen to you?
https://forum.audiogon.com/posts/2922214
You of course are free to post or not as you see fit, but to let a few other folks’ reactions drive you to self-sensoring would seem regrettable if you otherwise enjoy thinking about these topics and writing the posts. Members are easily able to skip your posts if they or their nerves find the posts disagreeable. |
When I listen to pressure amplitudes surrounding me in my acoustically treated room, I think about the evolutionary marvel of our hearing being able to pick up these atmospheric pressure disturbances. Something that prevented us from getting eaten by large animals as we evolved into humans of the modern age. I think about why there is no front facing ear on our forehead. Or maybe in the back of our skull. maybe it would prevent us from sleeping comfortably. How horrible it would be without being able to hear. If you had to choose between your sight or your hearing, which would you choose? Never take for granted this evolutionary miracle. |
