Many enjoy being constantly surrounded with music.
Others-- including numerous listeners, musicians, composers-- prefer to listen on their own terms.
Those in the latter group focus on sound differently and approach music consciously, for their own reasons. Some have personal and emotional viewpoints, or listen contemplatively; the creative musician will often have an analytic ear for technique and style, the theorist for effect and insight.
While virtually everyone listens from time to time just for fun, it is the way of the artist to hear possibilities, to think ahead, and to reach for unique moments of perception and perspective.
Others-- including numerous listeners, musicians, composers-- prefer to listen on their own terms.
Those in the latter group focus on sound differently and approach music consciously, for their own reasons. Some have personal and emotional viewpoints, or listen contemplatively; the creative musician will often have an analytic ear for technique and style, the theorist for effect and insight.
While virtually everyone listens from time to time just for fun, it is the way of the artist to hear possibilities, to think ahead, and to reach for unique moments of perception and perspective.
