How to truly listen

[cschang]

I don't recall this ever being posted here before...

I assume the biggest reason, or at least one of the biggest reasons we are all in this hobby, is because we love music.

A friend of mine shared this with me today, I thought it was excellent. Keep in mind, this lady, is almost completely deaf.

Evelyn Glennie: How to truly listen | Talk Video | TED.com

 

[tyhjaarpa]

This for sure is an interesting demonstration about listening. I knew you can feel sounds but at that level she tells you about..

 

[Alex2507]

... one of the biggest reasons we are all in this hobby, is because we love music.

I got in because of surround sound but became obsessed because of music. It's been an education and a half these last 8 years or so and clips like that one continue to add to it. I find myself listening to everything ... except my wife.

 

[cschang]

I find myself listening to everything ... except my wife.

Hilarious!!

 

[cschang]

The presentation is right in line with what an audiologist friend of mine told me, "we perceive sounds in many different ways, in ways that we don't fully understand, and we all do it differently."

By the way...Evelyn Glennie has her own YouTube channel and website...I did a google yesterday. Very interesting stuff.

 

[Acoustat]

Quite the accomplishment what she achieved at the Royal Academy of Music for all who audition in the UK.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

"we perceive sounds in many different ways, in ways that we don't fully understand, and we all do it differently."

So what is the take-home message?

That physics can't tell you exactly how a person perceives the sound, interprets the sound, appreciates the sound, understands the interaction between the body and the sound, etc. ?

That speaker measurement is NOT everything because we all have different perceptions and preferences?

Perhaps every speaker "interprets" the music differently?

 

[lsiberian]

I got in because of surround sound but became obsessed because of music. It's been an education and a half these last 8 years or so and clips like that one continue to add to it. I find myself listening to everything ... except my wife.

She actually talks to you?

 

[j_garcia]

I got in because of surround sound but became obsessed because of music. It's been an education and a half these last 8 years or so and clips like that one continue to add to it. I find myself listening to everything ... except my wife.

Sort of same for me. I started with car audio because I loved music, but started in the house with a HT system that quickly gravitated toward a music-centric system

 

[cschang]

So what is the take-home message?

That physics can't tell you exactly how a person perceives the sound, interprets the sound, appreciates the sound, understands the interaction between the body and the sound, etc. ?

That speaker measurement is NOT everything because we all have different perceptions and preferences?

Perhaps every speaker "interprets" the music differently?

I'm guessing she didn't get the message across to you?

To me...it means there are many different ways to "listen".

 

[KEW]

I'm not sure I buy into the title...that she is actually telling us how to listen.
If she is, I missed it because I don't have a real "take-away" on how I will listen differently.
It seems to me like she is actually providing a phenomenology of how we do listen to (or experience) sound - which is very interesting as something we don't so much think about (especially as a deaf person might).
I don't mean to detract from her presentation at all, it was brilliantly done and fun to experience her presentation/demonstrations.