035: About Active Listening

<p class="p1">What is "active listening" - and should <em>you</em> be doing it?</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">Musicians often make the mistake of thinking that "ear training" is just about specific concrete skills like recognising intervals or learning to adjust EQ bands on a mixer by ear.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">But actually there's one big-picture skill that's possibly more important than all of those - as well as providing a great opportunity to put those skills to use. And that's active listening.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">Learn more about what it is and a number of ways you can start doing it yourself, today, in this episode.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><strong>Subscribe For Future Episodes!</strong></p> <p class="p1"><a href= "http://musicalitypodcast.com/subscribe-itunes">Apple Podcasts</a> | <a href= "http://musicalitypodcast.com/subscribe-android">Android</a> | <a href= "http://musicalitypodcast.com/subscribe-stitcher">Stitcher</a> | <a href="http://musicalitypodcast.com/subscribe-rss">RSS</a></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><strong>Full Show Notes and Transcript:</strong> <a href="http://musicalitypodcast.com/35"><strong>Episode 035</strong></a></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><strong>Links and Resources</strong></p> <p class="p1">• Interview: <a href= "http://musicalitypodcast.com/34/?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=musicalitypodcast"> Why and How to Learn Music Theory, with Matthew Scott Phillips and Jeremy Burns</a></p> <p class="p1">• Article: <a href= "https://www.musical-u.com/learn/how-to-hear-more-in-the-music-you-love/?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=musicalitypodcast"> How to hear more in the music you love</a></p> <p class="p1">• Article: <a href= "https://www.musical-u.com/learn/close-your-eyes-to-open-your-ears/?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=musicalitypodcast"> Close your eyes to open your ears</a></p> <p class="p1">• Article: <a href= "https://www.musical-u.com/learn/the-1-essential-activity-for-every-musician/?u