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Art of Listening Records

Talk about music, vinyl, classic rock, classic jazz, and whatever else comes to mind. Hosted by one of the founders of Art of Listening Records - Dave Gwilliam.

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  • S1 · E212
    August 19 · 7 min

    Listen to the Drummer

    What happens when you deliberately stop listening to the most obvious thing on a familiar record? Today's episode of Dave’s Side One continues Seven Things to Listen For with Journey’s Evolution. This time, Dave ignores the lead vocal and guitar and follows Steve Smith. The listening framework: PLACE — How does the beat feel? MOVE — How does the drummer help the band transition? SHAPE — How do the drums change the emotional size of a section? SPACE — What does the drummer choose not to fill? A great drummer does much more than keep time. A great drummer changes how the band moves. Side One Spin: What album would you choose for a drummer-focused listen?

  • S1 · E211
    August 18 · 7 min

    When an Album Announces Itself

    What happens when we stop asking what to listen to and start asking what to listen for? This episode begins the weekly topic on Dave’s Side One: Seven Things to Listen For. The first exercise is musical identity. Using Earth, Wind & Fire's I Am and the opening of “In the Stone,” Dave listens for the musical information arriving almost immediately: rhythm, horns, voices, arrangement, energy and scale. Then he introduces The Album-Introduction Test: ARRIVE — Does the album command attention? IDENTIFY — Does it establish a recognizable personality? PROMISE — What expectations does the opening create? DELIVER — Does the rest of the album develop that identity? A great opening doesn't need to tell us everything that's coming. It teaches us what to listen for. Side One Spin: What album announces itself almost immediately?

  • S1 · E210
    August 17 · 7 min

    You Haven’t Really Heard an Album Until You’ve Heard It All the Way Through

    Can you know every song on an album and still not really know the album? In today's episode of Dave’s Side One, Dave closes Seven Musical Arguments by exploring the difference between hearing individual tracks and experiencing a complete album. Using Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s Not Fragile, Dave looks at how sequencing, momentum, the Side One break and the album closer create relationships between songs that disappear when every track is treated independently. This is not an argument against playlists, shuffle or streaming. It is an argument that complete-album listening offers something different. Dave also introduces The Full Album Test: Start at Track One. Don’t skip. Don’t shuffle. Stay until the last song finishes. Then ask: Did I hear something I missed before? The final Week 7 Side One Spin: What album should everybody hear at least once, beginning to end, without skipping anything?

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