Listen to the Record, Not Just the Song
Do you love the song? Or do you love one particular recording of it? This episode closes out the week of Dave’s Side One: Seven Things to Listen For. Using Journey's “People and Places,” Dave separates the listening experience into four layers: Material. Performance. Arrangement. Sound. The material can travel from performer to performer. But the voices, instrumental choices, interaction, dynamics, space and recorded sound turn that material into a specific record. This episode also brings together every previous exercise—from drums and arrangement to rhythm-section chemistry and silence. The…
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