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The Listening Club

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#1 ·
Like a book club but for music. How about starting a thread where we pick one piece a week to listen to in depth and comment and observe on it? It would be very interesting to read about other people's thoughts, feelings and understanding of the piece. Great way for people to appreciate the music a little more and hopefully enjoy it.
Thoughts?
 
#108 ·
You know have two works of Beethoven in TLC and still no Schubert.. Oh, :(
 
#110 ·
Welcome to the joys of TinyChat at www.tinychat.com/talkclassical .... here we listen every single day to classical day except Fridays :).

It would be cool to revive this trend again today.
 
#116 ·
Question is how do we initiate a critical discussion about the pieces and not just gut reaction? Seriously I want some in depth analysis of what I'm listening to.
 
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#122 ·
I'm intrigued by the idea but I know from experience how I'm wired up. The moment I'm required to listen to something, I'll tend to dislike it. "Oh, fudge! I gotta listen to Billie Piper whispering subliminal self affirmations in my ear? Who wants to do that?" If it were not for this little quirk of my nature, I'd be stepping up to the plate. I do hope it succeeds for whomever wants to participate.
 
#123 ·
I'm intrigued by the idea but I know from experience how I'm wired up. The moment I'm required to listen to something, I'll tend to dislike it. "Oh, fudge! I gotta listen to Billie Piper whispering subliminal self affirmations in my ear? Who wants to do that?"
ditto

I have so many albums here, favourites and new ones yet to be heard, that my ears are spoken for for years to come ;) I don't like being told what to listen to. The same with book clubs.

The SS works for me, because it is relatively painless. I have skipped a few times, because I just didn't want to hear 'that', or because I had a lot of new acquisitions. Most weeks, I can spare an hour. It might not be unreasonable to post comments and observations right in the SS thread: this is what I'm going to listen to and, later, if one feels like saying something, post it. It might generate some discussion amongst those interested in taking part.

As I had stated a few posts back, I like the idea of being more chatty in the Current Listening. I don't do it as much as I should, but why not comment on someone's recent selections? This way, one is talking about what people actually are choosing to hear. I often indulge in the whim of selecting a piece someone is listening to and listening on YT. This could become an exchange of observations on the piece, if one chooses.
 
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