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The Blindboy Podcast

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How to Listen to a Musician in a Room

When you're physically in a room, with someone playing music, thas the sound of the guitar subtly echoes off the wall. And both of your ears together interpret this in your brain as a sense of space. Early mono recordings are the houral equivalent of a flat drawing that doesn't have depth perspective. People didn't have a language or understanding for what that feeling of life was. They didn't understand music sounds different in a room.

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