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  1. A new series, which begins below, on critical listening.
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New Series: Critical Listening

The first post in this series is here: Critical Listen Ep. 1

Here begins a series for the critical listeners, which should be everyone and is not to say critics but lovers. Lovers of art, sound, music—the mythes, mysteries, memes, and mythos.

About once a month, this series will be a post of my notes from careful (critical) listening of requested songs and those I simply feel are worth consideration. While critical listening of music from a production perspective traditionally carries a technical evaluation, here I will be broader. In addition to sonic qualities(width, balance, dynamics—all will be explained), these notes often include history, context, and production details.

This series is inspired by exercises in learning to listen closely and understand how music makes it way from musician to listener, especially at the mastering step. And in so doing, to offer you a way to hear what you may not have known is possible.

This introduction is as formal as it will get. At times, it may even include a journey through an entire album.

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