Posted on 2024-10-14
Listening Repertoire
I have developed this concept of listening repertoire, similar to practice repertoire or performance repertoire, but for listening.
Back in the olden days (also known as the sixties) when I got my paycheck I would head to the record store and buy an album. On a good week two but anything more than that would cut into my groceries and rent.
When I got home that record would hit the turntable and if I liked it as much as I thought I would it lived there for a while, at least several days before I would swap in the album I bought last week or one I had listened to for years.
But for that week and much of the next I'd listen to it a lot. When guests came over I would play it for them. If we had a party it would be playing in the background.
Now, jump to the present day, where I can listen to anything I want to, anytime. I rarely listen to an album more than once. I love live performances and I watch them on Youtube or listen to them on the Live Music Archive, usually once.
I think we can all relate to this experience. There's so much music and so little time it's hard to give any song or album the time it deserves. The in depth active listen, that only comes with repeated listening, sometimes in the background, sometimes sitting in your sweet spot, focusing only on the songs.
This is where listening repertoire comes in to save the day.
When I find a new (to me) album that I really like, I load it into my player and set it to loop. I pause it when I want and I start it again when I want, from the pause point or from track 1. But I let it live there, in my player, for a while, to get that deep understanding that only comes with repeated listening.
After a few days I'll swap it out for another album in my listening repertoire, for an old favorite, or for something new. But it remains at the top of my listening repertoire and I still put it on loop occasionally and just let it play.
When, after a week (or two) I find another album that I really like, it replaces the old with the new at the top of my listening repertoire.
Occasionally, I will scan through my listening repertoire and remove albums I'm no longer listening to frequently. Since they have been through my listening repertoire I know them well and I will certainly return to them in the future.
Some albums remain in my listening repertoire for a long time. I continue listening to them once or twice a month. They're just that good.
And yes, I keep a list of my listening repertoire. I add new albums at the top of the list. This formalization keeps me from forgetting an album too soon. Everybody's busy. Everybody forgets stuff. Removing an album from my listening repertoire is a decision I make, not something that accidentally happens.
You may have noticed that I am focusing on albums, not songs or playlists. I believe that the album is the musician's long form statement just like the song is their short form statement. An album has variety and depth so I can listen to it for several days. You do what works for you. I'm old. I like albums.
Here's my current listening repertoire. So it's newest (to the list) at the top. Not best at the top. The fact that Nubya's 5ive remains on the list after several years shows just how much I like it.
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Nigel Harpur - Carnival For Little Creatures
https://nigelharpur.bandcamp.com/album/carnival-for-little-creatures
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis
John Coltrane - Crescent
ADHD Quartet - ADHD 6
https://adhdiceland.com/
Paul Bley - Fragments
Steve Khan - The Green Field
http://www.stevekhan.com/discog18.htm
Nubya Garcia - Nubya's 5ive
https://nubyagarcia.bandcamp.com/album/nubyas-5ive
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Posted on 2024-10-04
Blues Fest has been relocated near the park entrance because of electrical problems at the bandshell.
Enter Craighead Forest Park at the main entrance. Blues Fest will be on the left. If you get to the roundabout you've gonne too far.
Blues Fest
Craighead Forest Park
Jonesboro, Arkansas
Sunday, October 6, 2024
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2:00 Hairy Larry and The Flying Hungarians
3:00 Mike Mcleod
4:00 The West Finch Blues Band
5:00 John Shepherd
6:00 Anna and the Tanks
I want to thank all the musicians in advance. The best way for you to show your appreciation is to come and enjoy the music.
It's Free!
Last Sunday we had a good time at the bandshell for the first day of Blues Fest this year. The featured acts were Bebop Beatniks, The Spencer Brothers, and Doug Butler. I record video and audio and I have already started work on some of last Sunday's recordings.
To keep up with Blues Fest, recordings, and other Delta News visit Delta Boogie and subscribe to the email newsletter here.
https://deltaboogie.com
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Posted on 2024-09-26
Delta Boogie Newsletter-Gamerplus News - October 2024 - Blues Fest
Since Blues Fest starts on September 29 I am sending the October newsletter early.
Blues Fest
Craighead Forest Bandshell
Jonesboro, Arkansas
September 29, 2024
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2:00 Bebop Beatniks
3:00 The Spencer Brothers
4:00 Doug Butler
October 6, 2024
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2:00 Hairy Larry and The Flying Hungarians
3:00 Mike Mcleod
4:00 The West Finch Blues Band
5:00 Delta Legends - John Shepherd, Jeremy Burnett, and Hairy Larry
6:00 Anna and the Tanks
I want to thank all the musicians in advance. The best way for you to show your appreciation is to come and enjoy the music.
It's Free!
Last Saturday, September 21, these Blues Fest acts played on the KASU Arkansas Roots Stage at the Beatles At The Ridge Festival in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas.
Bebop Beatniks, The Spencer Brothers, Mike Mcleod, Anna and the Tanks.
We had rain and started an hour late. I want to thank Doug Butler who skipped his set to put us back on schedule. Doug will be playing at Blues Fest on Sunday, September 29.
Doug is carrying the load putting on Blues Fest. I help how I can with scheduling and promotion but I'm too old to do all the work that's involved.
I shot video of all the acts. Here's the Bebop Beatniks video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6-LYX4YDnU
As I get the other videos done I will post them on Delta Boogie and send out links in next months newsletter.
https://deltaboogie.com
We did get to talk to Joe Gordon at the Arkansas Roots stage. He's a fantastic bass player who helped us many times at Blues Fest.
I want to mention Reyzadren who joined G+DBN. He's into music and gaming just like me. If you're on the fediverse with Mastodon, Pixelfed, Peertube, etc. you can contact Reyzadren here.
@reyzadren@gamerplus.org
And if you're not on Mastodon I encourage you to join Gamer+ aka G+DBN here.
https://gamerplus.org
Please forward this email to your friends and share this link.
https://home.gamerplus.org/permalink.php?fname=Delta_Boogie_Newsletter-Gamerplus_News_-_October_2024_-_Blues_Fest.txt
Let me know what you've been doing. Do you have new music? Have you been playing any games? I want to spread the word on Gamer+, Delta Boogie, and in this newsletter.
I hope to see you at Blues Fest.
Thanks,
Hairy Larry
@hairylarry@gamerplus.org - my address on G+DBN
https://gamerplus.org/deck/@hairylarry - my G+DBN link
hairylarry@deltaboogie.com - email is the best way to contact me
And here's my Pixelfed and Peertube info. Pixelfed is great for images. Peertube for videos.
Pixelfed address
@hairylarry@pixelfed.social
Pixelfed Link
https://pixelfed.social/hairylarry
Peertube Link
https://makertube.net/a/hairylarry/video-channels
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Posted on 2024-09-21
Something Blue - Nights
https://sbblues.com/2024/09/21/night-2/
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Erroll Garner, Caprice, Greg Skaff, and Matana Roberts. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM CST, at kasu.org. Or listen now at the link above.
Erroll Garner - The Complete Concert By The Sea
https://www.errollgarner.com/
Greg Skaff - Polaris
https://gregskaff.com/
Matana Roberts - The Chicago Project
https://www.matanaroberts.com/
Caprice - From Dawn Til Dusk
https://njhb.bandcamp.com/album/from-dawn-til-dusk
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