Approaches to Listening

Approaches to Listening

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How you listen determines what you hear. What you hear determines what you feel and think. Listening is the most important tool a musician has to connect with their music, but far too few are ever taught the art of listening. Join us as we take a deep dive into listening, including our 4 filters framework that reimagines and defines exactly how to connect with music in a more meaningful and powerful way.

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Approaches to Listening

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10. Feb 2026

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Episode 12: Choice and Listening 10.02.2026

Stephen Taylor and Patrick Summers join me to discuss how choice can be utilized in listening.

Episode 6: The Big Picture 08.09.2025

This episode details how to optimize the exploratory and experiential filters. Sign up for my newsletter or join an online course at my website: https://www.approachestolistening.com/ Listen to my music on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@williamtaylormusic Thank you for listening!

Episode 11: Combining Feeling and Thinking 02.07.2025

Stephen Taylor and I discuss how feeling and thinking can be balanced through active listening. Sign up for my newsletter or join an online course at my website: https://www.approachestolistening.com/ Listen to my music on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@williamtaylormusic Thank you for listening!

Episode 10: Mechanisms of Flexible Listening 18.06.2025

Patrick Summers and I discuss mechanisms that invite flexibility in your listening. Sign up for my newsletter or join an online course at my website: https://www.approachestolistening.com/ Listen to my music on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@williamtaylormusic Thank you for listening!

Episode 9 : Combining Listening and Performance 06.06.2025

This audio is taken from a recent livestream concert that highlights how listening can be applied to live performance. Sign up for my newsletter or join an online course at my website: https://www.approachestolistening.com/ Listen to my music on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@williamtaylormusic Thank you for listening!

Episode 8: Optimizing the Four Filters | Dr. Jim Douglass 20.05.2025

Dr. Jim Douglass and I discuss how to optimally use the four filters, as well as common pitfalls when engaging in active listening. Sign up for my newsletter or join an online course at my website: https://www.approachestolistening.com/ Listen to my music on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@williamtaylormusic Thank you for listening!

Episode 7: Challenges to University Listening | Patrick Summers 28.04.2025

Patrick Summers joins me to discuss the challenges of listening to music in a university setting. Sign up for my newsletter or join an online course at my website: https://www.approachestolistening.com/ Listen to my music on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@williamtaylormusic Thank you for listening!

Episode 5: Refining the Thinking Filters 21.12.2024

This episode discusses new aspects of the thinking filters, including the naming process in analysis, and the proper way to critique. Sign up for my newsletter or join an online course at my website: https://www.approachestolistening.com/ Listen to my music on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@williamtaylormusic Thank you for listening!

Episode 1: Four Filters of Listening 11.12.2024

In this episode I introduce four different approaches to listening. I also explore how trained musicians tend to stagnate in their listening styles and skills, and how the four filters can combat that. Sign up for my newsletter or join an online course at my website: https://www.approachestolistening.com/ Listen to my music on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@williamtaylormusic Thank you for list...

Episode 2: Listening in Practice and Performance 11.12.2024

This episode discusses the need for trained musicians to balance the future and the present through active listening in musical practice and performance. Sign up for my newsletter or join an online course at my website: https://www.approachestolistening.com/ Listen to my music on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@williamtaylormusic Thank you for listening!

Episode 3: How We Listen to Music Matters 11.12.2024

In this episode I explore the practice of passive listening, and its effect on connection to both music, ideas, and other people. I also address counterarguments to active listening by drawing on the information from previous episodes. Sign up for my newsletter or join an online course at my website: https://www.approachestolistening.com/ Listen to my music on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wil...

Episode 4: Applying Listening 11.12.2024

In this episode I explain the foundational ideas from episodes 1-3 through stories and experiences. Sign up for my newsletter or join an online course at my website: https://www.approachestolistening.com/ Listen to my music on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@williamtaylormusic Thank you for listening!

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