Reading Roundup: Close Listening

Friends, here is the roundup of resources we'll be using to guide our discussion of "close listening".

I'm also interested in talking about how "close listening" is similar to (and different from) "close reading", and how each can inform the other.

We'll start out exploration of close listening by reviewing Mystery Tricycle's instructions for developing a "listening heuristic".

We'll watch Evelyn Glennie's TED Talk, "How to Truly Listen", which models some great close listening techniques.
Finally, we'll be following Salford University researcher James Thirkettle's fantastic new blog, "How Do You Listen to Music?".

Please review each of these resources, and write a 250 word blog post that discusses your own perspective on listening, and that references each of the resources in some way.