Hello and

in today's

in today we're getting a little better at life.

I'm your host, Corey Muscarra,

and in today's episode, we're

going to talk about how to listen to music better. More to come on that in a moment.

First, let's settle in together with the Sound of the Bells. I'm going to So in the context of practicing human and the overarching intention of this

podcast we're always looking for little ways to get a little better at life, ways to mitigate some

stress, discomfort, ways to increase joy.

And so today I want to share something that I think might help you increase your joy

a bit or even your pleasure.

One thing I haven't talked about much on this podcast is my musical background.

Not that I'm a professional musician or ever was, but music was a big part of my life growing up.

Played piano from an early age, was a trumpet player, my father was a trumpet player, My grandfather was a professional trumpet player. My brother's a music teacher. My sister played music. My cousin's a music teacher during family parties. Everyone had instruments and was singing there was a lot of

music in my family and I associate it with a lot of joy but in addition to the partying and music that would be part of family parties,

there was also an emphasis on really listening to music and appreciating music. And it's something I've found myself drifting away from in recent years

and it's something I notice culturally as well.

Except music just tends to play in the is something I notice culturally as well,

that music just tends to play in the background,

and we can appreciate it in the background.

But it's different than sitting down

with the sole intention to listen to a song and the intricacies of the song and the subtleties

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