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Gig Faces, Zebra Finches and Acid Horn

Gig Faces, Zebra Finches and Acid Horn

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 Why can two people go to the same gig and have completely different experiences? Can a zebra finch help us hear something we have been missing? And does knowing more about music help us enjoy it, or just give us more things to worry about?This week, I compare notes with journalist Jo Caird before and after a Beirut gig, and try to explain my apparently miserable gig face. We talk about listening for the details, letting the whole thing wash over you, and whether it is ever possible to switch off the part of your brain that does this for a living.Along the way, Richard Feynman's thoughts about the beauty of a flower lead into the pleasures of understanding a little more, and Stevie Wonder's Pastime Paradise offers a chance to hear something new in a familiar recording.In the Listening Lab, we try an experiment inspired by research comparing humans and zebra finches. What happens when the pitch of a sound and its tone colour point in different directions? With examples from singing, a synthesizer filter and a wah pedal, we listen beyond the notes themselves.Then I pick up a tenor horn to join The Listening Project for Jeremy Deller's Acid Brass at Simple Things Festival, Bristol Beacon, on 7th November 2026. I work on Strings of Life before taking it to the stage, with some brass-band muscle memory to contend with along the way. The episode includes footage from that performance, so you can hear how it went.LINKS AND REFERENCESExplore the podcast, browse by subject and sign up for The Open Ear Dispatch:https://www.originofthepieces.com/Explore the episode map:https://www.originofthepieces.com/mapJo Caird:https://jocaird.com/Try the listening experiment, 'Can you do better than a songbird?':https://www.mcg.uva.nl/humansvszebrafinches/Research: Zhi-Yuan Ning, Jiaxin Li, Carel ten Cate and Henkjan Honing, 'Divergent Processing Strategies for Auditory Sequence Recognition in Humans and a Songbird' (2026):https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-11035-9Simple Things Festival:https://simplethingsfestival.co.uk/The performance featured in this episode: The Listening Project Presents: Jeremy Deller's Acid Brass, Simple Things Festival, Bristol Beacon, 7th November 2026 (event listing):https://bristolbeacon.org/whats-on/simple-things-2026/About The Listening Project, founded by trumpet player Jack Jones:https://www.jackjonescurates.co.uk/the-listening-projectThe Listening Project - music, news and links:https://linktr.ee/thelisteningprojectVIDEO EXCERPT CREDITSAnna-Maria Hefele - 'overtone singing - lesson 1: basics':https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP0iotICL7kMarc Doty - 'Filter- Cutoff Control', published by the Bob Moog Foundation, from a macProVideo synthesis tutorial:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=213faH98plEGriff Hamlin / Blues Guitar Unleashed - 'How To Use A Wah Pedal':https://bluesguitarunleashed.com/blog/how-to-use-a-wah-pedal/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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