Eros of the listening

Sarunas Nakas

We should not forget one important thing: to the same extent as composers develop their writing skills, their listening abilities undergo a considerable improvement. And it is not utterly clear what is more important in this process – to act as a composer or to excel as a listener. We may guess that the advancement of listening skills goes in step with the deepening of sound perception, invoking the whole new world lurking within and adjusting composer’s attitude and approaches to its micro- as mush as macro – dimensions.