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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of My Heart Radio.

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Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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Speaker 1: Today's tip is to listen to something more than once.

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Speaker 1: With any complex material. A second listen, or a third

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Speaker 1: or a four we'll reveal new things and most likely

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Speaker 1: increase the pleasure of the experience. Over the past few weeks,

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Speaker 1: I have been annoying my children by listening to Aaron

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Speaker 1: Copeland's Appalachian Spring in the car while I am driving

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Speaker 1: people around. This orchestral piece is under thirty minutes long,

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Speaker 1: so I can get through the whole thing on the

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Speaker 1: drive to Karate and back. It is also musically interesting

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Speaker 1: enough that I haven't gotten bored with it. As I

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Speaker 1: listen to it again and again, I hear new themes

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Speaker 1: and how different instruments interpret the themes As it becomes familiar.

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Speaker 1: Each listen is like greeting an old friend. Now, not

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Speaker 1: all music deserves such attention. A lot of pop songs

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Speaker 1: become annoying if you have to listen to them more

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Speaker 1: than a few times, but a work that has stood

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Speaker 1: the test of time is different. There is generally enough

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Speaker 1: there that your interest will grow rather than wayne. So

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Speaker 1: if there is a work you would like to become

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Speaker 1: more familiar with, why not try listening to it more

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Speaker 1: than once. You could listen to an opera or Beethoven's symphonies.

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Speaker 1: You could listen to box be Minor mass A hundred

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Speaker 1: times and still be learning something new every time. In

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Speaker 1: between listens, you might read up a bit on the

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Speaker 1: work to make sure you know what you are hearing.

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Speaker 1: But if you do this, chances are your car trips

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Speaker 1: will feel a lot more edifying. Same with listening to

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Speaker 1: recorded forms of written works. You could listen to an

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Speaker 1: audiobook multiple times to start picking up on new themes

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Speaker 1: or the twists in the way an author uses words.

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Speaker 1: Maybe it's a novel like The Great Gatsby. Maybe it's

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Speaker 1: recordings of Shakespeare's plays are part of a sacred text

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Speaker 1: like the Psalms. But if you pick your material right,

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Speaker 1: listening once isn't going to reveal everything. It is only

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Speaker 1: when you listen again and again that you start to

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Speaker 1: understand a little more. As the world opens up after COVID,

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Speaker 1: many of us are spending a lot more time in

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Speaker 1: our cars, but we might be out of practice on

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Speaker 1: making good use of this time. If you listen to

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Speaker 1: this show. You probably listen two podcasts in the car,

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Speaker 1: which is wonderful, but it is not the only option,

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Speaker 1: Especially if you are spending a lot of time in

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Speaker 1: that car. Putting a classic work on repeat can help

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Speaker 1: you stretch your brain, and given how beautiful something like

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Speaker 1: Appalachian Spring is, this can make the time feel far

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Speaker 1: more pleasant. In the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening,

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Speaker 1: and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,

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Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from it. You can send me

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Speaker 1: your tips, your questions, or anything else. Just connect with

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Speaker 1: me on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at Before Breakfast pod

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Speaker 1: that's b E the number four, then Breakfast p o D.

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Speaker 1: You can also shoot me an email at Before Breakfast

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Speaker 1: Podcasts at i heartmedia dot com. That Before Breakfast is

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Speaker 1: spelled out with all the letters. Thanks so much, I

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Speaker 1: look forward to staying in touch. Before Breakfast is a

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Speaker 1: production of I Heart Radio. For more podcasts from I

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