Expectation closes the door to what is happening in the moment.

According to USA today, the average length of an attention span of a man in America is 23 minutes.

The spoken form is in fact a very restrained representation of what is possible in the musical language.

Music can be transformative, utterly transformative. The act of music is utterly transformative.

But above that, most mature adults can hold their attention on something for 45 minutes, whether they like it or not. But above that requires training.

When a record company makes a mistake, the artist pays for it. When a manager makes a mistake, the artist pays for it. When the artist makes a mistake, the artist pays for it.

If an apprentice does not hear what a master hears, is then that quality not present in the music? Yes and no. In the world in which the apprentice lives no.