Clean Your Ears

Here is a piece of advice from decades past to assist you in your listening reflections:

The best way to increase your listening skills is to do some “ear cleaning.” Canadian environmentalist, composer, writer and educator R. Murray Schafer created ear cleaning exercises in the 1970s to help people get in touch with their audio environments and raise their awareness to the dangers of noise pollution. Today, there are many ear cleaning activities to get your ears tuned up and in tip-top shape!

Try some of these activities:

Make a List       The Earplug Exercise       Figure-Ground

Keynotes & Sound Marks       Audio Perspectives