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When I was a kid my dad read classics to me, a chapter per night -- Anne of Green Gables, Around the World in 80 Days, Tom Sawyer. He'd read the name of the next chapter before I went to bed and I was always excited.
The best audiobook readers are truly amazing. It makes a world of difference for me as a listener when you get a good one. Just the sound of certain performers' voices is enough to make each line compelling.
I think there is a parallel here to both singing, and playing, music….
I’m reminded of the Jeff Buckley quote
“There is no good singing, there is only present and absent.” — Jeff Buckley
Thanks, David, for another home run !
Excellent article. Thank you. Reading aloud used to be a lot more common until about a hundred years ago, when the advent of cheap paperbacks from the likes of Penguin allowed ordinary people to be able to buy and read their own books. My grandparents (who kids in the 1900s...
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I'm David, and Raptitude is a blog about getting better at being human -- things we can do to improve our lives today.
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