That he could draw about him, even in old age, a crowd of admiring fellow musicians and would-be collaborators was largely due to the hypnotic effect of his music, to the mantra-like chanting over the relentlessly repetitive beat of guitar and foot, which seemed to absorb listeners and accompanists alike into a huge heartbeat.
There is a limitlessness to Murcof's music that absorbs the listener, touching on themes of life, death and eternity.
President Obama is a voracious reader, an acute observer, and a great listener who absorbed peoples' stories.
Among his requests was that listeners absorb Talk Talk's masterwork, "Spirit of Eden," under a specific set of circumstances: "In a very calm mood with no distractions," he told Melody Maker upon its release, adding that "you have to give it all your attention.
Whether a listener absorbs this music or rebels against it is at least partly a matter of how the performers put it across.
The few instances we saw Macron, he was leaning forward, utterly absorbed, far and away the best listener of the bunch.
Just as the Abstract Expressionists wanted viewers to focus on paint itself, on its texture and pigment, Feldman wanted listeners to absorb the basic facts of resonant sound.
It's hard enough for listeners to absorb a radically new idea.
In an interview for The Village Voice, Miguel said that the strategy allowed listeners to absorb the songs at his desired pace and called it "a great way for me to reconnect with my peers... the people that I hang out with that go to the same shows, listen to the same music, read the same blogs, same magazines".
It is absorbed into the songs and together they go into the ear of the listener.
