But Ms. Fujimoto, drilling the Americans in endless variations on rudimentary folk or ritual songs, seemed to be striving for something more basic: not so much individual vocal refinement or panache as a unity of group spirit based on listening to one's fellow performers, a heightened sensitivity to musical surroundings.
"It's really more based on listening".
Change and more change are on the cards, it seems, based on listening to and learning from the British public.
That makes Khloé and Lamar come across as even more responsible, setting the tone for a relationship based on listening and respect.
As a critic whose job is based on listening to new music, I have never been exposed to more high-quality artists in a shorter amount of time.
"I have literally invented billions of dollars of product that is based on listening to women — I can tell you how to turn their dissatisfaction into product response, and how to bring it to marketplace," he said.
The reaction of his audience leads to a larger conclusion, though, which is that picking stocks based on listening to Jim Cramer yell about them is a fool's game, too.
The report, A Step in the Right Direction, was based on listening to more than 4,400 calls from victims of antisocial behaviour to the police, and the largest survey of victims yet with 9,300 responding.
Ehud Barak dislikes this kind of criticism of the United States, and in a rather testy tone in a phone conversation with me on Jan . 18said: "Our discourse with the United States is based on listening and mutual respect, together with an understanding that it is our primary ally.
Matt Bowsher, assistant director, quality and commissioning at DMBC, says: "We wanted to develop a person-centred approach to dementia care based on listening to our clients and responding to their needs, and to help people avoid having premature links with 'serviceland' for as long as possible.
This allows an understanding to be built based on listening to participants' ideas (Creswell [2003]).
