His harmonies, restless and forever migrating toward a new tonal center, moved between tension and resolution in an uncanny way that constantly propelled the listener forward.
Bell's style is conversational but theatrical, full of meaningful pauses that make listeners lean forward, and Dobson persuaded the leadership at Calvary to give him a chance.
The joke was that he had been playing virtually nothing but ballads: one slow, perfectly poised song after another, presented so quietly that listeners leaned forward to catch each delicate moment.
As listeners look forward to the return of hit US true-crime podcast Serial, audio producers are hoping to recreate its success with a new wave of podcasts aimed at the reality TV generation.
Sometimes Mr. Epstein delivers these thoughts in a mumble, which compels his listener, leaning forward and asking him to repeat himself, to pay even more attention.
He dropped his voice and slowed the sentence, inviting listeners to lean forward and catch the unexpected ending: "… is exactly the courage and principle we need in Washington DC to turn this country around".
"Listeners can look forward to planned national and local coverage improvements by the broadcasters over the next couple of years, further progress on digital radio in cars and the planned new national commercial stations.
In principle, these results are consistent with recent views on the role of rapid prediction in language production and comprehension, which suggested that the speakers and listeners form a "forward model" of sequences of utterances and then match the outcome to the prediction process with any sensory input (Pickering and Garrod 2013).
If you are a "lean forward" listener — that is, the kind of motivated fan who takes the time to discover the music you want — Spotify is a celestial jukebox.
Vin Scully's calling card is familiar to generations of Los Angeles Dodgers fans, a sign that the listener can look forward to three hours or so of the Hall of Fame announcer's dulcet tones.
