But just as learning how to play the piano was once part of any serious listener's musical education, learning how to DJ, even if it's only an introductory lesson, may now serve a similar purpose, helping listeners navigate the beat-driven cacophony they encounter in the rest of their lives.
It may have taken a decade of releasing 12" singles to get to the point where Lenzman has attention of both the average clubber and the serious listener, but the wait was definitely worth it.
The Glendale Symphony hasn't been worth a serious listener's attention in recent seasons.
The study of musical acoustics is important for performers, composers, researchers, instrument designers and builders, and serious listeners.
For a more upscale version, serious listeners might consider Sony's latest effort in noise-canceling technology: the Sony MDR-NC300D Digital Noise Canceling Earbuds, priced at a budget-canceling $300.
Lives of the Twelve Caesars, by Suetonius, read by Derek Jacobi (7½hrs abridged, Naxos, £24.99) Legion lit notwithstanding, serious listeners less interested in testudo and buccinae will relish Derek Jacobi's saturnine reading of this classic series of imperial biographies.
Standalone services might still persist, especially to serve serious listeners, but even those among us who know the differences between Future, Islands, and Future Islands might find themselves paying Big Tech for music every month, every year, or every new phone.
Neither Beats or Bowers & Wilkins designed their respective headphones for serious listeners, but rather people looking for higher quality audio on the go.
But most importantly, those recommendations are what makes Spotify the go-to streaming service for serious listeners amidst an unbelievably crowded field of competition.
But unlike some other kissa, where the music takes a backseat to socialising or doing business, this smoky Tokyo institution brings in a crowd of serious listeners, and every chair in the cafe is set up facing the stage.
Given all of this, Schopenhauer believes his explanation music is a copy of the will qua thing in itself is justified as an inference to the best explanation of the experience, power and significance of music in the lives of serious listeners.
