Hein has his students pick a single sound within a song, listen for it, and tune out everything else. Maybe it’s the bass; maybe it’s the vocal. Or maybe this means zeroing in on the chorus and identifying each sound within that. Hein makes his students create lists and diagrams of their conclusions. What instrument or piece of gear produced that s

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Wilson proposed that a booklet of Sonny’s notes be included with the record—a very unusual practice then or now, as musicians are seldom trusted to explain their own work—and he took full advantage of it, filling it with his poetry and various musings. Yet when Sonny suggested the notes be titled “Preparation for Outer Space,” Wilson thought he was

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