One of the most important things you can do on the path to artistic development is to listen! Listen to as much music as you can, and in a variety of styles. My first class on my first day at Berklee College Of Music was called “Listening Analysis”! Each week in class we would listen and analyze a piece of music; I mean, tear it apart! Every note, every nuance was analyzed. It’s amazing what you find in a piece of music when you dial into the whole of it. Somewhere down the road, you will find that all of that listening analysis has been extremely helpful!