I am a musician. Listening is work.
Except, I like it. Now how is that for a life.
I listen very much to the same things, as I do when listening to bows (have given mostly up on fiddles, as mine is fantastic, and anything else will be a side move), that is, structure, body, fluidity, grain etc. YOu can invent everyday a new aspect of listening. But it would not mean very much writing it down here, since you would NOT know what i mean - Just like I had to find a commong language with my violinmaker setting up my fiddle.