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Last week, the initial public offering of Pandora—the Internet radio service that recommends music based on a listener's tastes—put the company's colossal impact in the headlines: Its technology had set new standard by connecting 90 million registered users to music they barely even know they wanted.

Radio Stations Go Back to the Future Pia Catton 2011

That starts with understanding and accepting your listener's perspective, then crafting your message through the filter of their worldview.

Marc Stoiber: Why Do I Care if Your Company's Green? Marc Stoiber 2011

As in his 2007 score to the Italian film "L'Amore Nascosto," Mr. Morris's music has a cinematic quality that paints vibrant images in the listener's head.

Passing Down the Piano Torch Song Will Friedwald 2011

Of course, there is anticipation, too, as the listener's brain leaps to the next note automatically or, if he or she doesn't know what that note will be, experiences a delicious period of pure expectation that is sometimes rewarded with something unexpected and sublime.

Arthur Rosenfeld: Paying Attention to the Space Between Life's Notes Arthur Rosenfeld 2010

Of course, there is anticipation, too, as the listener's brain leaps to the next note automatically or, if he or she doesn't know what that note will be, experiences a delicious period of pure expectation that is sometimes rewarded with something unexpected and sublime.

Arthur Rosenfeld: Paying Attention to the Space Between Life's Notes Arthur Rosenfeld 2010

At times I was reminded of contemporary film composers, like Carter Burwell, but on the whole, Ms. Schneider's sounds are more colorful and her images, being entirely in the listener's head, are more vivid.

Music With All the Fixings Will Friedwald 2011

I'm coming to conclude that it's next to impossible to conjure an answer that will reflect the truth, serve the CEO's institution, keep the listener's interest, and avoid making anyone look bad.

The 'What's Surprised You?' Trap Barry Glassner 2011

Each re-teller of the stories "spun" the stories to reflect both the teller's own experience of God and the listener's best means of comprehending it.

Eliot Daley: Killing the Church by Denigrating the Immediacy of God Eliot Daley 2011

Last week, the initial public offering of Pandora—the Internet radio service that recommends music based on a listener's tastes—put the company's colossal impact in the headlines: Its technology had set new standard by connecting 90 million registered users to music they barely even know they wanted.

Radio Stations Go Back to the Future Pia Catton 2011

Of course, there is anticipation, too, as the listener's brain leaps to the next note automatically or, if he or she doesn't know what that note will be, experiences a delicious period of pure expectation that is sometimes rewarded with something unexpected and sublime.

Arthur Rosenfeld: Paying Attention to the Space Between Life's Notes Arthur Rosenfeld 2010