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Conditions of music perception

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In any order: - Mood of the moment - Focus - Current interests - Knowledge about music - Age of the listener - Listener - beeing an artist or amateur - Part of the year/season - Air temperature of the venue - Light - Events the person takes part in prior to  listening - Beeing in trouble or not - Personality type - Beeing open for new things - Attitude towards tradition - Attitude towards Avantgarde - Personal needs - The date and time music has been made - The relation of the origins of the listener and maker - Cultural relation between listener and artist - The context of the venue - festival, etc - Concert or home listening - Purpose of the music, the function or lack of it - Loudness level of the music - Length of the gig or the album - Knowing the artist in person by the listener