I taught a guy how to learn how to listen to music better as a soundguy.  “Listen to the strings come in now”.  “Can you hear the snare drum?” “That sound is a tambourine.”  “The toms go like this…”  “That is a hi-hat sound.”

Sometimes I don’t realize how little other people listen to music and how music sounds and is put together.  Sometimes it’s impossible for me to ignore the fact that a hi-hat opened or the timing of the entry of an instrument.  Or the tone of a keyboard or guitar.  Not that I’m even an expert in tone, haha.