In a pre­vi­ous post, I dis­cussed the dif­fer­ence in our reac­tions to music when we choose it (active selec­tion) ver­sus when some­one else chooses it for us (pas­sive selec­tion). I claimed that the end­less choice we expe­ri­ence thanks to Inter­net tech­nol­ogy was mak­ing it harder to enjoy pas­sive musi­cal selection.

Upon fur­ther reflec­tion, how­ever, I see that I am actu­ally mak­ing less active music choices nowa­days than I used to, and tech­nol­ogy is part of the rea­son why. So I’ve decided to con­duct an exper­i­ment: How long can I avoid mak­ing active lis­ten­ing choices, and what will that do to the way I hear music? Con­tinue read­ing “Exper­i­ment: Can I Com­pletely Stop Choos­ing What Music I Lis­ten To?” »

News re­lease. My sixth prize in the competition.

I’m pleased to announce that I received another SOCAN Award this year, bring­ing my career total up to six. I won a prize in the vocal cat­e­gory for Kiss Around the World, as per­formed by Ensem­ble Res­o­nance in Novem­ber 2009.

I was also pleased to see some of my col­leagues receive well-deserved recog­ni­tion, includ­ing Trevor Grahl, Alexan­dra Fol, and Tay­lor Brook. Con­grat­u­la­tions to all.