Where are you based?
Toronto, Canada
Where do you work? What do you do?
Work at home for now – work on marketing for CD Baby in Canada while also running online conferences and events for Indie Week.
What are you listening to?
Lately podcasts on marketing and social media and one for just humour is SmartLess. For music, I’ve been listening to full albums and usually from artists I listened to in my younger years or classic acts that I wouldn’t have known about. Blues, Jazz, Country, Rock…. A bit of everything.
How do you discover new music?
Truthfully a lot is sent to me because of my position. I keep an eye out for new releases coming out through CD Baby that stand out. Also with Indie Week, I participate in numerous conferences and festivals – during normal times that includes live showcases.
What formats do you usually listen to? LP, CD, Cassette, Digital, Streaming Services? Why?
Digital only – just because of the ease of use – I did listen to CDs at the start of the pandemic but it was to go through my collection and figure out what is on streaming platforms so I could get rid of the CD.
Where do you do most of your music listening?
Work, home and anytime I’m in the car. I use Google Nest, Alexa and Siri along with Sonos.
How do you find and listen to pre-release music?
Also because of my work, links are often being sent to me which takes up my time for any new release music coming out.
What are your frustrations with listening to music digitally? Any benefits?
Too many links in messaging! The worst is getting a random message from someone you don’t know with a ton of links. I just hit delete. One thing that can be frustrating is that on some of the streaming services albums might be missing a track from the original release. (usually due to disputes in copyright and ownership).
“Too many links in messaging! The worst is getting a random message from someone you don’t know with a ton of links”
How do you keep track of everything you are listening to?
I save it to a personal digital playlist.
Do you tip other people off to new music? How?
Yes either through social media, messaging, or if I am being interviewed on a podcast I will try to mention a band or two.
Anything you want to “promote”?
Yes, the online conferences we produce can be found at indieweek.com and by following IndieWeek on social media. Each week we have a FREE online discussion with music industry reps every TUESDAY at 4 pm est called Indie Weekly. We have a lot more in the works so there will be more announcements coming.
And, happening this week… Music Pro Summit!
