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Where are you based?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Toronto. Right now, specifically, Bloor and Ossington, in the spare room of my house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where do you work? What do you do?<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

CBC Music<\/a> makes radio, live music videos, music news and views via our website, playlist streaming and many other music things. We are national and international in our scope. I oversee the people who oversee and carry out these efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are you listening to?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Junia T. Run The Jewels 4. Laura Marling’s new one. Thundercat – It Is What It Is. Waxahatchee – Saint Cloud. Dua Lipa. Sarah Harmer. The Internet – Hive Mind. Joel Plaskett’s 4 record monolith. And a steady stream of vinyl I mail order and forget about so it’s like sending myself presents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do you discover new music?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

CBC Music team. Spotify \/ Apple Music recos. Any Damn Music. Anyone still doing record reviews. Friends. Twitter. Shazaming song placements.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What formats do you usually listen to? LP, CD, Cassette, Digital, Streaming Services? Why?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Undistracted listening: vinyl at home. Radio or streaming or CD in the car, but I seldom drive. Streaming downloads on the commute. Distracted listening at the desk or in the kitchen: radio and streaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where do you do most of your music listening?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In front of the turntable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do you find and listen to pre-release music?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Generally I don’t. I get sent stuff but there’s so much to manage. Instead I tend to listen once it’s released to the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are your frustrations with listening to music digitally? Any benefits?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I’m with Neil … it doesn’t sound as good as vinyl but when it’s distracted listening that doesn’t matter as much. The benefits are huge though – it’s highly portable and having that range of material at your fingertips still blows my mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do you keep track of everything you are listening to?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Discogs. Spotify \/ Apple Music downloads. But I don’t really keep close tabs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Do you tip other people off to new music? How?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I’m not on socials so it’s usually one-on-one convos with my music-loving friends. Right now that’s been reduced to emails and Zoom calls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anything you want to \u201cpromote\u201d?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Of course, this year\u2019s\u00a0 Polaris Short List and the winner will be announced on Oct 19th:<\/p>\n\n\n\n