{"id":250,"date":"2019-04-08T02:02:39","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T02:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/howwelisten\/interview\/howwelisten-vish-khanna\/"},"modified":"2022-06-02T08:47:46","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T08:47:46","slug":"vish-khanna","status":"publish","type":"interview","link":"https:\/\/byta.com\/howwelisten\/interview\/vish-khanna\/","title":{"rendered":"Vish Khanna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

I live in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

My current day job is Station Manager at CFRU 93.3 FM<\/a>. I also work as a freelance music and comedy critic and am an Assistant Editor at Exclaim! Magazine<\/a>. I also host and produce a weekly interview podcast called Kreative Kontrol<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

This week I\u2019ve mostly been listening to Dark Blue<\/a> by Steven Lambke, Football Money<\/a> by Kiwi Jr., To the Point by Nathan McIntosh, The Pits<\/a> by Lonely Parade, Miracle in the Night by John Southworth, The Hunter by Ike & Tina Turner, and a lot of A Tribe Called Quest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

I hear a lot of cool stuff played by programmers at CFRU<\/a>. I\u2019m also sent new music every day by publicists and musicians. I also am mindful of what people are talking about on social media, which has led me to hear and speak with bands I love. And yeah, I tend to read music sites just to see what\u2019s up but, honestly, as I\u2019m sent so much music directly, I tend to process that stuff first on my own and decide whether I want to cover it somehow and that usually depends on whether or not it speaks to me on a deeper level or if I think the composer or band<\/a> might be interesting to speak with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

My record player has been disconnected a few months since I moved it from the living room to my tiny office\/laundry room at home so I need to find some time to get that back together. I have the Apple Music family plan and a Bluetooth speaker so that, my wife, my son and I (mostly; my daughter is too young and disinterested in making a point of purposefully listening to music) can connect to it when we want to. We are still driving a 2005 Toyota Matrix with a CD player so my kids and I listen to a lot of music on compact disc and have sing-a-longs in there. We had a good run at \u201cJunior Panthers\u201d by Sloan recently that was filmed and enjoyed on socials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

When you put it that way, there\u2019s always music playing wherever I am. At home, in the morning I usually fire up the Bluetooth speaker at breakfast. Then if I\u2019m walking or commuting to work, there\u2019s music on-off of my phone or in the car. At work, I\u2019m either listening to CFRU from the hallway speakers outside of my office or sometimes to Apple Music on my work laptop. During dinner prep, the Bluetooth speaker again. When the hi-fi is back in action, it\u2019s a Pro-Ject II turntable, Castle Knight 5 floor standing speakers, and a Marantz PM6006 Integrated Amplifier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

It\u2019s basically always sent to me or I request it and get it. I do my best to listen to what most piques my interest first and spend as much time as possible with it, at home and while I\u2019m mobile. If it resonates with me, I listen more closely and mentally make note of whether or not I may wish to write about a record or interview a band. I\u2019m just one man so I can\u2019t get to everything I\u2019d like to via my various platforms but that doesn\u2019t mean I don\u2019t still listen to records I\u2019m not covering. It just means that occasionally coverage doesn\u2019t work out the way I hoped it might. Sometimes I may connect with an artist at a show after seeing them play and they might get me their music afterwards. That happens a lot. Go to shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

It used to be sound; I would get low bit-rate mp3 fatigue in the early days of streaming. Don\u2019t notice that as much anymore. Obviously, the biggest benefit if you buy in to streaming\/digital music is the convenience of having your music devices and their music libraries connected so you can access it anywhere. But the fact that musicians are suffering under streaming royalty rates<\/a> and digital streaming makes music at least a little less special psychologically, because the less tangible something is, the more disposable it seems. That\u2019s a knot of issues we\u2019re all paying the price for now and it\u2019s only going to get worse. I am wary of the cultural erasure we\u2019re being conditioned to accept because, with fewer physical manifestations of our collective experience to point to, it feels a lot like some other less than cool periods of history; our particular present may not have a traceable past. In terms of formats, I generally prefer downloads as I\u2019m moving around so much that I\u2019d prefer to have the files stable and not reliant on my data plan or bad wifi for streaming. If I\u2019m sent a stream, I don\u2019t listen to it as much (or sometimes at all) until I get a download.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Well, in terms of the digital stuff, Apple Music has a \u201cRecently Added\u201d organizational filter so that\u2019s pretty much what I use to find and locate stuff. Their search function is also quick and painless. So yeah, I can find everything digitally on Apple Music. I know people don\u2019t like it as much as Spotify or whatever but I\u2019m an Apple guy and have all the Apple stuff so it\u2019s just easier to use Apple Music for my own Walkman-like purposes. In terms of real things, I dunno, why do I need to keep track of it? Am I being audited?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Yeah, usually just within the writing and interviews I do. I have guests on my podcast whose music I believe in so hopefully by giving them that platform for a talk, people who trust my judgement give them a chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Well, university students in Ontario should be mindful of what the government\u2019s Student Choice Initiative<\/a> is all about. It seems like they can each save a bit of money by opting not to fund campus media like college papers and radio stations but the work of such organizations feeds directly into the cultural life of your school and the city it\u2019s in. There\u2019s some pressure being placed on the government to reverse this policy via opposing politicians and concerned citizens but, if (most likely when) it goes through, students should make sure they opt to fund things that will enrich their lives and communities in the long run. Don\u2019t be as short-sighted as some cut-and-run, cash grab government. It will destroy everything you love about your city and your school. Otherwise, I hope people consider checking out my Kreative Kontrol<\/a> podcast and, if they\u2019d like me to be able to keep doing it and help feed and shelter my family, I hope they\u2019ll consider donating to my Patreon<\/a> page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"template":"","tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nVish Khanna: Interview - #HowWeListen from Byta<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Vish Khanna shares how they find and enjoy their music in a digital age.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/byta.com\/howwelisten\/interview\/vish-khanna\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vish Khanna: Interview - #HowWeListen from Byta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Vish Khanna shares how they find and enjoy their music in a digital age.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/byta.com\/howwelisten\/interview\/vish-khanna\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"#HowWeListen from Byta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/BytaLtd\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-06-02T08:47:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/byta.com\/howwelisten\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/vish_khanna_hero.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"690\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"550\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/byta.com\/howwelisten\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/vish_khanna_hero.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@BytaLtd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/byta.com\/howwelisten\/interview\/vish-khanna\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/byta.com\/howwelisten\/interview\/vish-khanna\/\",\"name\":\"Vish Khanna: Interview - 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