Toronto, Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arts & Crafts, Senior Label Manager. Boiled Records, Co-Founder<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pierre Kwenders\u2019 latest is on repeat lately. Always with LOW, especially their latest invention, HEY WHAT<\/em>. The Bug\u2019s latest Fire<\/em>, <\/em>exclusively on dark country roads. Tons of The Sadies, and daily teachings of the Gord Downie catalogue to my 5-year-old son. Lots of unreleased music preparing for release!<\/p>\n\n\n\n It mostly comes down to friends, musicians, and music industry folks\u2019 recommendations, often filtered through Meta platforms. Otherwise, just trying to be a selective sponge wherever I go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vinyl is vastly preferred because home is where my records are. CDs and satellite radio in the car, specifically Grateful Dead, E Street Radio, and The Hip. Then streaming as much as possible to fill the gaps of silence. Not to mention, rough mixes and private WAVs in the unreleased iTunes Library trove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Vinyl is vastly preferred because home is where my records are.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m pleased with my pandemic-proof Projekt turntable, Kastle towers, Pioneer amp set-up or Audio-Technica headphones at home. Always love listening in the car whenever I\u2019m so lucky to get on the road these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hum\u2026 I actually try to avoid listening to pre-release music and playing the whole single\/instant-grat game, especially when it\u2019s from a record I\u2019m waiting for. Invariably, the new release algorithm feeds me those tracks against my will, but I do my best to try to preserve the album experience. That said, I send out a lot of pre-release music for projects I\u2019m working on and spend a lot of time revelling in works-in-progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The main frustration is the inadequate compensation for most artists and rights owners via streaming platforms. Despite the everything-on-demand immediacy of streaming, the algorithm is not smart enough to reliably understand my tastes. I resist compartmentalization<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Despite the everything-on-demand immediacy of streaming, the algorithm is not smart enough to reliably understand my tastes. I resist compartmentalization.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n I keep track of tunes I\u2019d otherwise forget in various playlists, usually dedicated to the current year of new releases, and different types of slow music.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHow do you discover new music?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
What formats do you usually listen to? LP, CD, Cassette, Digital, Streaming Services? Why?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Where do you do most of your music listening?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
How do you find and listen to pre-release music?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
What are your frustrations with listening to music digitally? Any benefits?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
How do you keep track of everything you are listening to?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n