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Michael Ethen
David Byrne Strikes Again
This post responds to David Byrne’s recent TED talk. True to TED’s mandate, Byrne has given us an idea worth sharing. His central thesis is that musicians adapt to the built environment of their performances. His claim is appealing on an intuitive level, and he introduces some evidence to help substantiate it: small clubs like [...]
Inertia, or “The Conference is Over . . . What Now?”
It’s like Newton said: a body in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted upon by another force. At the close of each annual IASPM-Canada conference, we return home faced with the challenge of maintaining the excitement and perpetuating the scholarly inertia it generates. We return to the busy schedules we placed on hold, [...]
Countdown to Regina
Hello IASPM-Canada, I’m Michael Ethen, IASPM blogger and Ph.D. candidate in historical musicology at McGill University, where I am researching the genesis of arena rock social space in North America. I also identify as an American, left-handed, mostly vegetarian, thirty-something male, etc. First, thanks to Paul Aitken for kick-starting the IASPM-Canada website and inviting Jeremy, [...]
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