innate talent

August 12, 2014

Curating The Week: Music-Related Stuff On The Internet

1. An article about the role of innate talent in achieving musical expertise. “The idea that anyone can become an expert at most anything isn’t scientifically defensible, and pretending otherwise is harmful to society and individuals…” 2. An article about an obsessive Brazilian vinyl collector. “I’ve gone to therapy for 40 years to try to Continue reading

Curating The Week

Daniel Levitan, innate talent

Thomas Brett is a musician and writer who holds a PhD in ethnomusicology from New York University. He is the author of Principles of Electronic Music Production and The Creative Electronic Music Producer, a book described by Sound On Sound magazine as “a deep philosophical analysis of the various creative inspirations, ideas and processes involved in producing electronic music.” His essays have appeared in the journals Popular Music and Popular Music and Society, as well as edited collections by Routledge, Oxford, and Cambridge University presses. Thomas has played percussion on Broadway since 1997 and writes about music at brettworks.com.

innate talent

Curating The Week: Music-Related Stuff On The Internet