by JAK | Jun 6, 2012 | big ideas, music, TEDx
I heard Linh speak in Sydney a week or so back and she is now 21 and still going strong. Here she is at TEDxChCh – Linh Do – Defying Social Norms for Social Change – from Oct 2010. “In this talk, Linh Do asks some important questions: What is...
by JAK | Jun 3, 2012 | culture, music, TEDx
Luke Thompson keeps popping up on my music radar. He seems to work with great videographers and the songs stay with me long after the sound is off. Look the Other Way is 4 years old but has an inventive video and a song that expands my world. Back in Auckland, New...
by JAK | May 14, 2012 | culture, music, TED
Is Kaki King a guitar god or not? The really interesting thing about music and other art is that we as viewers get to spin off in a multitude of directions and the real answer is that all of those opinions are correct and valid. There is no right answer to the musical...
by JAK | May 7, 2012 | big ideas, music, TED, TEDx
Ever since Brian Sweeney and Remo Giuffre told me about TED back in the early 90’s or maybe before that (TED started in 1984) I have been a huge fan. Brians 7×7 events in NZ were inspired by TED and they still resonate even though today we have TEDxSydney,...
by JAK | Mar 24, 2012 | culture, music
John Cooper Clarke was like some wordy icarus who flew too close to the sun & got sucked in by a blackhole Never mind the metaphors – on Thursday he was back, better than ever in Auckland town live at the Kings Arms. “People all ask me the same...
by JAK | Jan 16, 2012 | culture, industry futures, music
One of the most fascinating chapters in Daniel Levitin’s book “This is Your Brain on Music” is about how musical tastes are often set early in life and become quite hard to change later on. It has been a while since I read the book but Levitin goes...
