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“You’d be surprised how much of my music research, I rely on what I learned at the Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey, just applying those analytical skills.”
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Ted Gioia
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Boston Consulting Group
“You’d be surprised how much of my music research, I rely on what I learned at the Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey, just applying those analytical skills.”
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01 / belief
I think that you look at the blues, and it’s definitely a music of anguish and tragedy and personal suffering.
“I think that you look at the blues, and it’s definitely a music of anguish and tragedy and personal suffering.”
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02 / belief
I think that there’s this mystical aspect of music in which it becomes very hypnotic, but it’s also embedded in the culture.
“I think that there’s this mystical aspect of music in which it becomes very hypnotic, but it’s also embedded in the culture.”
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03 / belief
Robots will create the perfect musical life. My belief, based on my understanding of music history, is that won’t happen.
“Robots will create the perfect musical life. My belief, based on my understanding of music history, is that won’t happen.”
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04 / belief
I believe all genre fiction deserves more credit from serious literary figures. There’s a tremendous amount of creativity.
“I believe all genre fiction deserves more credit from serious literary figures. There’s a tremendous amount of creativity.”
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05 / belief
I’m not personally a huge fan of metal music, but I think in terms of the whole music ecosystem, it’s tremendously underrated.
“I’m not personally a huge fan of metal music, but I think in terms of the whole music ecosystem, it’s tremendously underrated.”
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06 / belief
I think the most important skill anyone can develop is time management skills, how you use your day. But there is one principle I want to stress because this is very important to me, and when people ask me for advice — and once again, this cuts across all fields — but this is the advice I give.
“I think the most important skill anyone can develop is time management skills, how you use your day. But there is one principle I want to stress because this is very important to me, and when people ask me for advice — and once again, this cuts across all fields — but this is the advice I give.”
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07 / belief
Now probably, the advent of digital technologies leads to it, but I think we need a new African infusion in our music that shakes things up and gets us away from mathematics and back toward sound.
“Now probably, the advent of digital technologies leads to it, but I think we need a new African infusion in our music that shakes things up and gets us away from mathematics and back toward sound.”
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08 / belief
I came to opera late, and when I did, I actually had to force myself to listen to opera. At a certain point, I realized this was a gap in my musical education.
“I came to opera late, and when I did, I actually had to force myself to listen to opera. At a certain point, I realized this was a gap in my musical education.”
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09 / belief
Then around 2000 — and people will say 9/11 made this happen, but I think the roots were already before that — everything changed.
“Then around 2000 — and people will say 9/11 made this happen, but I think the roots were already before that — everything changed.”
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10 / observation
We now learn that at the highest level of peak athletic performance, a lot of care is taken to what songs you listen to while you do your athletic work. And I could give you 50 other examples, but the point is there’s nothing wrong with music being integrated into life experiences, and in fact, we should cultivate that.
“We now learn that at the highest level of peak athletic performance, a lot of care is taken to what songs you listen to while you do your athletic work. And I could give you 50 other examples, but the point is there’s nothing wrong with music being integrated into life experiences, and in fact, we should cultivate that.”
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11 / observation
There’s all sorts of interesting things happening. But the problem is, they created a public image over the course of 50 years that classical music was just noise and difficult to listen to.
“There’s all sorts of interesting things happening. But the problem is, they created a public image over the course of 50 years that classical music was just noise and difficult to listen to.”
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12 / belief
The Jarrett one is probably the place to start, surprisingly enough. I would say Keith Jarret, yeah.
“The Jarrett one is probably the place to start, surprisingly enough. I would say Keith Jarret, yeah.”
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13 / uncertainty
I don’t know. I really don’t know, but I do think there was this notion of having a talent scout who knew a lot about music, had been around for many years, really understood the ups and downs, often was a musician, too.
“I don’t know. I really don’t know, but I do think there was this notion of having a talent scout who knew a lot about music, had been around for many years, really understood the ups and downs, often was a musician, too.”
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14 / belief
I’m one of these strange chronologists who believed the Beatles just got better and better. And I think you could make a case each album is better than the last.
“I’m one of these strange chronologists who believed the Beatles just got better and better. And I think you could make a case each album is better than the last.”
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15 / evaluation
Occasionally I see someone play them. But a fascinating guy, and he’s one of these people that was punished by being able to do too many things well because society wants to put you in a pigeonhole.
“Occasionally I see someone play them. But a fascinating guy, and he’s one of these people that was punished by being able to do too many things well because society wants to put you in a pigeonhole.”
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16 / evaluation
I think Tolstoy is overrated as a novelist, but he’s underrated as a social figure because he influenced people that joined these communes.
“I think Tolstoy is overrated as a novelist, but he’s underrated as a social figure because he influenced people that joined these communes.”
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17 / preference
In fact, I’ve got to say I prefer the quiet restaurant, but I understand everybody else wants the noisy restaurant.
“In fact, I’ve got to say I prefer the quiet restaurant, but I understand everybody else wants the noisy restaurant.”
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18 / evaluation
Both we rely on the cloud to preserve our music, but also, we no longer rely on music to preserve our culture. This is potentially a dangerous thing because it could create a situation where our musical lives grow more and more distant from our actual social lives with the people around us in our larger community.
“Both we rely on the cloud to preserve our music, but also, we no longer rely on music to preserve our culture. This is potentially a dangerous thing because it could create a situation where our musical lives grow more and more distant from our actual social lives with the people around us in our larger community.”
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19 / prediction
I don’t think it will ever happen again. And what happened is — you must give credit to the Beatles because everyone was imitating the Beatles, and they changed their sounds every six months, every year.
“I don’t think it will ever happen again. And what happened is — you must give credit to the Beatles because everyone was imitating the Beatles, and they changed their sounds every six months, every year.”
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20 / preference
You’d be surprised how much of my music research, I rely on what I learned at the Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey, just applying those analytical skills.
“You’d be surprised how much of my music research, I rely on what I learned at the Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey, just applying those analytical skills.”
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21 / evaluation
We had these mathematical formulas we used to predict the spread of an innovation, and I found that these mathematical formulas had all been developed to track diseases.
“We had these mathematical formulas we used to predict the spread of an innovation, and I found that these mathematical formulas had all been developed to track diseases.”
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22 / prediction
In fact, I would say that music is the only form of entertainment in which the technology has gotten worse during my lifetime.
“In fact, I would say that music is the only form of entertainment in which the technology has gotten worse during my lifetime.”
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23 / evaluation
Then as I was doing the research, I realized that, in fact, the cool ethos was something that had a beginning and an end.
“Then as I was doing the research, I realized that, in fact, the cool ethos was something that had a beginning and an end.”
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24 / evaluation
The fundamental change here is, you now have a distribution system for music in which some of the players do not have a vested interest in the broader musical experience and ecosystem. This is tremendously dangerous, and that’s the real reason why I fear the growth of streaming, is because the people involved in streaming don’t like music.
“The fundamental change here is, you now have a distribution system for music in which some of the players do not have a vested interest in the broader musical experience and ecosystem. This is tremendously dangerous, and that’s the real reason why I fear the growth of streaming, is because the people involved in streaming don’t like music.”
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