Diary of Musical Thoughts

Ten years ago, getting kicked off a stadium tour in support of a star like Ed Sheeran would have been a career killer.  Voluntarily quitting...

While driving in Toronto, I mostly flipped between Boom 97.3 (branded as 70's, 80's, and 90's hits) and CHFI ("Adult Hits...

Let’s be real here.  This song is trash.  The fact that it was AI-generated helps explain why the backing track sounds like a parody of kara...

This is a study in contrasts. I could easily have picked another half-dozen conductors for this exercise and called them "polar opposit...

It's no secret that AI-generated music has become one of the industry's biggest concerns—or greatest opportunities, depending on who...

These days, most listicles are pseudo-spam, featuring dry, flaccid writing increasingly composed by AI-generated content farms. But this par...

The Eurovision final delivered the goods last night: strong performances, an unusually balanced jury vote that left the competition wide ope...

I am completely unqualified to write about this topic, let's get that out of the way now.  However, a potential connection between the P...

I am extremely proud of my ranking of  Sibelius Fifth Symphonies , but it was an exhausting post to write.  I had planned to turn it into a ...

I had a yen to hear Sonic Youth’s "Total Trash", which quickly spiraled into a YouTube-assembled playlist of late ’80s/early ’90s ...