What an interesting interview, a wonderful exgension of Kate's book. I can't believe she's dyslexic and reads slowly! She has packed SO much detail into her book. I am certainly not dyslexic and I'd like to think I know quite a lot about music, but I had to read Sound Within Sound very slowly because it's so dense and there's so much material in it that was unfamiliar to me. I looked up some of the music as I went along too. And I still can't remember much of it at all! But I really enjoyed it as I was reading, and must read it again sometime. Interesting that Kate is glad she's no longer a critic, and defines herself as a journalist rather than an academic. That's me, too. I have such difficulty explaining to musical organisations that I'm a feature-writer, not a reviewer, but you can't write good features or interview performers and composers convincingly if you haven't been to lots of performances.
Thanks, Clare! Glad you found it interesting. And interesting to hear about you define yourself as a writer too – and I totally agree that to be a music feature-writer you need to be steeped in actually listening, even if you're not writing a formal review.
What an interesting interview, a wonderful exgension of Kate's book. I can't believe she's dyslexic and reads slowly! She has packed SO much detail into her book. I am certainly not dyslexic and I'd like to think I know quite a lot about music, but I had to read Sound Within Sound very slowly because it's so dense and there's so much material in it that was unfamiliar to me. I looked up some of the music as I went along too. And I still can't remember much of it at all! But I really enjoyed it as I was reading, and must read it again sometime. Interesting that Kate is glad she's no longer a critic, and defines herself as a journalist rather than an academic. That's me, too. I have such difficulty explaining to musical organisations that I'm a feature-writer, not a reviewer, but you can't write good features or interview performers and composers convincingly if you haven't been to lots of performances.
Thanks, Clare! Glad you found it interesting. And interesting to hear about you define yourself as a writer too – and I totally agree that to be a music feature-writer you need to be steeped in actually listening, even if you're not writing a formal review.