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Musicophilia- Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks
Musicophilia a book by neurologist Oliver Sacks had been a compulsive buy a year ago. Anything to do with music and the brain I find fascinating but a busy schedule had turned me away from a book that...
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Poorly Written Song Commercials
I’m not talking about jingles. 1-800-267-2001. If you’re Canadian, I just got that stuck in your head right? Anyways, this post is about poorly written songs in commercials that don’t rhyme, and aren’t...
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Hikari Oe and The Music of Light
After reading Oliver Sacks’ Musicophilia, my boyfriend lent me The Music of Light- The Extraordinary Story of Hikari and Kenzaburo Oe written by Lindsley Cameron. It chronicles the life of Hikari Oe, a...
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We Remember The Sound Of Our Keys
People are able to distinguish between songs through earworms. However, there’s also a whole world of sounds and soundscapes we are exposed to on a daily basis. In Murray Schafer’s A Sound Education,...
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A Concert For Dogs
The same day as Woofstock, IAMS SOGOOD hosted a concert for dogs. 45 piece Toronto Concert Orchestra played dog themed songs like “Who Let The Dogs Out” and “How Much is That Doggie in the Window”....
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Mixed & Ready Moments at Grove Festival
A few weekends ago, I attended The Grove Music Festival. Instead of photographing it, I had the pleasure of taking part in Canadian Club’s Mixed & Ready Moments campaign, along with fashion...
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Tiana’s Adventure Vlogs #1 – ALL CAPS Music Festival Day 1
As I mentioned in my previous post, I want to start document some of my adventures in video format. I’m going to do this Vlog style, so it isn’t going to be anything fancy and time consuming. Straight...
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Tiana’s Adventure Vlogs #2 – ALL CAPS Music Festival Day 2
Here are clips of Day 2 of ALL CAPS featuring performances by Watershed Hour, Effin Saddle, Eons, Pachamama, Magneta Lane Beliefs, Catl, and Rich Aucoin. Full review at Ride the Tempo.
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Tiana’s Adventure Vlogs #3- Maylee Todd’s Summerworks Performance
The latest instalment of my vlogs features Maylee Todd’s performance during Summerworks festival.
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Introducing.. Tracks Only
As you know, I run music blog Ride the Tempo, which promotes independent Canadian music. I decided today to launch at Tumblr called Tracks Only, to have a platform for quickly sharing some of the...
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Morning at the Symphony
Yesterday morning, I photographed the Toronto Symphony Orchestra during their rehearsal for a Chinese New Year celebration concert. I wasn’t sure where I was going to post these as they do not really...
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Ride the Tempo on CBC Music!
Today my music blog Ride the Tempo was featured in CBC’s list of “Canadian Music Blogs You Need to be Reading”. Normally I don’t care for lists but CBC was one of the early outlets that got me caring...
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Being Part of An Audience
For the past few years, every time I went to a show, I would be “working” in some sense. I’d either be photographing, writing a review, or both. It had been a while since I went to a show for the sake...
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Sony MDR10RBT Hi-Resolution Wireless Headphones Review
Over on Ride the Tempo, I’m giving away a pair of Sony MDR10RBT Hi-Res wireless headphones and I also had the pleasure of being sent my very own pair to review. The biggest surprise was that they fit...
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The Red Carpet @ The Juno Nominations
I’ve never applied to go to an award show before but Ride the Tempo was on the red carpet of the Juno Nominations! The actual announcement of the nominations went by very quickly. There was no way...
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FiiO X1 MP3 Player Review
A few months ago, I left my beloved iPod Classic on the subway. I then waited way too long to buy a new one and the classics were now discountinued. This left me with not much option in terms of...
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Wavelength 15
Today’s a holiday here in Toronto. It’s Family Day, but I am using it to recover from a very busy weekend at Wavelength’s 15th anniversary music festival. Find all photos and reviews here.
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Video Round-Up: Controller.Controller Reunion, Valentine’s Day, More Wavelength!
Time for another video round-up! I was busy last weekend at Wavelength’s 15th anniversary so most of these Vlogs are from there. Friday night was a bunch of Canadian bands covering their idols as well...
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Video Round-Up: More Music!
Started working summer hours today, meaning longer hours 4 days a week to get Friday off. Time for a quick video round-up before I head off to the next thing. First I went to a Women in Music showcase:...
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Vote for Your Favourite in the SOCAN Songwriting Prize 2015!
I’m helping out with the SOCAN Songwriting Prize again. Do me a favour and vote for your favourite song! Coincidentally all the nominees this year happen to be by female artists. BOO YEAH GIRL POWER.
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