Prep
- Benedict Carey, ‘In Music, Others’ Tastes May Help Shape Your Own’, New York Times (14 February 2006
- Audio: ‘How to Listen to Music in 4 Easy Steps’, Switched on Pop 50 (2 November 2016)
In Class
- Attendance/Introductions
- Q&A: Sloan and Harding divide and sequence their listening process into four steps. Are there steps that you would add or subtract? Would you change the order of them?
- Reading Notes for Next Time
- Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton, ‘Hip-Hop Roots: Adventures on the Wheels of Steel’, in Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey (Grove Press, 2006)
- Audio: Rich Nice, Merry Go Round Mix (11 August 2020)