Each performer is tuned into the following:

1 – Global Top 50 playlist on selected streaming platform

2 – Top 50 playlist of country of performance

3 – Top podcast in selected genre

4 – Latest podcast from local/national news source

5 – Top trending video on YouTube or equivalent

6 – Top trending news video on YouTube or equivalent

7 – Recording of latest winning composition of the Pulitzer Prize in Music (If unavailable use streaming profile of Artist or use previous winner)

8 – Recording of best contemporary classical composition Grammy or equivalent award

The State of the Industry (2019)

Program note: The introduction of streaming services has completely transformed the way the average person consumes media. In combination with the vast advances in cell phones and data-providing services, monthly subscription services have become a massively successful business model. This piece showcases those changes that have already occurred and may age or adapt according to those that will inevitably come. Inspiration for this piece came from a piece by the revolutionary 20th Century avant-garde composer John Cage entitled Imaginary Landscape No. 4 for 12 AM radios and 24 performers—one controlling tuning, one controlling volume. In Cages time, AM radio frequencies would have been the mainstream medium for consuming content, and I sought to selectively adapt this philosophy to the culture today (2019). The resulting atmosphere will be radically different from Cage’s as radios can change tuning smoothly and some stations may not have anything being broadcasted at all. This is simply a byproduct of the difference in instrumentation and is reflective of the stark contrast between the times.