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John Schaefer

A short series of steps can potentially carry anybody anywhere on the planet between all other artists and John Schaefer, by the same seemingly magical mathematics which dictates that in human society there are between John Schaefer and you 6 or fewer degrees of separation.

HOW DOES IT WORK? Recommendations are from artist to artist by category (hint: explore categories). Recommendations in series form worldlines. Worldlines form the matrix. The matrix is a small world network. Ergo, John Schaefer, whether to be recommended, accessed or discovered, is within virtual reach of almost every human being on earth.

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Who I Am & Where I Live

Name: John Schaefer
City: New York City
Country: United States

My Life & Work

Bio: John has written extensively about music, including the book New Sounds: A Listener’s Guide to New Music (Harper & Row, NY, 1987; Virgin Books, London, 1990); The Cambridge Companion to Singing: World Music (Cambridge University Press, U.K., 2000); and the TV program Bravo Profile: Bobby McFerrin (Bravo Television, 2003). He was contributing editor for Spin and Ear magazines, and his liner notes appear on more than 100 recordings, ranging from “The Music of Cambodia” to recordings by Yo-Yo Ma and Terry Riley.

In 2003, Schaefer was honored with the American Music Center's prestigious Letter of Distinction for his "substantial contributions to advancing the field of contemporary American music in the United States and abroad." In May 2006, New York magazine cited Schaefer as one of "the people whose ideas, power, and sheer will are changing New York" in its Influentials issue. He began blogging for WNYC when accompanying the New York Philharmonic on its historic (and apparently very weird) trip to North Korea in 2008 and continues to blog at soundcheck.org.

He is a regular contributor to the World Science Festival and the White Light Festival at Lincoln Center; he has also written about horse racing (Bloodlines: A Horse Racing Anthology, Vintage NY 2006) and was a regular panelist on the BBC’s soccer-based program Sports World.