Top stories published by Lucas van Lierop in 2014

I’m not one for self help books and peppy feelgood videos, but when I come across genuinely good advice, I like to share it. This week I happened across a great article, and a wonderful commencement speech.

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Jan 12, 2014

Why I’m Dropping Everything to Move to Taiwan and Learn Mandarin

Living in Vancouver can often feel like you’re living in one of China’s growing cities. More than 50% of my high school graduating class was Asian, the majority being Mandarin speakers. That’s not surprising as 14% of…

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Mar 8, 2014

Synesthetic Glass: Adding Colour to your Music

Six months ago I wrote a blog post outlining my vision for the use of Google Glass in the arts. Since then, through the generous invitation by my friend and former college classmate Sean Waugh (who now works at the SFO), I have become a Glass…

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Apr 6, 2014

Me, the Machine

Over the past week I’ve become acquainted with a new music technology that’s being touted by British avant-garde pop star Imogen Heap. Back in 2012, she gave a TED talk about a new musical instrument being developed by her and a team of engineers: a glove loaded with various sensors that allow you…

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May 10, 2014

Future Music: How Technology will Change Music Production

In the 1800’s as a direct result of the industrial revolution, the middle class was created, bring with it a new era of music production. Small disposable incomes allowed families to buy factory-made pianos for home-use singing…

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Mar 15, 2014

Summer Programs: “What Fresh Hell is This?!”

Choosing a suitable summer program can be a daunting task. Even with services like “YAP Tracker”, the process can be confusing and wrought with unanswered questions. One person’s Tanglewood may be another person’s community vocal jamboree. When I was…

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Nov 15, 2014

A New York Minute

I just got back to Vancouver after spending a week in New York, where I was singing some auditions and catching up with old friends. I hadn’t been to the city in about 18 months, and it’s changed a lot! When did Shake Shack become a huge chain? And when did the Strand start decorating for the…

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May 22, 2014

Owen Pallett, Coldplay, and Waldman

“I am not afraid, ze said, of the non-believer within me.
No delight at the pain of my enemies no tears for any friends I have lost”

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Apr 10, 2014

Three Essays

As some of you may know I’m a big fan of Lapham’s Quarterly, and their bi-monthly podcast. Over the past few days I’ve been revisiting some of my favourite readings, and in turn have stumbled across a few forgotten gems.
Here are three essays sure to entice you. If you’re not in the mood to read and…

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Jan 8, 2014

Boomer Tech

It’s Thursday, and any CES watchers out there are probably blown away by the amount of amazing technology that has been unveiled in the past four days. Between the new Pebble Steel, Sony’s line of fully waterproof phones, LG’s curved 4k LCD TVs, and Netatmo’s UV-sensing sun bracelet, there’s a lot to be…

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