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Some of Music's Brightest Minds Sit Down Together at Chicago Ideas Week
Watch as A-Trak, Dave 1, Paul "DJ White Shadow" Blair, Joan Morgan, and Andrew Barber come together onstage to answer the crowd's most pressing music questions.
Joan Morgan
Journalist & Author
Alain Macklovitch (A-Trak)
DJ, Producer, & Founder, Fool’s Gold
Dave Macklovitch
Musical Artist, Chromeo; Creative Director, Fool's Gold
Paul "DJ White Shadow" Blair
DJ, Producer & Music Director, W Hotels
Andrew Barber
Creator & Owner, Fake Shore Drive
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Talk
Melodic Milestones: How Music Creates Culture
Alain Macklovitch (A-Trak)
DJ, Producer, & Founder, Fool’s Gold
Dave Macklovitch
Musical Artist, Chromeo; Creative Director, Fool's Gold
Joan Morgan
Journalist & Author
Andrew Barber
Creator & Owner, Fake Shore Drive
Paul "DJ White Shadow" Blair
DJ, Producer & Music Director, W Hotels
Music is a powerful medium. It’s shaped modern culture, behavior and ethos in ways that go far beyond the spectacles of Woodstock or Lollapalooza. More often than not, musical moments that truly shape history take place far from the public eye. They happen in recording booths; on a stage in a DIY venue; inside a subway car. In this signature Chicago Ideas Talk, we’ll dig into how that kind of melodic magic manifests, and how the ever-changing streaming wars are poised to change the game entirely.
