Musicking: an activity not a thing

New Zealander Christopher Small’s books have been paradigm-changing events. His latest “Musicking” focuses on what Small believes is music’s ultimate function: “to provide insight into relationships: between and among notes and chords and rhythms and meters and many other classes of sound, and also musicians and listeners (not to mention composers and conductors, producers and A&R folk, DJs and critics).” Small is in his 70’s and lives in Spain.