Conductor David Robertson has a mixtape he plays for conductors he’s teaching filled with all kinds of music. But this isn’t your classic high school mixtape.

It’s all put together with a maximum of 2.5 seconds. Sometimes they’re even shorter.

Why?

to get them to understand that, whether or not you feel musically sophisticated, the speed with which your brain decides, “Ah, yes, for me. No, not for me,” is very, very quick.

We make taste based decisions incredibly quickly. Not just about music.

via Conversations with Tyler

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