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# How I Listen: Future of Music Coalition’s Kristin Thomson
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/how-i-listen-future-of-music-coalitions-kristin-thomson/
- Published: 2013-06-25T11:28:00.000Z
- Updated: 2013-06-25T11:28:00.000Z
- Description: In our new series, How I Listen, we're asking industry leaders and artists to share how they discover and consume music. This edition features Kristin Thomson, Co-Director, Future of Music. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/06/how-i-listen-future-of-music-coalitions-kristin-thom
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In our new series, **How I Listen**, we're asking industry leaders and artists to share how they discover and consume music. This edition features Kristin Thomson, Co-Director, Future of Music Coalition's [Artist Revenue Streams Project](http://money.futureofmusic.org/?ref=hypebot.com).

**1) What device(s) do you use to listen to music?**

At home: We have a three-zone Sonos system, including one in my office, that lets us stream Rhapsody, Pandora, Spotify, any webcast station, or music from our own library.

When walking/running: I usually listen to podcasts on my iPhone with Sennheiser headphones.

In the car: either the in-dash radio, or I plug in my iPhone to listen to Rhapsody.

I also have a pair of Klipsch speakers that I've had since I was about 17 that still kill it, as well as a Denon turntable + Onkyo components for vinyl listening.

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2) What streaming music service(s) do you use most often?

We've been Rhapsody subscribers since about 2004\. Once in a while I use Pandora. I also have an iTunes library, but I rarely access it. And a basement full of vinyl, Cds and 7"s.

**3) Besides recommendations from friends, how do you discover new music?**

I listen to KEXP streaming a lot, and I love WBEZ's Sound Opinions podcast. If I don't want to program stuff myself, I put on Rhapsody's Weird Beard channel, where I'm bound to hear something I hadn't heard before. And if I'm really stuck for ideas, I turn to a random page in Tom Moon's 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die for suggestions.

**4) What new music are you listening to most this week?**

Metz (well, new-ish), Savages, Daft Punk, Queens of the Stone Age.

**5) Shameless Plug: What are you promoting/launching/planning that you want to share.**

Future of Music Coalition is a national nonprofit that advocates for musicians. One of our recent projects is a [set of quizzes](http://futureofmusic.org/music-and-money-quizzes?ref=hypebot.com) to test musicians' knowledge of the copyright laws, license agreements and business practices that determine who gets compensated when music is used. We encourage musicians and managers to give the quizzes a go! They're fun, and I guarantee you'll learn something by taking them.

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