How To Find Just The Right Music to Listen To

When the Right Music Finds You at the Right Time
My 25-year journey with an album I just heard for the first time
Saul Austerlitz
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6 min read·
Apr 27, 2021
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Photo: MirageC / Getty ImagesWe are the beneficiaries of a secular miracle. Right now, beneath our fingertips, we have access to more music than we could ever possibly listen to. And like most miracles, we take it entirely for granted. Of course we can listen to any music we like, anytime we like, at…
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Written by Saul Austerlitz
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Author of Generation Friends: An Inside Look at the Show That Defined a Television Era +4 more. Work published in the NY Times and many others. Teacher at NYU.
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