New on micro/Maker with week: from reluctance to revelation within an artistic practice

And how a music critic realized the art in analysis.

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Tyler Kline
October 24, 2025

🍃 Loose Leaf Transmissions – Weekly Dispatch

Hey friends – just a quick note this week! Two new micro/Maker episodes are out now: one with Graeme Shields, who shares how the organ went from his least favorite instrument to a lifelong creative home, and another with Vanessa Ague, who reflects on how Spirited Away sparked her path toward music criticism. Both are thoughtful, inspiring listens – hope you’ll check them out!

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micro/Maker 045: From Reluctance to Revelation (featuring Graeme Shields)

Composer Graeme Shields shares how an early reluctance toward the organ transformed into a lifelong creative calling rooted in community and artistic growth.

micro/Maker 046: Realizing the Art in Analysis (featuring Vanessa Ague)

Writer Vanessa Ague reflects on how Spirited Away and a high school essay set her on a path toward arts criticism — and why she views criticism as a deeply creative practice of its own.

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🔜 Coming Up Soon

Next week on music/Maker, I’m super excited to be joined by Sugar Vendil.

Photo credit: Titilayo Ayangade

Sugar is a composer, pianist, and choreographer whose work lives at the intersection of sound, movement, and identity. We talk about how she found her voice after years in the classical world, what it means to create from the body first, and the ideas behind her new project Antonym: the opposite of nostalgia. It’s a conversation full of honesty, agency, and creative intuition – one I think you’ll really connect with.

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