Overhaul

This Kyle guy hasn't emailed me back about renting the room yet and it's been 5 days! GAH! It seems like I can't get started on anything until I have a place to stay and have purchased a train ticket.

I'm worried because I think my friend who was planning on coming to Montreal with me and be my concert buddy/fellow documenter/friend/moral support is slowly backing out. With New York next week and then a trip to DC already planned for August 13th, I can see how it wouldn't work out too well if she's still planning on earning some money this summer. 2 weeks is a long time... to be alone...

I guess it also doesn't help much when I haven't told my parents about it yet and her parents already know and are in disagreement (in the early stages) on whether or not to let her go (the dad says yes, the mom says no).

+ Emailed McGill professors and Professor Charity's contacts
- Need to nail down which artists, curators, festival organizers, recording producers, radio station people to contact

Prioritize reading
1. Ethnomusicology (1 book)
2. Articles online specific to Music & Quebec/Canada
3. Encyclopedia of Music in Canada
4. Musicians and the Law in Canada
5. Nationalism/Culture of Quebec/Canada (4 books)
6. Linguistic Anthropology (2 books)
ILL's pending.
I need to remind myself to not spend hoursandhours on background not specific to Quebec/Canada... teaching myself musicology and anthropology would be like taking 6 credits of class, and I really don't have that kind of time. FOCUS, DISTILL! Time management.

In choosing artists to study, consider:
- age of artist
- genre
- indie vs. popular
- "agenda" or approach political? artsy experimentation?
- origins (originally from quebec? canada? u.s.? europe? 2nd generation?)