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Ismail Okafor

Ismail Okafor writes music with his ears first: craft heard closely, artists profiled through their technique, and the trade — instruments, bookings, commissions — reported as the working economy it is.

Music & Audio desk · VUGA Enterprises Network

PUBLICATIONS

Where Ismail writes

Storybook StringsLead WriterWrites on musical narrative technique and reports composer assignments.Mega DanceSenior CorrespondentCovers DJ craft: selection, mixing, pacing and life on tour.AA Digital SoundSenior CorrespondentMaps discovery routes: shops, shows, mixes and sampling credits.Strum MagazineBusiness CorrespondentProfiles players' technique and reports the instrument trade's economics.Pacific Press New YorkContributing WriterBuilds the neighborhood gallery routes, hours and subway directions included.Art Real NYContributing WriterProfiles contemporary artists through studio time and recorded conversation.

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