When he invented the word musicking in 1998, Christopher Small wanted to put the emphasis on music’s existence as a sonic and social activity. Music is a verb, not a noun, as he famously put it. Although it is meant for anyone and everyone who makes music, in whatever form, there are certain people who seem to particularly warrant Christopher Small’s need for the verb to music by the sheer virtue of how much music they just do.

Ben Zucker is one of those people.

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--Louis d'Heudieres

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...one of those annoying people who can do lots of things really well.

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--We Need No Swords