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He won’t sing, don’t ask him

BY CARLA GILLIS
ILLUSTRATION BY RACHEL IDZERDA

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Tim Falconer will not be singing at the launch party for his new book, Bad Singer: The Surprising Science of Tone Deafness and How We Hear Music. He knows he’s disappointing his publicist, but he’s not budging.

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