Collaborate Disseminate
For decades now, we’ve been able to quickly and reliably interface musical instruments to computers. These tools have generally made making and recording music much easier, but they’ve also opened …read more Continue reading Flute Now Included on List of Human Interface Devices
Today is Record Store Day, which according to Wikipedia is happening in the U.S., the UK, Ireland, Mexico, Europe, Japan and Australia.
An anonymous reader shared this report from The Los Angeles Times:
420 isn’t just for stoners. This year, Record S… Continue reading ‘Record Store Day’ 2024 Includes Talking Heads, Daft Punk, Cheech & Chong, Beatles
Abstract of a paper on Nature: Music is ubiquitous in our everyday lives, and lyrics play an integral role when we listen to music. The complex relationships between lyrical content, its temporal evolution over the last decades, and genre-specific vari… Continue reading Song Lyrics Have Become Simpler and More Repetitive Over the Last Five Decades
Rachel Treisman reports via NPR: Authorities in the Russian republic of Chechnya are banning music they consider either too fast or too slow, effectively criminalizing many genres. The Chechen Ministry of Culture announced the ban on its website last w… Continue reading Chechnya Is Banning Music That’s Too Fast Or Slow
Besides obvious technological advancements, early computers built by Apple differed in a major way from their modern analogs. Rather than relying on planned obsolescence as a business model, computers like …read more Continue reading Wozamp Turns Apple II Into Music Player
People bought 43 million vinyl records last year, according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). From a report: That’s 6 million more than the number of CDs sold in 2023, marking the second time since 1987 that’s happened and reflec… Continue reading Vinyl Records Outsell CDs For the Second Year Running
During the 1980s, a moral panic swept across the landscape with the mistaken belief that there were Satanic messages hidden in various games, books, and music that at any moment …read more Continue reading Documenting Real Hidden Messages in Music
While it might not seem like it to a novice, music turns out to be a highly mathematical endeavor with precise ratios between chords and notes as well as overall …read more Continue reading Generative AI Now Encroaching on Music
The hurdy-gurdy is a fascinating string instrument dating from sometime around the 10th century. There is an active community of modern enthusiasts, but one can’t simply walk into a music …read more Continue reading Ancient Instrument Goes Digital: The Digi-Gurdy
In the late 90s as MP3s and various file sharing platforms became more common, most of us were looking for better players than the default media players that came with …read more Continue reading Raspinamp: It Really Replicates Questionable Activities Involving Llamas