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Tag Archives: music
Going Down the Tubes: The Illegal-ization of Culture
We’ve all heard the platitude before: today’s culture is going down the tubes. In recent history, major conduits for cultural influence have been “talking machines” (radio) and “boob tubes” (TV). More recently we have the rapid increase in influence of … Continue reading
Cover this, Hey Ya…
powered by ODEO Why are music covers and movie remakes so popular? Assuming you can manage to get it out there with all the copyright licensing issues, its much more likely for a new take on an old success to … Continue reading
More music madness – Songbird, a time-lapse mashup and other music miscellany
40 years of pop music summaried in 37 minutes Before I get to one of the more interesting pieces of music aware software I have seen lately, I need to credit Alex Gelfand with another interesting music nerd article in … Continue reading
Rock on! Study shows rock music makes you smarter
All those years I spent listening to rock music on my headphones while studying were not in vain. Reported in the Times Online: “Researchers at a Scottish university believe that the sound of guitar-based rock such as Jimi Hendrix, AC/DC … Continue reading
Polymathematical
An article in Wired “From Crypto to Jazz” explores the connection between music and math through the music of saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa. Read the article and listen to the music samples. Very cool. Fittingly, the author Alexander Gelfand, is as … Continue reading
Musical genetics and the future of radio
What if the radio just knew what you wanted to listen to? Could a radio station learn what kind of music you like? Would you listen to a channel that can play songs you have never heard but will probably … Continue reading
Mashups: from hobby to art form to controversy
An interesting collection of musical mashups is posted online. Mashups are an ever popular form of musical expression albeit mostly illegal as they are derivatives of copyrighted material clearly exceeding the currently accepted boundaries of “fair use”. Nonetheless these “bootlegs” … Continue reading
More fun: Read my lips
From a very talented group atmo: “Are you tired of hearing politicians talk? Well, hear them sing instead. Listen to Saddam Hussein singing Imagine. Or to the love duet featuring Bush and Blair.” Interesting format for social commentary.