Music the artform and artists
New music's quality problem
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- Monday, 14 April 2014
Whenever I come across a new music community post about the so-called "audience problem," I think to myself: isn't that a little entitled?
Maroc:Le chantre de la musique amazighe n'est plus
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- Monday, 14 April 2014
La scène musicale marocaine est en deuil. En effet, la légende de la chanson amazighe moderne, Abdelaziz Chamkh, qui était hospitalisé à l'hôpital militaire de Rabat, est décédé, vendredi dernier, à l'âge de 63 ans.
What makes a great composer?
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- Monday, 14 April 2014
There's no science of ranking composers, and that it's all individual choice guided by social consensus. But is all that guides us really just a fear of looking silly at a dinner party?
Zimbabwe: New Faces of Mbira Music
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- Thursday, 10 April 2014
The local mbira sector is characterised by traditionalist and elders who are out to preserve the local culture through music.
India's electronic music scene
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- Thursday, 10 April 2014
This may be the biggest year yet for Indian electronic music.
Young, Rich and Ruling Radio, Country Walks a Broader Line
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- Thursday, 10 April 2014
On the radio, it has displaced Top 40 as America's most popular musical format.
No Time for a Symphony? Try a Ringtone
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- Tuesday, 01 April 2014
In one corner: the symphony, grand opera and string quartet. In the opposite: viral videos, news snacking and Twitter's 140 characters.
Jazz Audience Development: The Gender Factor
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- Thursday, 27 March 2014
Somehow the music continues to attract future generations of players. The biggest issue remains the need to develop the jazz audience, to produce new generations of listener/consumers to meet the supply of the musicians who continue to grow the ranks of jazz players.
I was a player in the global Internet orchestra
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- Wednesday, 26 March 2014
Any minute, this group of strangers, most of whom have never met, will begin playing in front of a live audience we cannot see. We're the Global Net Orchestra. And I have no idea what I'm doing.
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