The Pointy End
Military bands offer musicians great jobs, similar challenges to orchestras
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- Tuesday, 22 July 2014
In musical circles, there's a lot of disgruntlement that the government doesn't do more to subsidize the arts. In one area, though, the government does plenty.
Music Criticism Is Broken
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- Tuesday, 22 July 2014
Learning how to talk about music is almost as important—and in some ways as important—as learning how to write music.
The Dangers of Secondhand Music
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- Tuesday, 22 July 2014
Like secondhand smoke, the consistent exposure to music everywhere has resulted in a slow poisoning: the invalidation of music as a uniquely singular event.
An Empathic Musical Orchestra -- A String of New Relationships
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- Tuesday, 22 July 2014
Research shows that music affects our creativity and productivity. A series of experiments has investigated the relationship between the playing of background music during the performance of repetitive work and the efficiency in such a task.
Le plus ancien morceau de musique du monde
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- Tuesday, 22 July 2014
Cette partition gravée sur une tablette d'argile et découverte sur le site d'Ougarit en Syrie, a 3400 ans.
Why Are Songs on the Radio About the Same Length?
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- Tuesday, 22 July 2014
Songs seem to be around three minutes – but of course not all songs are that long. I know there are some very long songs by both Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. Though this seems mostly correct. Three minutes is a very common time length for a song.
Despite hits, no radio love for country rap
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- Tuesday, 08 July 2014
It may be one thing for a country song to be remixed or for a country artist to dabble in hip-hop, but "rap" still faces a bias.
Best Music Journalism: June 2014
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- Tuesday, 08 July 2014
A collection of the best music journalism of the past month.
How to make money from Spotify by streaming silence
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- Tuesday, 08 July 2014
Who says you can't make money out of Spotify? Certainly not Vulfpeck, a funk band from Ann Arbor, Michigan, who seem to have devised a way to beat the streaming service at its own game.
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