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Career in music is damaging to mental health, new study finds
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- Tuesday, 17 October 2017
Musicians are three times more likely to experience depression, with many working under ‘poor conditions’, a new academic study from Help Musicians UK has found.
Turning Irregular Heartbeats Into Music
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- Tuesday, 03 October 2017
A set of piano pieces could help doctors better understand heart rhythm disorders.
Bowie, Bach and Bebop: How music powered Basquiat
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- Tuesday, 03 October 2017
He sold his first painting to Debbie Harry and titled works after bebop greats; his band was hailed by David Byrne and his art by David Bowie. For Basquiat, music was a crucial part of the canvas
What Happened to the Negative Music Review?
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- Tuesday, 03 October 2017
If you rely on reviews to decide what books to buy, movies to watch or restaurants to visit, you may have noticed something strange when it comes to pop music: Negative reviews have become extremely rare.
The songs they sent to space
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- Tuesday, 03 October 2017
In 1977 NASA chose music to from across our globe and launched it to infinity. 40 years later, Late Junction wants to know what songs you would send to space today?
The source of Mozart’s inspiration - a great musical whodunnit
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- Tuesday, 19 September 2017
The composer was devoted to his pet starling. But did its singing really contribute to the Piano Concerto in G major?
Manchester people first host rave for learning disabled music fans
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- Tuesday, 19 September 2017
BBC has just released a new video charting the story of Manchester's first rave for those with learning disabilities.
Want more sales? The data has spoken. Play the right music
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- Tuesday, 19 September 2017
Is this not a marketer or business owner’s dream? You want to sell more French wine in your liquor store. What do you do? You play French music while customers are browsing and instantly, sales of French wine shoot up.
A Jewish folk song is preserved in a Japanese video game
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- Tuesday, 19 September 2017
In the world of video games, the journey ahead might last days or it might last just a few hours, but the soundtracks to those passing hours are often so integral to the game — and steeped in the intensity of a quest — that the music is timeless.
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