The Pointy End
Music Takes Center Stage In Oscar-Nominated Documentaries
- Details
- Tuesday, 18 March 2014
Three documentaries up for Academy Awards Sunday place musicians front and center — and trace the profound impact that music-making has on the trajectories of their lives.
Audiences Identify Top Orchestras by Appearance More Than Sound
- Details
- Monday, 17 March 2014
To enrich the visual appeal of symphony concerts, orchestras have experimented with a range of tactics: adding video screens to concert halls that show live close-ups of the conductor and soloist; ditching tuxedos in favor of more modern garb; or projecting video effects and silent films during a performance.
Why I joined a choir
- Details
- Monday, 17 March 2014
What is it about singing in harmony with other humans that changes the way we feel and think?
Musical anhedonia: why some people just don't like music
- Details
- Wednesday, 12 March 2014
New research reveals that some people are incapable of having an emotional response to music.
"J'écoute de la musique au bureau": 7 thèmes pour être plus efficace
- Details
- Wednesday, 12 March 2014
Nous sommes nombreux à écouter de la musique au bureau pour différentes raisons : se décontracter, se divertir, se concentrer, s'isoler, s'aérer.
Why I Invited Listeners to Snap Photos During a Concert
- Details
- Tuesday, 04 March 2014
Whip out your cell phone and start photographing at a sporting event and nobody will notice – other fans are probably snapping photos anyway. But try that at a symphony concert and you'll be glared at – unless you're at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
Why Aren't There More Music-Related Oscars?
- Details
- Monday, 03 March 2014
For far too long, music's relationship with the Oscars has been a one-way street.
Mapping Differences In America's Musical Tastes, State By State
- Details
- Thursday, 27 February 2014
Are you streaming music right now? If you're in America's Pacific region, there's a much better chance you're nodding along with Cat Power rather than grooving to Fantasia, which you'd be more likely to be doing if you were across the country in the South Atlantic.
Rubbish music: why we judge others for their musical tastes
- Details
- Wednesday, 26 February 2014
It's common to judge someone based on the music they like, despite musical preference being largely subjective. But why do musical tastes differ so, and why do we feel the need to criticise those with tastes that don't match our own?
More Articles...
- Top 5 Oscar-Nominated Films that Would Make Great Operas
- Why do men cling to the music they grew up with?
- Don't blame Bieber, kids have always idolised idiots
- Arena music in Sochi has American appeal
- Cute? Hardly. The Beatles subverted the American way of life.
- Why is the Canadian rock band Skinny Puppy invoicing the Pentagon for $666,000?
- 4 Ways To Hear More In Music
- What would Grammys look like in a genre-less world?