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In music, the eyes matter as much as the ears
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- Wednesday, 21 August 2013
A new university study about the importance of the eye in appreciating music shows that the classical music world has to stop believing in the fairy-tale that 'only the notes matter'.
Musicians Use Beta Blockers as Performance-Enabling Drugs
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- Tuesday, 20 August 2013
Anyone who has had to give a speech at a wedding or deliver a Powerpoint presentation at the office knows the symptoms: sweaty palms, racing heartbeat, even nausea.
Nigeria: The Rise and Rise of Porn Music Videos
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- Tuesday, 20 August 2013
Every day, scores of pornographic music videos by Nigerian artistes besiege the market, plague the airwaves and flood the internet.
Jazzbros: A Force for Jazzgood or Jazzevil?
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- Tuesday, 20 August 2013
Last month, the critic Nate Chinen wrote a column in JazzTimes that has roiled the jazz blogosphere.
Swiss launch competition to find new national anthem
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- Monday, 19 August 2013
Thousands of Swiss people will soon be racking their brains for words that rhyme with Alps, cuckoo clocks and chocolate, after the country launched a search for a new national anthem.
We don't like unfamiliar music, even though we claim we do, study finds
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- Tuesday, 23 July 2013
We are constantly bombarded with a seemingly limitless amount of new music in our daily lives. But why do we keep coming back to that one song or album we couldn't get enough of in college?
Theremin world record set in Japan
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- Monday, 22 July 2013
Japan's musicians have set a new world record for the biggest number of players on the theremin - the musical instrument used without being touched.
What Inspired You to Work in Classical Music?
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- Monday, 15 July 2013
If you have a job that revolves around classical music, we want to hear about the piece, performance or other experience that inspired you to dedicate your career to the art form.
Japanese study explores why we like listening to sad music
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- Friday, 12 July 2013
This maybe one of those quintessentially existential questions any person, regardless of culture, would ask – "why do we enjoy listening to sad music?"
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