Technologies and media
Seeking Genuine Discovery on Music Streaming Services
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- Tuesday, 30 June 2015
I have a recurring problem with most streaming-service playlists: Though I keep listening out of animal curiosity for what comes next, I am almost never surprised. I always feel as if I'm shopping somewhere, and the music reflects What Our Customers Like to Listen To. The experience can feel benignly inhuman.
REMA Radio
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- Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Discover the webradio dedicated to Early Music festivals and young ensembles.
The Opera Platform
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- Tuesday, 16 June 2015
The Opera Platform is an online platform for the promotion and enjoyment of opera. It is designed to appeal equally to those who already love opera and to those who may be tempted to try it for the first time.
Ed Sheeran is huge in the Phillippines, YouTube reveals
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- Tuesday, 16 June 2015
YouTube's new analytics tool reveals some surprising secrets about the world's most popular musicians.
The future of songwriting: How streaming is changing everything we know about making music
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- Tuesday, 16 June 2015
From the wax cylinder to Spotify, technology has always dictated musical forms - and revenues. As tomorrow's hitmakers take stock of new developments, Mike Errico wonders if the song can remain the same.
Top Five Pianists Who Developed Personalized Instruments
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- Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Little has seemingly changed in piano design over the past century and a half, but over that time several distinguished pianists have tinkered with the instrument to serve their needs.
Surprisingly Amazing: The Words Associated with Every Kind of Music
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- Monday, 01 June 2015
Music fans, prepare to lose a few minutes. Possibly hours.
Here's what a map of the world sounds like
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- Monday, 01 June 2015
Imagine if there were a Google map for sounds. There is — kind of. It's called Aporee, and it's an online audio archive where people upload field recordings, a lot of them.
Daniel Barenboim reveals radical new piano design: 'I've fallen in love with it'
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- Monday, 01 June 2015
Conceived in 2011, the Barenboim piano has taken 18 months and 4,000 people hours of work to build – and may one day go into wider production.
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