Technologies and media
Africa, a creative future for the world’s music & technology – or the other way around?
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- Monday, 01 June 2015
Proposed for the first time by the African Music Development Programme, the Impact Music Conference smartly mixed discussions, workshops, presentations and pitching competitions over two days, in a warm and intimate setting that had a pleasant "TED meets Faubourg Tremé" feeling.
L’apport des mass-médias dans le développement de la musique congolaise
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- Monday, 01 June 2015
L'évolution de la musique congolaise est intimement liée à celle des médias écrits et audiovisuels en République Démocratique du Congo.
Hip-hop ain't top: new study reveals reading levels behind music lyrics
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- Wednesday, 20 May 2015
Are songwriting standards slipping at the top of the charts? Data analyst finds country music is smartest, while hip-hop lags behind – save for whip-smart lyricist Eminem.
Pandora to buy music analytics firm Next Big Sound
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- Tuesday, 19 May 2015
"The deal marks the latest step in Pandora's commitment to become an indispensable partner to the music industry and accelerates its strategy of harnessing data for the benefit of music makers,".
How Fruity Loops Changed Music-Making Forever
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- Tuesday, 19 May 2015
There's a saying that "it's not the tool, it's the artist." In the case of FL Studio, though, you could argue that the tool helped shape the artists just as much as the artists helped popularise the tool.
New app myFrontman lets users stream gigs in real-time
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- Tuesday, 19 May 2015
The launch of the app follows a report by the Australian Bureau of Statistics which pin-pointed cultural event attendance barriers for people with disabilities.
15 European Opera Houses to Offer Free Online Streaming
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- Tuesday, 19 May 2015
A free showing of Verdi's "La Traviata" will be streamed live from Madrid's Teatro Real on Friday, inaugurating a new program backed by the European Union in which some of Europe's top houses will stream performances free to make opera more accessible.
Blue Note 75
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- Tuesday, 28 April 2015
Blue Note Records proudly presents the Blue Note 75 app – a ground-breaking new app that celebrates the 75th Anniversary of the legendary jazz label which has represented The Finest In Jazz Since 1939.
Can Apps Teach You To Improvise Jazz?
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- Tuesday, 28 April 2015
Trolling through the app stores, a musician sees plenty of options for learning new tricks, and all sort of tuners and other utilities.
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