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Man attempts to sell an entire London record shop on eBay
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- Monday, 11 November 2013
Listed with a 'Buy It Now' price of £300,000, the listing begins: "Live your dream and enter a rock'n'roll lifestyle – your chance to run a record shop!"
The 12 weirdest musical instruments ever
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- Monday, 11 November 2013
To commemorate the death of Leon Theremin, we run through the biggest, strangest, most bizarre musical instruments in the world - expect unlikely hybrids, oversized brass and an electronic badger.
Liberating the Librettos
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- Monday, 11 November 2013
What happens to the characters in Mozart's popular "Così Fan Tutte" when the curtain goes down?
The Beatles named most-pirated artist in the world
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- Sunday, 10 November 2013
Research from online anti-piracy company MUSO has discovered that The Beatles are the most-pirated artist in the world by a significant margin.
Making Music Sound Better for Pretty Much Your Whole Life
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- Friday, 08 November 2013
We all have those songs that make our spine tingle every time they come on. The moment they attached themselves to us like a parasite in our brains comes flooding back to us with the same effervescence as ever.
The Hidden Faces of Pop Music: Artists Who Hide Themselves Online
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- Friday, 08 November 2013
We all know the internet has changed the way recording artists market themselves. They have a plethora of social media outlets to choose from, when it comes to constructing an online presence.
Why lullabies really do send babies to sleep
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- Wednesday, 06 November 2013
Everyone knows that lullabies help babies sleep. But as a new study reveals they can also ease pain, Ivan Hewett explores why music has such a powerful effect on infants.
Are we still able to listen to music properly?
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- Tuesday, 29 October 2013
Along with all the other crises that beset us, there appears to be a crisis of listening.
How a mobile phone can ruin a Piano concerto
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- Tuesday, 29 October 2013
The concerto audience is subjected to an awkward moment when pianist Christian Zacharias stops playing in the middle of Haydn's Piano Concerto after he hears a mobile phone ring.
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