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How sign language innovators are bringing music to the deaf
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- Wednesday, 05 April 2017
A growing number of ASL interpreters are bringing visuals to a hearing-centric musical world.
11 Best 'Musicless' Music Videos
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- Wednesday, 05 April 2017
So-called "Musicless Musicvideos" (aka "silent music videos") is a trend started by YouTuber and sound engineer Mario Wienerroither back in time.
A music festival is charging $250,000 a ticket
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- Wednesday, 05 April 2017
Major Lazer, Migos, and a DJ regularly employed by Middle Eastern royalty are among the artists slated to perform at an extravagant, brand-new music festival in the Bahamas this year.
Older people are just as good at judging music as younger adults
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- Wednesday, 05 April 2017
It may feel as if many of our mental abilities decline with age, but here’s one that sticks – our ability to sense when music sounds wrong.
Why Do We Assume Good Musicians Are Good People?
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- Wednesday, 05 April 2017
Chuck Berry's death has reignited familiar questions over how far critics should go in the impulse to conflate a musician’s work and character.
This Medieval Knight’s Manor Houses Over 350 Mechanical Musical Instruments
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- Tuesday, 21 March 2017
The collection is housed in the Brömserhof, a 15th-century knight’s manor, the most impressive of the town’s aristocratic residences complete with a Gothic chapel and fresco-adorned halls.
You’ve Heard This One Before: When Classical Composers Use Samples
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- Tuesday, 21 March 2017
In music, the tradition of “sampling,” or using fragments of others’ recorded work, is time-honored.
The Improbable Birth of American Rock Writing
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- Tuesday, 21 March 2017
The great publishing enterprise known as American rock journalism was invented in January 1966.
Heard it through the grapevine: can music really change the taste of wine?
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- Tuesday, 21 March 2017
The woman behind the world’s first ‘oenesthetic’ wine and sound bar believes there’s more to ‘sonic seasoning’ than hype.
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