Tag: music
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When Do We Stop Finding New Music? A Statistical Analysis
link: www.statsignificant.com/p/when-do-we-stop-finding-new-music I found this dive into music acquisition trends to be really interesting. It’s strange how much your 13-year-old self defines your lifelong artistic tastes. At this age, we’re unable to drive, vote, drink alcohol, or pay taxes, yet we’re old enough to cultivate enduring musical preferences. … Every cohort believes that music was…
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Laufey, dodie, and Jacob Collier perform ‘Wild Mountain Thyme’ with NSO
link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz1LEYxFQ5Q What a delightful moment of zen to have these people together on stage with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center.
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Nothing’s supposed to live forever
Oliver Richman, the guy who made the microwave your string cheese video a few years back, has been posting a song a day to his TikTok account. On February 3rd he posted this lovely piece that builds some lore around Groundhog Day. Punxutawney Phil is given an elixir that allows him to live for forever…
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Guthman Musical Instrument Competition 2024 Finalists
link: https://guthman.gatech.edu/2024-finalists I love seeing this kind of experimentation at the intersection of tech hackery and music. My favorite of this year’s finalists is the Bone Conductive Instrument (BCI) by Pippa Kelmenson. The Bone Conductive Instrument (BCI) sends sound signals through the jaw that vibrate the individual resonant frequencies of the body. It’s designed to help…
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He spent his life building a $1 million stereo. The real cost was unfathomable.
Imagine devoting your life to building a stereo, and in the process ruin your relationship with your entire family. Devoted to sound, he often seemed not to listen. Only to finally complete it and then be diagnosed with ALS and die a few years later. And when people listen to it, they can’t tell if…
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60 Songs That Explain the 90’s
Rob Harvilla‘s 60 Songs that Explain the 90’s is a podcast and new companion book that I highly recommend checking out. My wife Sam and I recently finished the audiobook and we agree that it was a delightful ride the whole way through. This may be skewed partly by the fact that we grew up…