Nokia Ringtone During Violin Sonato
Violist Lukáš Kmiť shows what to do when your playing is interrupted by a ringing phone, as happened to him during a beautiful performance at an orthodox synagogue in Presov, Slovakia. Kmiť broke off playing for an instant, regrouped, and then improvised a lovely aria based on the Nokia ringtone. Lukáš Kmiť plays the viola...
Song Map
A road map of song titles: from Highway to Hell to Penny Lane, Itchycoo Park to Heartbreak Hotel. And just...
Highlight of the Golden Globes: Felicity Huffman & William Macy golden globes Sing
I Tivo’d the Golden Globes last night, and its playing in the background while I do some work. This was the highlight of the show: Husband-and-wife presenters Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy can carry a tune and make sarcasm look like an art — at the same time. (sorry bout the pre-roll, but this...
David Bowie + Tim Tebow = Jimmy Fallon’s Tebowie
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The Digital Living Room
Interesting look at the changes coming to your living room, courtesy of, well everyone competing for your entertainment dollar: > Hat tip thingsigrab full graphic after the jump > click for ginormous graphic
George Mason University Green Machine Marching Band Rages Against the Machine
George Mason’s Green Machine plays Rage against the Machine.
Hat tip Washington Post
Vist http://music.gmu.edu
Narrative 2.0 Music Visualiser
Cool musical visualizations from Matthias Dittrich: Narrative 2.0 visualises music. The music was segmented in single channels. The channels are shown fanlike and the lines move from the center away with the time. The angle of the line changes according to the frequency of the channel, while the frequency reaching a high level, the channel...
Digital finally overtakes physical in US music market
It’s a moment that many tech industry observers have predicted for the best part of a decade: the US music market is now more digital than physical, by volume at least. According to figures from Nielsen SoundScan and Billboard magazine, …Contin...
The Beatles: Authorship and Collaboration
This graph (based on authorial attributions quantified by William J. Dowlding in the book Beatlesongs) traces songwriting contributions within the band. > Click for ginormous graphic: Source: Charting the Beatles Michael Deal
RJD2 – Ghostwriter
I cannot get this song out of my head. It has a cinematic quality I keep envisioning. Maybe someone gets out of bed, gets dressed, walks down the street — it has a good strutting rhythm. Or perhaps after suffering years of abuse, the main character finally tells his boss to shove it, or whatnot...
Amazon Top 10 Albums: $3.99 (or Less)
Amazon is having a one day special to promote their MP3 Cloud storage — their Best and Best Selling top 10 best selling MP3 albums for $3.99 or less (a mix of their top picks and top sellers). These are DRM-free — they will play on any MP3 player, Android, PC, Mac, iPad or Kindle...
Radioheads: How Students Listen to Music
How students listen to music, via Adweek > Source: Adweek >
