I’ve talked about the Shepard Tone before but NewScientist has just posted five great auditory illusions.
The virtual barber shop is fun! You’ll need headphones. I remember experiencing something like this at Disney World as a kid.
Phantom words creates the effect of a single word using separate sounds, demonstrating how your brain constructs meaning out of meaningless noise.
Temporal induction of speech shows how our brains fill in gaps when data is missing.
The scale illusion demonstrates how our brain groups notes together. See this image for the notation of what’s being played and what you are probably hearing.
Phantom melodies demonstrates how our brain picks out melodies from patterns at high-speeds.
Have fun!
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(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)I just discovered a new music marketing blog (hat tip to Gerd Leonhard). The post that caught my immediate attention was The Top 10 Music Social Networks. Glad to see my favorite social music site, Last.fm, is on the list.




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Gerd Leonhard, co-author of The Future of Music, just released his new book, Music2.0. This 227 page book is available in print form or as a “pay what you want” pdf.
I plan to start reading it as soon as possible. I’m in the middle of The Zombie Survival Guide right now, obviously a more urgent read.




(No Ratings Yet)It’s the 5th annual February Album Writing Month. The challenge? Write an entire album in just 29 days.
FAWM.org has a bunch of resources to get you started. So does RPM ‘08. As for me, you might like to check out my songwriting tips tag archive.
I’m participating in my own songwriting challenge that lasts the entire year. My goal is to write a song a week or at least 50 songs this year. I’m only a little behind schedule and that will be remedied this weekend. As for the recordings, they’ll be coming shortly. I just purchased some new gear and I’m trying to integrate it into my workflow. Stay tuned.




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