This is a word cloud based on the complete lyrics to the album, Another Side of Bob Dylan. Large version is here. The colors match the album cover. The story: I regularly analyze Bob Dylan's lyrics and thought it would be a cool exercise to … [Read more...]
The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
This is my new desktop background: It's a word cloud based on Bob Dylan's album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. I even used the same colors on the album cover. I created it by taking all of the lyrics from the album and putting them into Wordle. … [Read more...]
The Decade In Loudness
Robert Siegel talks with two guests about how recorded music has changed in the past decade. First, mastering engineer Bob Ludwig explains how recordings have gotten louder and worse. Then Robert talks Andrew Oxenham, a professor in the Psychology … [Read more...]
The Decade In Music: How Musicians Create
How has technology changed the relationship between musicians and their fans? While major record labels still struggle to grasp the power of the MP3, artists, including Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes, have embraced and even found creative solutions … [Read more...]
Mozart’s Deceptive Simplicity
Hear commentator Rob Kapilow demonstrate how Mozart sets up our expectations but takes us in unpredictable directions in the String Quintet in G minor. His music, like a hologram, flashes back and forth between the simple and the … [Read more...]
27 Live Recordings From The 1959 Newport Jazz Festival
Here's a few of the musicians you can listen to: Count Basie & His Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Oscar Peterson Trio and Thelonious Monk. Registration is required but it's oh so worth it. The New York Times has the … [Read more...]
All Songs Considered: The Decade’s 50 Most Important Recordings
NPR has compiled a list of the 50 most important recordings of the past 10 years. Here's a PDF of the full list: The Decade's 50 Most Important Recordings Link: The Decade's 50 Most Important Recordings … [Read more...]
Virtual Composer Creates New Music
There's a mysterious new composer on the classical music scene. Her name? Emily Howell. But no one's ever seen her in person. The reason? She's a computer program created by David Cope, a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Host … [Read more...]
Brian Eno On Composing
Craft has to be dropped at a certain point. You’ve gotten somewhere and you have to decide what you want to do there. (@synthtopia) … [Read more...]
The New Music Business Model: Imogen Heap
Enter: Imogen Heap. Some people may recognize Imogen as the beautiful vocalist of Frou Frou. Others may be familiar with her song “Hide & Seek” or the song she wrote for The Chronicles of Narnia, “Can’t Take it … [Read more...]
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