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The Decade In Loudness

December 31, 2009 By Graham English

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...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose, Technology Tagged With: absolute peak level, Andrew Oxenham, Audio, Bob Ludwig, capitalism, CD, Christopher Clark, compression, decade, dynamics, engineering, high frequency peaks, loudness, loudness wars, low frequency peaks, mastering, mastering engineers, mid frequency peaks, mp3, music producing, music production, music technology, NPR, peak level, peak levels, producing, Psychology, recorded audio, recording, recording technology, RMS, RMS levels, Robert Siegel, Technology, University of Minnesota, volume, white noise

“I Can Do That” Syndrome

June 2, 2008 By Graham English

You're listening to a piece of music and it sounds so simple and easy that you say to yourself, "I can do that." But can you really? And if you can, how come you haven't yet? Taking a first person perspective of someone else's perspective can be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Prose Tagged With: commitment, experience, expertise, focus, goals, mind, perspective, perspectives, Psychology, specialization, wisdom, work

Power and Perspectives

January 15, 2007 By Graham English

Not good news for our current political climate. A recent study appearing in the December 2006 issue of Psychological Science reports that people with power are often unable to take other people's perspective. Study Gives Us A New Perspective On … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Opinion, Prose Tagged With: perspectives, persuasion, Politics, power, Psychology

There Is Nothing Boring In Life. Only Boring People.

October 26, 2006 By Graham English

There is a common misconception that "things" can be boring. You may find doing your taxes boring. But some people find it riveting. Therefore, we can't say that doing taxes is boring. "It" is not boring. Then what part of that sentence or thought is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Music Education, Prose Tagged With: curiosity, Ear Training, expertise, generalizations, Language, listening, mind, musicianship, Practice, Psychology, quotes, thinking

How To Be An Expert

March 5, 2006 By Graham English

From: How to be an expert The only thing standing between you-as-amateur and you-as-expert is dedication. All that talk about prodigies? We could all be prodigies (or nearly so) if we just put in the time and focused. At least that's what the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Music Education, Prose Tagged With: Absolute Pitch, Absolute Pitch Power, brain, challenge, deliberate practice, expertise, flow, genius, MusicHacks, passion, peak performance, performance, Practice, Psychology

A Nobel Winner Can Help You Keep Your Resolutions

January 6, 2006 By Graham English

Cool article on the psychology of setting goals. The problem, he suggested, is that pretty much everybody suffers from a split personality. One self desperately wants to lose weight or quit smoking or run two miles a day or get up early to work. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Prose Tagged With: goals, LifeHacks, perfect pitch, Psychology

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