Tag: music

  • Technology Pushing 10,000$ Loudspeaker

    Technology Pushing 10,000$ Loudspeaker

    Just in time for audiophile Christmas~ PS Audio Introduces Its aspen FR10 Loudspeaker, Ideal for a Wide Variety of Listening Rooms and Systems — New FR10 floorstanding speaker delivers the sonic magic of the aspen series in a smaller, more affordable form factor —Boulder, Colorado, December, 2023 – PS Audio today announced the introduction of its aspen FR10 loudspeaker, an elegant, slim 3-way…

  • Amadeus Mozart Last Castle To Be Auctioned Off

    Amadeus Mozart Last Castle To Be Auctioned Off

    According to many musical fans and our friends at toptenrealestatedeals.com, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is often considered the greatest musical genius to have ever lived. With over 800 works including operas, symphonies, and concertos, he defined the classical period and inspired later composers including Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. His music continues to be performed all over the…

  • How New $198K Speaker Produces Jump Factor

    How New $198K Speaker Produces Jump Factor

    HOLBROOK, New York, June, 2023 At Pacific Audio Fest 2023 Nola Speakers will feature the West Coast debut of its Baby Grand Reference Gold Series 3 loudspeaker. The full-range floor standing speaker offers a number of upgrades from the previous model to deliver an extraordinary quality of musical realism, including a new isolation system that…

  • Selina Berlin Mitte Launches, Offering ‘Nook for Art and Music Lovers’ in the Heart of Berlin

    Selina Berlin Mitte Launches, Offering ‘Nook for Art and Music Lovers’ in the Heart of Berlin

    Berlin’s vibrant art scene just got a little more exciting with the opening of Selina Berlin Mitte, the latest property from skyrocketing hospitality company, Selina. Dubbed an ‘art-forward’ hotel, Selina Berlin Mitte boasts a guest concept that revolves around art and music, offering visitors a memorable cultural experience to feel like a local. Located in…

  • AI Induced Shifting Subtexts- What Is And What Isn’t Art?

    AI Induced Shifting Subtexts- What Is And What Isn’t Art?

    Let’s go back to 2016 and re-consider how the works highlighted below are more relevant today than ever when asking “What is and isn’t art?”.  The recent surge in AI and chatbot produced ‘art’ has created new challenges in recognition, interpretation and validation. Or has it? [J.Barker Content Producer for The Silo]   It became immediately…

  • How Octapadist Became an Occupation in India

    How Octapadist Became an Occupation in India

    Run a search for “Octapad” or “Octapadist,” and you’ll find a vast musical community. Learn how the instrument became a household word. Run a Google search for “Octapad” or “Octapadist,” and you’ll find a vast musical community. The overwhelming majority of these players have two fundamental traits in common. They use a device with eight…

  • Streaming Royalties Are Bullshit A Musicians Case For Universal Income

    Streaming Royalties Are Bullshit A Musicians Case For Universal Income

    Royalties Are Bullshit: A Musician’s Case For Basic Income….. “This song is Copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of Copyright #154085, for a period of 28 years, and anybody caught singin’ it without our permission, will be mighty good friends of ourn, cause we don’t give a dern. Publish it. Write it. Sing it. Swing to it.…

  • Women Of 1970s & 1980s Punk Rock

    Women Of 1970s & 1980s Punk Rock

    The punk rock scene of the 1970s and ’80s in Southern California is widely acknowledged as one of the most vibrant and creative periods in rock and roll. Over the years, many books have come out exploring this explosive time in music and culture, but none have exclusively focused on the vitality and influence of…

  • Definitive Guide to Speaker Setup Now Available

    Definitive Guide to Speaker Setup Now Available

    Octave Records Debuts The Audiophile’s Guide: The Loudspeaker, the Definitive Guide to Speaker Setup –  New book and companion SACD disc/download dive into exacting, step-by-step detail on how to get the most out of any loudspeaker – Boulder, Colorado, October, 2022 – PS Audio’s Octave Records label announces its latest release, The Audiophile’s Guide: The Loudspeaker, a book and companion SACD/download that tells listeners…

  • Composition For Solo Piano With 40 Channel 1 Bit Electronics

    Composition For Solo Piano With 40 Channel 1 Bit Electronics

    New Amsterdam Records releases are special and Surface Image, the album-length composition for solo piano with 40-channel 1-bit electronics, composed by Tristan Perich and performed by pianist Vicky Chow is no exception. “Surface Image is a stunning marriage of Perich’s inspired electronic aesthetic and Chow’s nuanced yet fiercely virtuosic playing. The line between electric and…

  • German Techno Scene Reveals Postmodern Aesthetic Resistance

    German Techno Scene Reveals Postmodern Aesthetic Resistance

    “Underground” is a word, which is an essential part in the title of the “Keep it simple, make it fast” conference. Not only in punk, also in techno this is a term very frequently used, referred to and rejected at the same time. Many claim, this terms doesn’t make much sense anymore nowadays. Is this…

  • Synth Britannia Shows The Future Was In Fact Delivered

    Synth Britannia Shows The Future Was In Fact Delivered

    Come on, you have to admit. It’s a lot of fun to stumble around YouTube with that old pre-internet habit of television channel surfing surprising you with random discoveries. When I do, I particularly enjoy reading comments left by others who have somehow found their way to whatever it is I happen to be watching. This…

  • Listening To Acousmatic Music Is A New Experience

    Listening To Acousmatic Music Is A New Experience

    Acousmatic music is defined by the use of recorded environmental, or “everyday,” sounds as raw compositional material; thus, questions regarding the relationship between sound and source (or implied source) are raised, leading to an investigation of concepts of mimesis in this music that stirs up nineteenth-century debates over absolute versus programmatic music. Issues of sound…

  • He Helped Shock Viewers During Legendary Synthesizer Sesame Street Appearance

    He Helped Shock Viewers During Legendary Synthesizer Sesame Street Appearance

    Clive Smith – recording artist, composer, performer, sound designer You might have heard him on the soundtrack for the ’80’s cult film Liquid Sky. You might have come across his name on a whole lot of session-work and collaborations. Clive Smith, often credited as the ’Fairlight Programmer’. And you can see him below on the legendary 1983 Sesame Street-episode,…

  • A List of the Best Things You Can Do to Better Yourself Mentally at Home

    A List of the Best Things You Can Do to Better Yourself Mentally at Home

    The year that was has been a real challenge for most of us, and although there is now light at the end of the tunnel, many people are still finding it difficult to relax. We have all been stressed, and rightly so, and being stuck at home with nothing much to do but work, eat,…

  • 4 Aspects Of Your Life You Can Improve By Listening To Jazz

    4 Aspects Of Your Life You Can Improve By Listening To Jazz

    Music is known to have a strong effect on most people. It can compel its listeners to move along its rhythm and dance. It can also provide stimulation to the brain, which can improve a person’s bodily performance. This positive impact can double for the person performing the music. Can you image the impact that…

  • The Greatest Places To See POST COVID Art In The City Of Toronto

    The Greatest Places To See POST COVID Art In The City Of Toronto

    If you were to ask a tour guide where to see art in Toronto once the city opens back up post-Covid, they would likely tell you to get tickets for the Art Gallery of Ontario. While the gallery is a wonderful place to see new exhibitions and long-standing collections, it’s not the only spot that…

  • Connection Between Music And Math

    Connection Between Music And Math

    I remember the first time I heard the statement “Did you know that listening to classical music enhances your mathematical abilities?” I was both intrigued and excited, intrigued because I did not understand how music and math, two seemingly unrelated subject could possibly affect each other. I was also excited because I began to view…

  • Being In Canada 54 Years And Involved In Social Change

    Being In Canada 54 Years And Involved In Social Change

    This year, I have been in Canada 54 years. It is difficult to define what I need to do but I have to be more active, more involved in positive social change…….The state of Trumpism gnaws at me.   A few years ago, during March 2017, about 40 of my photographs (1967 – 1974) of…

  • Celebrity Homes: Andy Warhol Home Sold For $50 Million USD

    Celebrity Homes: Andy Warhol Home Sold For $50 Million USD

    Montauk, New York was celebrating its biggest estate sale ever after the closing on the 5.7-acre beachfront estate at $50 million USD that pop artist Andy Warhol bought in 1972 for $225,000 USD. The most recent owner of the compound was CEO of J. Crew, Mickey Drexler, who bought it in 2007 for $27 million…

  • Discog’s Most Collected Album Releases Of July Include Canadian Neil Young

    Discog’s Most Collected Album Releases Of July Include Canadian Neil Young

    PORTLAND, OR. August, 2020:  Discogs, the world’s record store, today released its list of the Top 10 Most Popular Records released in July 2020.   The following rankings — the 10 most popular albums overall and the 10 most popular albums by genre — are determined by how many people worldwide have added these items to their record…

  • Top 10 Most Expensive Records Sold On Discogs In May 2020

    Top 10 Most Expensive Records Sold On Discogs In May 2020

    PORTLAND, OR. July, 2020:  Discogs, the world’s record store, recently released its latest Top 30 Most Expensive records list for items sold in the Discogs Marketplace during May.  The complete list for May 2020 can be viewed on the Discogs Blog, while the following are the highest priced records sold with all prices in US dollars (multiply by 1.36…

  • Why We Have A Romantic Conception Of Reverberation

    Why We Have A Romantic Conception Of Reverberation

    Reverberation. Why are its effects so pleasing to our ears and how is reverberation designed and controlled?

  • ELEKTRO MOSKVA- Intriguing Documentary About Soviet Music Synthesizers

    ELEKTRO MOSKVA- Intriguing Documentary About Soviet Music Synthesizers

    I spent most of yesterday afternoon watching and taking notes from the 86 minute documentary ELEKTRO MOSKVA. This film is so rich and interesting that I found myself sitting in reflection every time I jotted down another intriguing story element…..and believe me there were lots. The film’s official website describes itself like this: “ELEKTRO MOSKVA…

  • Vinyl Records Reconstruct History Of Moog Synthesizer

    Vinyl Records Reconstruct History Of Moog Synthesizer

    Original vinyl recordings of popular music provide a rich source of data to supplement other historical research. Vintage recordings and associated liner notes provide details about the chronologic, geographic, biographic, and artistic elements that contribute to an understanding of music, music technology, and popular culture of the time. Information derived from a study of vinyl…

  • Nigel Stanford AUTOMATICA 4K Trending Now

    Nigel Stanford AUTOMATICA 4K Trending Now

    Nigel John Stanford Published on 14 Sep 2017 ► Album & 4k Video: http://NigelStanford.com/y/a-/Automatica ► Spotify: http://NigelStanford.com/y/Spotify Subscribe and like to see more Robot videos, as I release them for my album Automatica. Robots rock, they were fun to work with. My favorite is the robotic drummer. More work to be done, and maybe I…

  • Streaming Companies Spotify And Labels Sony Making The Money Not Artists

    Streaming Companies Spotify And Labels Sony Making The Money Not Artists

    Potter Box Definition: Is it ethical for media streaming companies, such as Spotify, to take advantage of IP loopholes, which are known to negatively impact artist revenues? Values: >Balance & Fairness >Legal Values Loyalties: a. Duty to service b. Duty to subscribers c. Duty to shareholders d. Duty to Intellectual Property e. Duty to Art…

  • A Quest To Lost Arts In Chicago To Build My First Hyve Touch Synthesizer

    A Quest To Lost Arts In Chicago To Build My First Hyve Touch Synthesizer

    I started out creating sound experiments while in high school, circa 1980 with circuit bent hardware and a cheap Casio keyboard. I then entered the working world and forgot all about making music. Fast forward 30+ years, and the itch to make experimental music overtook me again, but now technology had changed drastically. I no…