Jun.25.2012
by Scopes Monkey Matt
SMC 77: Music Evolves (kinda)
Be a subject in an experiment on different tuning standards.
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Scientists have “discovered” why people find rock ‘n’ roll exciting. (Bad coverage, better coverage, paper)
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Study says pop musicians are now using sadder keys and tempos: (Coverage, paper)
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“Evolving” music. (Coverage, paper)
Jerry Coyne’s take on it.
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The Abstract Abstract:
Gamma Ray Burst sonification.
Music visualization technique of repetitive structure representation to support intuitive estimation of music affinity and lightness.
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The Abstract Abstract was a perfect blend of pretty but insubstantial music with interesting but opaque (due to lack of context) verbiage. End result: to my utter surprise … I really enjoyed it.