Results tagged “music”

A social science research study entitled Enhancing the Television-Viewing Experience through Commercial Interruptions to be published in the Journal of Consumer Research tackles the question of what effect do television commercials have on the viewing experience. The study authors, one... Read More >>

Inventive guy Mike Disher has crafted a number of custom turntables out of component parts and made-to-order plinths. The results are pretty stunning. He seems to like the clear, acrylic plinth. It makes for an attractive, modern-looking turntable. When you... Read More >>

First, the instructions: "Think of 25 albums that had such a profound effect on you that they changed your life or the way you looked at it. They sucked you in and took you over for days, weeks, months, years.... Read More >>

Each year in March, the SXSW Music conference unfolds down in Austin, Texas. Lots of up-and-coming bands play at the many venues that line 6th Street. It's a good time. But if you can't be there, the next best thing... Read More >>

The lovely Sara Beerbaum Wilson tagged me on the meme of 25 Random Things About Me. So here is my entry into this idea. But first, the Facebook-oriented boilerplate: Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a... Read More >>

Volume is a subtle thing. Many people listen to music too loudly. Just imagine the guy in his Honda Civic with the bass cranked up to 11. Or the person who is listening to music so loudly on headphones that... Read More >>

Fraunhofer IIS, the people who brought us MPEG-1 Layer 3, that is, the MP3, have a new codec out called HD-AAC that is part of MPEG-4. This new HD-AAC has at it's base the AAC codec from MPEG-4 that is... Read More >>

Photo: Associated Press Miriam Makeba, dead at 76. Also see Wikipedia.... Read More >>

As time goes, iTunes music libraries keep getting larger and larger. As you add songs and videos to the library, it can get unmanageable. One technique for organizing your iTunes library is to simplify and codify the genres that are... Read More >>

You may be interested to know that I've siphoned off my writing about music onto a blog of its own called Analog Culture. I started it up at the beginning of the year and have been posting there including a... Read More >>

MSNBC has an interesting Associated Press story about a woman named Stacey Gayle in Alberta, Canada, who has a rare condition called musicogenic epilepsy. Gayle suffered from having many seizures throughout the day, and at some point began to suspect... Read More >>

Billionaire and sports fanatic Mark Cuban has an idea for the music industry: instead of releasing albums, serialize the release of music so people can buy one song at a time over a period of time. He writes: If an... Read More >>

Boys love her. Girls love her too. One artist who has made a lasting impression on me is Kate Bush. She started out in 1978 with Wurthering Heights, and went on to release five albums before releasing a greatest hits... Read More >>

After numerous requests for new material, I conceded and put together a new mix CD for the benefit of my friends. I sent out an armful of packages, but if you'd like to receive one of these fine new... Read More >>

I'm on the cusp of releasing a new mix CD and realized that I don't have an easy way of finding all the mixes I've done the past few years that I listed on Manufactured Environments. So here's a compendium... Read More >>

There's a special class of music reserved for the truly adventurous. It's the 10-minute song. Most bands never attempt long songs, and of those that do, only a select few can really pull it off. But for those that do,... Read More >>

I've been digging around eBay.com and Half.eBay.com lately, and it's a veritable treasure trove of obscure but great music for stunningly low prices. I mean, if you want to collect items by the Cure, you're going to pay more.... Read More >>

20 June 2007 Have you ever been?by Daniel Stout Spinning, spinning, spinning The turntable skips a beat Feet stop moving A cry rises up, "Hang the DJ! / Hang the DJ!" Running, running, running iPod strapped to arm The runner... Read More >>

I'm sitting here on a Friday night, packing a suitcase for a few days of much needed R&R. I'm listening to This Never Ending Now by the reunited Chameleons. It was released a few years ago, and it's basically... Read More >>

If I haven't already got this across, eMusic is quite awesome. So go check them out, now! I've been up to my ears in great new music from them. They have, exclusively, the new Bloc Party album called A... Read More >>