Three music professors (from FSU, Yale & Princeton) have devised a new way of analyzing and categorizing music that takes advantage of the deep, complex mathematics they see enmeshed in its very fabric.
Writing in the April 18 issue of Science, the trio has outlined a method called "geometrical music theory" that translates the language of musical theory into that of contemporary geometry. They take sequences of notes, like…
The birthplace of hip-hop may be saved from gentrification, for the time being.
Comments of the MomentFrom Michael Bloomberg to Barack Obama; Now, that's a leap of faith!”— chuckTwo Hot Dogs, a Drink, and a Nod to Obama“New subway lines are the largest waste of money conceivable… At the…
“During the Oscars we was truly moved by seeing host Jon Stewart bring Markta Irglov back out after she had been ushered off before giving her acceptance speech. Her speech was truly incredible and it is with great pleasure that we share it with all of you.”
When Jon Stewart first invited her back to the stage, my friends and I all gave a collective “Hey!” in protest… why don't the other unfortunate folks who get cut off by the music get second chances??…but then she…
Stephen Hobley just perfected his laser harp. The audio is adjusted by breaking the beam between the source and mirror array above. No, you can’t buy it, but we expect it to appear with a Ukranian dressed in animal skins at Eurovision 2008.
I’ve watched the video posted above and posted on what the difference was between that setup and this, so I must be missing something.From what I see in the two videos posted here, they are using the lasers for nothing more than switches. You…
If you haven’t already, Scopeboy’s Telsa Guitar is a must see video. Click on through for 250,000 volts of axe slinging distortion. Huzzah!
The RFI put off by that must be fairly…interesting.Living near the Dulles landing/takeoff pattern I can just imagine how the various radio-based devices on the over-flying planes would appreciate this! Especially the AM-based…
eJamming makes software that enables people to practice music together 1000 miles apart. The idea is to let musicians practice together even when they can’t get together physically, or to let students and teachers work together remotely.
Beyond Binary by Ina Fried A look at how technology is changing our lives and the people behind all that life-changing stuff.
Taking the piss out of the Grammys in live-blog fashion.
9:59 PM: Feist is playing. Feist’s performance tonight will involve her shitting on stage, taking the shit, and smearing it all over her instruments, called Songshitting, which creates a dazzling effect. The term was coined by John…
The Mininova team added several new features to their website: torrent (music) streaming, statistics updating and comment tracking. They also released a new toolbar, which makes browsing and searching the website easier.
In close cooperation with the guys from BitLet, we added a “stream this music” button to torrents containing music (MP3/OGG Vorbis) files (example). This feature allows you to play the music right in your…
Earlier this week, YouTube pulled the plug on funnyman and media artist Santeri Ojala, whose hilarious and popular “shredding” videos poke fun at the world’s greatest guitar players. Here, for your viewing pleasure, are the videos YouTube refuses to host.
what I find most interesting about this is that Wired has put an extensive, fairly elaborate multi-video page together and raises 1st amendment issues in a long winded article– and the items in question– the parodies…
The Pirate Bay has just launched jesperbay.org as a countermeasure to the Danish ISP block that was announced yesterday. The site is named after Jesper Bay, the head of the Danish IFPI and gives detailed instructions for affected customers on how to regain access to T
I love the TPB. I have used it for 6 months. However, I have found it sometimes just as easy to Google the name of the file you want with the word torrent afterward. Are they going to try to block all the search engines as well as the torrent…
