Monthly Archives: March 2011
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Jacob’s Pillow Dance Interactive
It’s not often that I get really excited about a dance website, but this is one HUGE mother of an exception. Launched today (I think) the ... -
Francophone music criticism online
Francophone Music Criticism is an online collection of just that, from the period 1789-1914. Lots of stuff very well organized and all searchable and browsable. Because ... -
RIP the Loudness War – apparently
Interesting article from Mix, proclaiming the end of the loudness war, Mastering engineers often aim to make songs sound louder because louder equals ‘better’ when you’re ... -
In praise of the book…and the pencil
I think I could become a fan of Google’s new Think Quarterly. My favourite bit so far is from Guy Laurence, CEO of Vodafone UK, telling ... -
Make money from music? Go on tour.
Interesting article from ArsTechnica Did file-sharing cause recording industry collapse? Economists say no. Researchers from LSE have looked at some of the claims about the negative ... -
Copyright, downloading and the Digital Economy Act
After all those scary tales of people being fined gazillions of pounds for downloading music illegally, here’s a rather more enjoyable tale of how a judge ...