Everything the music industry had learned in the twentieth century pointed to vinyl’s demise in the twenty-first. And it’s true that physical formats are now a tiny proportion of the overall market: 10 percent to streaming’s 84. But while streaming drove CD sales into the ground, it precipitated vinyl’s resurgence. - The Critic
A good music technology becomes a new source of creativity; it can be hacked and bent in ways that its own designers may not have foreseen. A drum machine does more than automate a beat. In the right hands, it can change our sense of rhythm. - Aeon
“I’m always conscious that there’s always someone watching how you’re behaving and listening to how you’re playing. The politics of where to sit on the bus for out-of-town dates”, or “where to put your bags in rehearsals”. - The Guardian
"During a rehearsal at the Odesa National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in Odesa, it's easy to forget that Ukraine is a country at war. Despite attacks on the busy port city and cultural hub, the opera house remains open." - The World
We set out to find out whether there was a common dosage for music and how long one needed to listen for a therapeutic effect. We discovered a recommended daily allowance of music for various mood states, how this affected people and what types of music were commonly used to achieve this. - British Academy of Sound Therapy
Stuart Murphy says that the plans currently taking shape in talks with Arts Council England call for large-scale proscenium opera remaining at the Coliseum in London but the majority of the company's work, and its headquarters, being outside the capital, featuring smaller-scaled works in different venues. - The Stage
At the PSO Disrupt series, ... the concerts will last only about an hour and a half or less. A host will guide listeners through the music with remarks throughout the concert. Even more radical might be the themed cocktails that attendees will be allowed to bring into the hall." - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Patients with Alzheimer’s still can experience the music 'time travel' episodic memory phenomenon even after the disease has attacked their hippocampus, as long as those episodic memories are more than two years old." - Washington Post
"Watching the crowds cry, or clap, or tap their feet, it’s impossible not to wonder how many of those train travellers – or the audience at home – are seeing something that looks like fun, something that they could have a go at." - The Guardian (UK)
Not a real surprise, and yet, "Cast your mind’s eye behind Spotify’s X voice and you will find only the void—a vast jumble of machine-learning metrics and carefully calculated curation that tells you what it thinks you want to hear." - Wired
"Among Indian audiences, there is a deep divide between those who applaud that the rest of the world is waking up to his brilliance and those who are horrified that a 'dubba' — or hollow film — is being lauded." - Variety
"I just feel like what’s going on right now in this moment, of course you should be open to whatever’s going on, the zeitgeist, but I would just look at all of music that you’ve heard, that meant something to you from the very beginning, and feel like it’s okay to incorporate all of that." - NewMusicBox
"Artists' wishes can be ambiguous or ambivalent. And some observers believe that the value to posterity of certain material can in some cases supersede even clear wishes. As far as the criteria, though, most admit that it's more or less 'I know it when I hear it.'" - The New York Times
The Finnish National Opera and VR company Varjo developed a "digital twin" of the theater, with sets, lighting, costumes, etc, so that elements could be seen and fine-tuned before workers and material were committed. - Fast Company
