Eagles of Death Metal in the studio.
How Eagles Of Death Metal Describe The Terrible Paris Terror Attacks.
Full exclusive video interview:
https://www.vice.com/read/eagles-of-death-metal-discuss-paris-terror-attacks
How Listening to Music Helps Your Brain.
CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta on why music therapy is good for the brain and how it can help us live to 100.
Vancouver band Skinny Puppy demands compensation after learning music used for Guantanamo Bay torture.
Industrial rock band Skinny Puppy sent an invoice to the U.S. military for allegedly using its music in Guantanamo Bay, and says it was “coached” in ways to potentially sue the U.S. Department of Defense for using its material illegally. The band is now demanding $666,000 in compensation.
Is it okay to use music as torture?
More in this article:
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/vancouver-band-demands-compensation-after-learning-music-used-for-guantanamo-bay-torture-1.1671312
First came Autotune. Then came Valproate.
Valproate is a new drug has been developed that helps you achieve perfect pitch. A new study published in Frontiers shows that the FDA-approved drug Valproate, which is normally used as an anticonvulsant and mood stabilizer for epilepsy, anorexia, migraine, and post traumatic stress disorder, really has such a unique unexpected affect.
Valproate is like most drugs in that it does have some unpleasant side effects unfortunately. Users can suffer from tiredness, tremor, sedation, gastrointestinal disturbances, and about 10% experience reversible hair loss.
Would You take a Perfect Pitch drug?
Read the research here:
http://www.frontiersin.org/Systems_Neuroscience/10.3389/fnsys.2013.00102/full
Vinyl LP is back
LP sales in USA grew by 32% from 2012 to 2013.
While vinyl sales are still modest compared to compact discs and digital sales, the sales curve for vinyl albums is very impressive. The romantic campfire feel of the vinyl format – or record – seems to work for a larger segment that grows almost exponentially.
More statistics at Statista:
http://www.statista.com/chart/1465/vinyl-lp-sales-in-the-us/
Sound Waves are Powerful
Japanese researchers recently used a phased array of Loudspeakers to not only levitate small objects, but move them around too at frequency 40kHz.
Video documentation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odJxJRAxdFU
How Music has Evolved on 7 parameters through 7 Decades
How Music has Evolved on 7 parameters through 7 Decades.
Article:
http://blog.echonest.com/post/70299217721/7-decades-7-musical-evolutions
1st Fully Functional 3-D Printed Loudspeaker
The 1st Fully Functional 3-D Printed Loudspeaker.
Pretty cool!
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2013/12/fully-functional-loudspeaker-3-d-printed
Listening to Music ranks 3rd on the Pleasure scale and 6th on the Happiness scale
How Listening to Music ranks 3rd on the Pleasure scale and 6th on the Happiness scale, according to New Study from University of Canterbury:
Article:
http://www.comsdev.canterbury.ac.nz/rss/news/?articleId=614
Music is the Key to Success
Perhaps Music is the Key to Success?
“I put the question to top-flight professionals in industries from tech to finance to media, all of whom had serious (if often little-known) past lives as musicians. Almost all made a connection between their music training and their professional achievements.”
“For many of the high achievers I spoke with, music functions as a “hidden language,” as Mr. Wolfensohn calls it, one that enhances the ability to connect disparate or even contradictory ideas. When he ran the World Bank, Mr. Wolfensohn traveled to more than 100 countries, often taking in local performances (and occasionally joining in on a borrowed cello), which helped him understand “the culture of people, as distinct from their balance sheet.” ”
Interesting Article in NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/opinion/sunday/is-music-the-key-to-success.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
