Monday, August 23, 2010

Tech & Classical - some thoughts and links

Whether it is with music criticism, studying sheet music or the actual physical product of an album, these 3 people have changed what is available to us as listeners...and have given us new opportunities to participate.

Robert Taub's work has lead to a variety of developments, from a Auto-tune style App called ImproVox to a completely new way to read and practice music. The NY Times did a great profile of him and the work that his company MuseAmi is doing.

Tristan Perich's new digital music making album in a CD case called 1-Bit Symphony from Bang on a Can. Watch the video at 1-Bit Symphony really fantastic...looking forward to getting mine.

Christopher Weingarten gives us 1,000 Times Yes. Music review authorship in the age of Twitter makes for these short poems of music criticism. It is entertaining and informative and lets not forget it is the kind of funny that music geeks love!

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Classical music an effective antidepressant

Hi All,
An interesting little tidbit off the Twitter wire: Classical music an effective antidepressant

"The Mozart Effect — the notion that listening to classical music will turn your infant or toddler into an intellectual titan — has been largely debunked. But a growing body of research suggests music can play an important role in certain aspects of health care, including pain management.

A newly published study from Mexico reports repeated listening to certain classical works — including one by Mozart — helps ease the debilitating symptoms of clinical depression."