The Romanian music does and does not exist in Europe. Among the causes which reduce its' "visibility" there are: less or even lack of information; the lack of foreign languages into the specialized database. Comparing Romanian musical genres with similar European ones, we notice a spontaneous ...
I was speaking to a group of arts pros recently about the importance of knowing what motivates marginal audiences (a.k.a. new audiences) and someone asked me how we might go about learning that. It was a good question, but the fact that it had to be asked speaks volumes about how art...
Early loudspeakers were pretty cumbersome things, and in the late 19th and early 20th century, when audio equipment was equally cumbersome, there was no obvious, immediate reason to shrink "sound reproducing machines" down to the size of your ear. So how and why did headphones and earbuds come...
Although his family was not wealthy, he showed a strong interest in music from a young age. He did not receive formal music education in his early years, but his passion and talent for music allowed him to quickly develop into an outstanding composer. From the beginning, his works were ...
The guitar has powered whole generations of musical innovation since the mid-20th century. And it shows no sign of going anywhere! Even if you’re not a guitarist, knowing how to get the sound of this classic instrument is a must.
Around 1,000 AD, Italian music theorist Guido D’Arezzo saw that people were struggling to learn chants from ‘neumes’ and thought there must be a more accurate notation system out there. He created a system of four-lined staves (an early version of the five-lined ones we use today), ...
Frankly, the common occurrence these days of teens and early 20's being world champions is unmirrored in classical music, and makes it seem unlikely that skill in Go is as dependent on life experience as musical skill. So purely from the perspective of time since birth, it surely must be...
Streaming has become such a commonplace amenity of modern living, it can be hard to imagine someone unfamiliar with the concept. However, it wasn't so long ago that it was common to ask the question: What is streaming? Contents Internet Video Streaming: A Brief History The Current Landsca...
Rodgers got his start as a session musician in the "Sesame Street" traveling band in the early 1970s, though his legend truly began when he co-founded Chic — a disco group whose sound and language have become the blueprint for much of contemporary pop and danc...
What follows is a torturous existential dilemma about identity and representation — further emphasized by the presence of another actor with neurofibromatosis (Adam Pearson). A Different Man made its digital on demand debut in early November and will premiere on Max on Jan. 17, 2025. It costs...