New and Noteworthy: Issue 2
Research
Do music festival communities address environmental sustainability and how? A Scottish case study
Around the web
David Bowie - “Never play to the gallery”
You may have hearing loss and not know it. Here’s what it sounds like.
The positive effect of walking on creative thinking
The days of cheap music streaming may be numbered
Listening and watching
Extended - Modeselektor
Things we’re interested in
“I think music, out of all that we can do, at least artistically, is the great indicator that something else is going on, something unexplained, because it allows us to experience genuine moments of transcendence.”
Writer-director Todd Field returns with a new film “Tár,” a character study of world renowned conductor-composer Lydia Tár. The film’s score is by Hildur Guðnadóttir and is designed to have a subliminal impact. Omnidirectional microphones were used to record the symphony orchestra leaving the sound team with more than 50 tracks to work with.
Touring musicians are finding it difficult to make the financials work. This latest announcement from Animal Collective
Related: Why concert tickets are so expensive.
Question
Can we justify the cost (time/effort/expense) of an album in today’s information environment? Read
