New and Noteworthy: Issue 24
đź‘‹ Welcome to the 24th issue of New and Noteworthy, a collection of interesting ideas and projects from the world of music and audio.
Research
Musical training, neuroplasiticity and cognition
Around the web
How to date a recording using background electrical noise
Fans Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Turn Rap Snippets Into Full Songs
Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter reveals Himself: As a Composer Also, Life After Daft Punk: Thomas Bangalter on ballet, AI and ditching the helmet
The End of the Music Business - Ethan Iverson summarises one hundred years (1903 - 2003) of what we knew to be “the music business.” The piece tracks the major developments culminating in the current streaming paradigm. While the experience of listening to music has changed considerably during this time, and not all of it good, there are some optimistic notes towards the end. Artists are not powerless.
Grimes will split 50% of royalties on any successful AI generated song using her voice
Customise Your AirPods Pro for Even Better Sound
Audible to honour Hip-Hop’s 50th anniversary with a series of Audible Originals
Find Your Fest - A tool for discovering music festivals
Charles Brooks captures photographs of the internals of music instruments and presents them as building interiors and architectural structures.
Listening and watching
The Beautiful Late - Mor Air & Luke Elliott
Dust Eater - Soreab
Angela’s Knife - Lårry
whack - simmerdown
Time Spent Swimming - Selina Martin
A New God Before Us - Holy Tongue
Bicameral (Guedra Guedra Remix) - The Range
Reclaim - Pépe
Sound Pieces - Pauline Oliveros and Apartment House
Video: Bloodflow - Grandbrothers
Video: Yoko Sen’s performance from Stanford’s Medicine X. More information on Yoko’s interesting practice.
Video: Rev8617 - Skee Mask
Video: Object of Fun - Milk & Bone
Video: So Tell Me… - Nia Archives
Video: Another Devil - Smidley featuring Shinra Knives
Video: Ignore the clickbait title, an interesting reflection on avant-garde and new music
Podcast: DiS005 - How music can embrace the power of AI with ChatGPT expert David Boyle
Things we’re interested in
Video: Building Max Devices is a new Pack for anyone who wants to start creating their own instruments, effects and musical tools using Max’s near-limitless capabilities. More information on the Pack. Video playlist here.