👋 Welcome to the 30th issue of New and Noteworthy, a collection of interesting ideas and projects from the world of music and audio.

Research

Recruitment of the motor system during music listening: An ALE meta-analysis of fMRI data

Around the web

"Nearly 70,000 music-obsessed researchers scour the internet daily to uncover nearly forgotten music of every genre and category; all tracks have fewer than 30,000 views on YouTube at the time of discovery and were released before 1996."

Using biometric data from plants to create music

The complex reality of music royalties

Bobby Owsinski argues that all melodies should be free to use

supertape - Build a modern band website

SmartMusic is merging AI and neuroscience to aid in music selection for businesses seeking higher brand recognition. Related: Sonic Hub - a AI-based tool for analysing audio performance in relation to brands.

Mini Moog Factory - Explore the Minimoog Model D

How the sound team behind Diablo IV brought hell to life

Listening and watching

Patterning - upsammy

Palinopsia - Pulvil

I Am Trying To Break Your Heart (Obey) - Romance

Susuro - Holy Tongue

Roundtrip (1977) - Don Cherry & Jean Schwarz

Idumea - Emma Houton

The Tired Sounds Of - Stars of the Lid

Set The Roof - Hudson Mohawke & Nikki Nair

On The Corner Of The Day - perila

Rat in a skull - Canaan Balsam

Topos - UCC Harlo

Things we’re interested in

The USC Sound Effects Library

VCV Rack releases manual for all free modules

Paragraphica! - A camera that takes photos using location data. It describes the place you are at and then converts it into an AI-generated "photo".

Question

Can AI produce art?

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