New and Noteworthy: Issue 4
Research
Percentage of 12th graders who read a print book or magazine daily for pleasure from 1976-2016
Around the web
Related to the research linked above, the need to read
The Lucky Chops 👍 👍 👍
Generative AI will alter how we design just about everything
Amazon Alexa is reportedly on course to lose $10B this year. A good synopsis on the challenges of smart assistsants.
Building the new YouTube sound
The death of the key change - Between 2010 and 2020, just one No. 1 song changed key
The Art of Flow - Interview with DJ Jazzy Jeff
Words per minute in songs plotted as a topographic map
In 1979 Mike Oldfield re-recorded the theme to the British kid's TV show Blue Peter, and they filmed him doing it.
Listening and watching
Stasis Sounds For Long-Distance Space Travel II - 36 & zakè
Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents - The Transcendence Orchestra
The Things That Fade - Malibu
0860 (feat. Eastman) - Fracture
The Sound - Nico
Things we’re interested in
How does context impact music consumption?
Fornite’s “Sound Ring” for visualising sound effects - a great piece of accessibility design
Question
What will happen when our phones record everything we say 24X7? Read