Cambridge-educated economist-... (Pink Floyd, The Clash, Ian Dury And The Blockheads, Billy Bragg) Peter Jenner put a figure on how much each music fan who buys music would have to pay in order for access to every song ever recorded while maintaining or increasing music sales. picked by charbarred 3 years ago

Amazon.com, the internet retailer, wants to launch an online music store next month to challenge Apple and is working on plans to sell music with reduced protection against copyright infringement. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Music could one day be used as a therapeutic tool for blood pressure control and heart patient rehabilitation, according to a new study.

Previous studies have shown that music with faster tempos resulted in increased breathing, heart rate and blood pressure. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Led Zep, The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Britney Spears may have hidden secret backwards messages in their music, but beardy grinning weirdo music man Richard D James (or rather Aphex Twin) went one further and hid pictures in his music. Presumably just because he's clever enough to do it.

A chap who may or may not go by the name of Bastwood goes one further by finding the things. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

The unofficial SXSW 2009 torrent compiles every song freely available on the SXSW Music web site into three downloads. Previous years' torrents available as well. picked by bernardblack 9 months ago

Need to know the time in Japan? Would you prefer it presented with some lightweight jazz and a number of Japanese girls dancing gracefully in a library?

You would?

Damn, you're specific in your wants. Luckily the Internet has something that will oblige. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

A Neanderthal man who lived as recently as 50,000 years ago may have been killed by a modern human armed with an advanced projectile weapon, a new study suggests.

If confirmed, the Paleolithic "murder" would be the first compelling case for an anatomically modern human using a weapon against a member of the extinct human species. picked by Bingo 4 months ago

Where has all the elevator music gone?
Like so many other cultural reference points, the elevator-music has faded away. And barely anybody noticed.

The breaking point came in February, when Muzak, the company that introduced us to elevator music, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. picked by bingo 8 months ago

These 5 stellar services will transform your music listening experiences into music learning courses, and help you expand your auditory horizons. picked by cactushair 10 months ago

Deerhoof has released "Friend Opportunity" to critical acclaim and updated their tour schedule. picked by monkeyman 3 years ago

Due to launch later today, Qtrax signifies that the music business is finally coming to accept the reality of free music downloads. Instead of charging you for the music, Qtrax will feed you adverts while you download, but without spyware or any other malicious software required (at least they claim). What makes this really significant is that it has the backing of the major labels and they are... read full post picked by Pocksucket 2 years ago

In the garden of my house there's a tree with lots of randomly grown twigs. It looks odd and nice at the same time. One day I asked myself if I could create a piece of music with it.

To tune the tree I picked a fundamental note and tuned the twigs by trimming them with a pencil sharpener. I used two Røde NT6 and a NTG-2 as microphones, combined with a customized stethoscope. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

This is a pretty clever translation of the shape of the world’s continents into sheet music. Seems that you can listen to the result via links in comments of the article picked by wildminou 2 years ago

Breaking down terrestrial boundaries, speaking the international language of rhythm, samurai.fm is your gateway to a new international soundscape.Not sticking to one kind of music we simply play anything we think is new and exciting. With 24 hours of new shows every week, cooked up by the artists themselves especially for samurai.fm or recorded at live events, they're sets and shows you won't be ... read full post picked by Turtle 2 years ago

Want to read and talk better - practice music. A new study found that music exercises improve verbal communication skills. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

An online poll set Vitaly Komar, Alex Melamid and David Soldier on a quest to create the most annoying song ever. After gathering data about people's least favorite music and lyrical subjects, they did the unthinkable: they combined them into a single monstrosity.

*There is a stream so you can listen it, but consider yourself warned, it is awful. picked by bingo 9 months ago

Music, particularly pieces that contain crescendos or gradual increases in volume, elicits synchronized cardiovascular and respiratory responses in young people that are similar in both musicians and nonmusicians, according to new research. picked by Nightcrawlerx 5 months ago

More than 100 feet deep in Lake Huron, on a wide stoney ridge that 9,000 years ago was a land bridge, University of Michigan researchers have found the first archeological evidence of human activity preserved beneath the Great Lakes. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

In a nod to the Classical music thread I thought it was time for a Plime "Classic". Enjoy! picked by suebe 8 months ago

Have you ever walked past a basketball and thought of it as a musical instrument? When you are cooking do you find the urge do make up an awesome beat with your pots and pans?
These guys (and girls) do. They make music out of anything that you wouldnt think capable of making music. They must spend forever perfecting the rythem and co-ordination. picked by dork 1 year ago