FEATURE The Royal Ballet and Opera Confronts the Rise of A.I. With a New Festival NY Times: Farah Nayeri As an art form, opera has not typically been associated with cutting-edge technology. Born four centuries ago, it traditionally involves singers swaddled in corsets, tailcoats or togas acting out stories of courtly intrigue and mythological doom…. Read more »
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WEEKLY DIGEST: Shaping the 20th Century through Jazz, Deborah Rutter interview, Esa-Pekka Salonen goes to LA while SF musicians strike, the Met turns to Saudi Arabia, new AI music label turns things upside down, and more.
FEATURE Jazz Corner: How 20th-Century Jazz Shaped Popular Music Rolling Stone India: Sunil Sampat From ragtime and the Jazz Age to Bollywood and hip-hop, jazz has been a constant force in influencing music across cultures and generations. As the great and wise Duke Ellington always maintained, “If you want to know where you are going,… Read more »
WEEKLY DIGEST: 300 years of Classical Music in a TED talk, what’s happening in progressive jazz, Tanglewood’s focus on children, Beethoven.ai launch and why it’s groundbreaking, and more
FEATURE JSoM Alert! Joshua Bell: 300 Years of Classical Music in 18 Minutes TED: Classical music innovation at work! Does the world still need classical music? What about orchestras? In this gorgeous talk and performance, violinist Joshua Bell (JSoM alumnus, born in Bloomington!) and the Chamber Orchestra of America play selections of classical music masterpieces… Read more »
WEEKLY DIGEST: New Music Genres in AI, Kennedy Center renaming?, Steinway’s wood challenge, Lady Gaga’s stardom reborn, and more.
FEATURE AI Creating ‘Potentially New’ Music Genres as Artists Take Control Music Business Worldwide: Daniel Tencer AI is already reshaping music culture, and creating “potential” new music genres as artists adapt the technology, according to a new research paper. Artists like Holly Herndon, Grimes, and Sevdaliza have released AI models of their voices, allowing others… Read more »
WEEKLY DIGEST: Bach on the Brain, Arvo Pärt at 90, Music in the Rubble of Gaza, the Live Music Business is Booming, and more
FEATURE Bach On The Brain Classical Music: Claire Jackson A pioneering performance that combines piano music with corresponding neural imagery has premiered at Verbier Festival. Nicolas Namoradze’s Neurorecital saw pieces from Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier accompanied by images of the performer’s brain activity, allowing an unprecedented peek into the mind of the pianist. JSoM Alert! IU… Read more »
WEEKLY DIGEST: AI and Music Creativity, podcasts replace FM/AM radio for some, Brooklyn Ryder continues to flourish, UK Opera cancels performances in Tel Aviv, and more.
FEATURE Is AI Ruining Music? TED: Dustin Ballard What makes music “real” — is it the instruments, the voice, the creator’s intention or something else entirely? Dustin Ballard, the creative force behind the viral channel “There I Ruined It,” explores the weird, wonderful and sometimes unsettling ways AI is reshaping music. With fiddle solos and… Read more »
Weekly Digest: Classical music can boost sports performance, AI & Music updates, JSoM student in finals of Barbash Competition, and more.
FEATURE How Classical Music Can Boost Sports Performance Classic FM: Lucy Hicks Beach A growing body of research suggests classical music can offer measurable benefits to athletes: helping regulate nerves, boost balance, reduce perceived effort, and even foster team cohesion. RESEARCH AND OPINION How GenAI music is hacking the system – and getting paid Music… Read more »
Weekly Digest: Classical Music at the mountaintop, study finds meaning in AI music, how to replace federal arts funding, the keys of Taylor Swift’s success, the behavior of super listeners, and more
FEATURE This Classical Pianist Has Reached the Mountaintop The New York Times: Sopan Deb and Alex Hecht The classical pianist Hunter Noack has embowered on an unusual journey, to take his music to natural landscape well beyond the concert halls. Inspired by the preservationist John Muir, Noack started the project as a way of getting… Read more »
Weekly Digest: The value of music startups, rethinking the origins of the blues, fallout over funding cuts, the maverick Roger Norrington, Suno gets more creative, and more
FEATURE The average early-stage music-tech startup is worth $7m-$8m Music Ally: Stuart Dredge A new report from investment and strategy firm Outpost Partners offers plenty of food for thought. The company has been tracking more than 600 music-tech startups over the last two years. RESEARCH AND OPINION Rethinking Origins Of The Blues The Hedgehog Review:… Read more »
SOUNDTRACK OF THE WEEK #31 – Terraria (Music by Re-Logic & Scott Lloyd Shelly)
Terraria is one of the biggest indie games of all time, and the game you will most definitely get defensive about when someone asks, “so, isn’t it just Minecraft?” The original soundtrack has been released in a series of albums (or “volumes”) over the years, but this week’s feature will focus on the first album… Read more »