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Human Hearing Beats the Fourier Uncertainty Principle

by Allen Farmelo

This is a fascinating article about a brand new study in human auditory perception that is showing that there have been "naive" applications of mathematical formulas onto our understanding of human auditory perception. I cannot claim to...

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OneMic Series: The Imaginaries at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio

by Geoff Stanfield

John Cuniberti's OneMic Series presents The Imaginaries at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio!

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Larry Interviews Manny Marroquin

by Geoff Stanfield

Larry caught up with Manny Marroquin at Studio La Fabrique in France during a Mix With The Masters session.

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ASSOCIATION FOR RECORDED SOUND COLLECTIONS conference in L.A. May 11-14

by Larry Crane

This looks to be an interesting event. I'd go if I was in the area that week! -Larry ASSOCIATION FOR RECORDED SOUND COLLECTIONS    45th Annual Conference - May 11-14, 2011 Wilshire Grand Hotel, Los Angeles  One hundred and thirty...

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So You're Broke and You expect the Music Biz to Provide an Income?

by Larry Crane

I've received a few pretty odd emails recently. I know times are tough, unemployment sucks, but really, expecting any sort of "bailout" from the music biz has got to be the most delusional crap I've come across. Making a living in music requires hard...

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Eno, Generative Music and Bloom for iPhone

by Larry Crane

I just bought the crazy app for my iPhone by Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers called Bloom. It creates, or allows you to create, ambient type music on your iPhone or iPod touch. It's well thought out and a blast to mess with. It's nice to see people...

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Daptone Records Robbed

by Vijith Assar

Via the Village Voice and meta-via Brooklyn Vegan comes the tragic news that the NYC recording studio operated by Daptone Records was burgled last night, with a remarkable amount of main brain Gabe Roth's vintage gear lost. Even...

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Mdou Moctar Releases Tears of Injustice

by Geoff Stanfield

Released in 2024, Mdou Moctar's Funeral for Justice is a raucous, distorted guitar-driven album that, along with bands such as Tinariwen, turns the idea of "world music" on its head. The heavy tones of Moctar's guitar plus driving and trancey...

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End Rant #98: Welcome to the Service Industry

by Larry Crane

When I graduated from college, I dove headlong into restaurant work in order to survive. I had a degree in Visual Communications and a minor in Art from an un- prestigious college, but near the end of my studies I'd begun playing bass in a band...