Posted in Books, Brain, Music on Sep 26th, 2007 No Comments »
Here’s an interview with Oliver Sacks from Wired Magazine about his latest publication, Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain. In what looks to be a fascinating read, he looks at all – or at least many of- the ways the brain has for processing music.
Dr. Sacks is a neurologist and the physician upon whom [...]
Posted in Music, Web 2.0 on Sep 20th, 2007 No Comments »
One of my favorite areas of Web 2.0 that has been expanding in leaps and bounds is that of music. Pandora is the one that I have used for the past 2 years. I begin by entering a song that I am fond of and it creates a “station” based upon the criteria that describe [...]
Posted in sheet music on Sep 18th, 2007 No Comments »
The International Music Score Library Project, or IMSLP, has the admirable goal of collecting all public domain musical scores as well as scores by composers who are willing to offer them free of charge. Launched on February 16, 2006, it currently holds 8,205 works and 13,593 scores. It’s navigation allows you to either search or [...]
