Monthly Archives: May 2016

Mobile Karaoke is trendy in Indonesia

In Indonesia, karaoke can be done on a bicycle, in a bus or in a car. Entrepreneur Rudi Hantoro has equipped his bicycle with karaoke technology, so that he can […]

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The return of the democratization of culture in England

Seventy years after cultural politics focused on increasing accessibility of the arts for everyone, we acknowledge that people who participate in arts programming subsidized by the government still only make […]

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Are algorithms ruining how we discover music?

Listening to music is a creative act that results in discovery, according to Ben Ratliff, music critic and author of book Every Song After. Discovering music is a kind of […]

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Attending a music concert, a matter of music…and of health!

Attending a 60 minute concert reduces biological stress, independently of audience age or musical knowledge. These results have been discovered by two British researchers, Daisy Fancourt and Aaron Williamon (Royal […]

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Is listening to classical music uncool?

“The trouble with being interested in classical music is that people look at you funny,” confesses writer Daniel Handler. To introduce audiences to classical music, he imagined and created the […]

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The music festival: A year of disenchantment?

For a couple of years, the line-ups of music festivals in North America have struggled to stand out from one another. Since artists plan to tour festivals, these line-ups become […]

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Unconstrained musical genres

Classical pianist Jean-Michel Blais is now part of the indie pop label Arts & Crafts, based in Toronto. For Blais, this collaboration is a way to reach indie music lovers. […]

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Recherche et développement des publics de la musique au Québec. Des musiques savantes aux musiques populaires

[Content in French] Cet article fait suite à une présentation du P2M dans le cadre du Grand rendez-vous de la musique du Conseil québécois de la musique le 4 juin […]

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