Link: Webcasters' Doom Could Remix the Future of Music.
The tendency to resist change may be understandable - but one must wonder if more positive attitudes about change aren't teachable. What if we taught kids early on to appreciate change as a natural part of life? To look at new conditions not simply as a threat to the old, but as a gateway to something new and better?
In the case of music - a lot of negative effects have been seen as a result of the digitization of content. But we are missing some key developments that may change the nature of the business forever - and for the better. The ability for artists who would otherwise never have had the opportunity to meet, much less work together - is becoming a standard method of collaboration. And the digitization of music makes it possible. This piece describes how the new approach works.
An audio report on the same story was broadcast on NPR.
Of course - something there is in technology that loves vibration and frequency and volume also - computers themselves want to get in on the musical act - literally it seems. A report in Science News shows how new techniques and software are transforming the analysis - and ultimately - perhaps the content of music.
O solo - no more, amore!
