Music Stories
In 1975, BBC spelled out how MUZAK — and musical power – worked, maybe
It’s a master class in Western “common practice” music and its power. It decodes complex music theory and its impact on the mind. It’s also got some deeply entertaining action with a bearded psychiatrist operating a reel-to-reel machine and filters. Let’s watch this 1975 episode of BBC’s Horizon on the science of music and MUZAK.
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bop: free, fast, friendly, fun music stuff for Pd, old CPUs and RasPi
It’s free, it’s fast, it’s fun, it’s bop for the free Pure Data Vanilla. It runs on old computers. It runs on Raspberry Pi. “You probably don’t have any use for bop,” its developer says humbly – but wait, with everything from text sequencing to reverbs to esoteric musical notation, this looks great!
Peter Kirn - February 5, 2025
DIY + Unusual Music tech Software Tech
Reharmonized tone-deaf Star-Spangled Banner is now its own genre
We live in extraordinary times—times when the Internet has driven innovation and shared culture to previously unknown levels. And as with extreme performance in pro sports, we’re now treated to harmonization of the most tone-deaf renditions of the USA’s national anthem that are reimagining tonal harmony.
CHORDimist is an insane Max for Live chord-generating MIDI effect
Peter Kirn - January 3, 2020
Music tech Software Tech
Skram app sounds great, navigates rhythm and harmony
Peter Kirn - March 17, 2016
Music tech Reviews
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