Roland and MIT want to use music to teach kids programming

Millions of children worldwide use Scratch to enter the world of programming. Now there’s a new way to connect to music, as Roland teams up with MIT.

Get a kid to explain clock: Caitlin’s modular clock tutorial is must-watch

If The Mad Music Machine thought that getting young Caitlin in her Christmas crown to explain modular clock signals would grab attention … they were right.

Peter Kirn - January 2, 2018

Teenage Engineering’s drum synth UI was drawn by a 9-year-old girl

In place of drab text menus or something like that, the new Teenage Engineering PO-32 Tonic is … a little different. There are adorable characters with wide eyes and huge noses, quaffing cocktails. There’s a ringing telephone … with a mouse perhaps gnawing away at its end. There are spiders – various spiders. No, I […]

Peter Kirn - January 18, 2017

Play with Steve Reich’s techniques in a free iPhone app

Peter Kirn - April 28, 2016

Google are giving away experiments to teach music and code

Peter Kirn - March 9, 2016

MICKEYPHON is a terrifying giant robot head that’s also a musical instrument

Peter Kirn - January 12, 2016

“Raving with Tweens” Is What Dance Music Culture Needs Right Now

Peter Kirn - June 24, 2015

Eat a Cucumber! A Musical Playground Gets Kids Hooked on Veggies, Music, and Electronics

- September 8, 2014

GB Packers’ Aaron Rodgers and 13-Year Old Kelly Make Music Together

- November 13, 2013

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