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- A Music Flesh MapYesterday
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In this unusual visualization, artists Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg have analyzed the lyrics of 10,000 songs looking for the words that describe body parts and have plotted the results as a function of 11 music genres. The resulting chart highlights the differences in lyric content between the various genres. It's an interesting graphic (but be warned, some parts of the graph - especially the Hip Hop genre - are not safe for work).
- Guitar hero and music discoveryDecember 1
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Hey all - I need some help. I'm giving a short talk this week to some young folk (ages 15 to 20) - one point I'd like to make is how music discovery is shifting away from traditional recommendation ('people who like X also like Y') and toward things like guitar hero and rock band. Since the audience is the squarely in the guitar hero demographic I thought I could make the point quite easily by playing a few 'guitar hero' greatest hits. In particular I'm looking for older songs by bands that teenagers would probably never have otherwise heard if not for guitar hero.
Even though I've played GH a bit, I'm not the right age to make the best call. So to be specific - what is the best example of guitar hero leading teens to music that they would never otherwise have listened to?
- 40 years with the white albumDecember 1
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40 years ago this month, the White Album was released by The Beatles. The White Album is perhaps my favorite from The Beatles - with classics like "while My Guitar gently weeps" and "helter skelter" - whimsical tracks such as "rocky raccoon" and "why don't we do it in the road" and the head scratchers like "revolution #9" and "wild honey pie".
There's an interesting look back at the White Album on the All Songs Considered podcast: 'The White Album' 40 years later - with all sorts of interesting tidbits (Paul McCartney plays drums on 'Back in the U.S.S.R' after Ringo leaves the studio in a huff), recordings of practice sessions and songs that didn't make the cut. The podcast is worth a listen.
- RocketSurgeon's Music 2.0 DirectoryNovember 25
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After a long hiatus, Rocketsurgeon is back and is updating his comprehensive Music 2.0 directory. There's an RSS feed, so just add it to your feedreader and find out what's new in the Music 2.0 world. Hopefully, with his newly restored energy, Rocketsurgeon will update the wonderful Logos of Music 2.0 soon as well. There's been lots of changes in the music space since Spring of 2007.
- Processing 1.0 has been releasedNovember 25
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Ben Fry writes on his blog that Processing 1.0 has been released. Processing is a programming language for those that want to program images, animation and interactions. I like to think of it as a programming language designed for artists and demos. Check out all the cool things you can do with Processing in the Processing Exhibition. Once you are convinced, download it and start making the next cool demo.
