Years ago, I believed experts who said Net Neutrality wasn’t a big deal for two reasons. First, It never really existed in the first place (because many ISPs prioritize traffic in some way, say, for or against online gaming). Second, the free market would solve the problem, because ISPs that threw up bad content roadblocks would be abandoned.
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Early this morning, Spotify threw the doors wide open for desktop users, stripping away restrictions and allowing unlimited free streaming, no caps or limitations to be seen. Rdio has followed … Continue reading
Google’s research department just released a fun visualization called Music Timeline, which attempts to chart the rise and fall of different musical genres in terms of their relative popularity. Watch rock, pop, alternative, and hip hop each rise to the top.
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Until now, Spotify’s free accounts provided unlimited ad-supported streaming via its desktop client for six months, until it then imposed a cap on your streaming. Now, though, that cap is being scrapped.
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Riding a bike is a musical experience in more than a metaphorical way: Brakes squeal, spokes click, derailleurs clang. Composer Johnnyrandom sampled himself "playing" his bicycle and the results are positively gorgeous.
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The original Roland TR-808 is one of the most influential electronic sound-making devices made in our collective human history, so when inventor Atsushi Hoshiai suggests it’s time for a successor, … Continue reading
Vinyl may have had its day—hell, some readers of this site may never have seen it in action—but for a small group of dedicated fans, it still lives on
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We’re smack-dab in the middle of winter and baby, it’s cold outside (or so I’ve heard; I live over in LOL). I imagine that it might be tough to find the beauty in yet another day of sub-zero temperatures, but for some enterprising creative types, bone-chilling frost is more than a major nuisance—it’s the stuff that musical dreams are made of.
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Musical outings will be played from coast-to-coast this year in the first set of Outkast concerts since their appearance in Santa Ana, California, back in 2009. This tour will be … Continue reading
Perhaps a few years ago, the idea of anyone owning a 3D printer would be ludicrous given its price, but nowadays it’s not such a far-fetched idea, and with that being said, it will be interesting to see what sort of things people are able to cook up using their 3D printers. We’ve seen in the past how 3D printers can be used to make all sorts of things, ranging from medical to novel, but what about musical instruments? During CES 2014, the folks at Mac Observer came across a 3D printing booth and performing live at the booth were a group of musicians who, for the most part, were performing on instruments that were 3D printed!
As you can see in the video above, the drums, the guitar, and even the piano were 3D printed, at least for the most part. While the innards of the instruments remained the same, it was their shells that were 3D printed, leaving rise to the possibility that those at home could one day start fashioning their own instruments easily, coming out with all sorts of interesting looks and designs that normal instrument makers might not have thought of. Of course some might argue that using plastic is hardly the best material to use when it comes to making an instrument, especially given wood’s inherent acoustic properties, but hey if it sounds good, who are we to judge, right?
If you have a minute to spare and want to see what jamming with 3D printed instruments might look and sound like, check it out in the video above.
Musicians Perform Using 3D Printed Instruments original content from Ubergizmo. 
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