Spotted on: ArsTechnica A recent paper in the Journal of Political Economy explored the Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales. The study found (surprise!) that file [ … ]
Speak Clearly (Jargon on a Tangent)
Spotted on: New York Times As the end of the year statistics for the music industry are released, I keep noticing a common tone of these articles. They all seem [ … ]
Death of Dynamic Range
Spotted on:? Austin360.com Read the article here. This is a great article about Dynamic Range, and how it’s gone out of style.? In the frenzy of making music louder [ … ]
Impressions by John Coltrane
This is like the most nuts version of this tune we’ve ever heard…
Price Points vs. Perceived Value
One of the hot topics of conversation in digital music is price points. It’s such a grand term, though it’s really just two memes strung together: the idea of price, [ … ]
What about the Low End?
Few of our cell phones, mp3 players, laptop speakers, and computer speakers have quality bass response. Do you think that the perceived value of music might factor in fidelity? Is [ … ]