Neuroscience
Great quote in the September 2005 Technology Review (from MIT) about radio vs iPod.
Spencer Reiss interviewed music venture capitalist Fred Wilson about his thoughts on the future of music (Music Dial Tone). He explains why he mostly listens to podcasts:
"Because I want someone to program my iPod. When we have music dial tone [access to the entire library of recorded music], we will still want someone to program it for us."
Indeed.
(and let me plug Sirius Satellite Radio, if you're looking for some good, programmed music. Much more interesting than the music on my iPod)
- Does Owning An Ipod Make You Happy?
As Apple launches its latest shiny products and the media work up their usual lather of excitement, a timely study has tackled the question of whether owning an iPod digital music player will make you happy. Antje Cockrill surveyed 241 people (mostly...
- The Ipod Of The Brain
From National Public Radio: The iPod of the Brain by David Malakoff Morning Edition March 14, 2005 Researchers at Dartmouth College find the "iPod of the brain." They've learned that the brain's auditory cortex, the part that handles information...
- Radio For Me
Have you seen slacker.com? It's another online music radio source (like Pandora or last.fm) -- but it's more in the radio mode than the other two. The home page shows various types of radio stations / genres, broken out by TOP Stations, ALL stations,...
- Drm & Music
Some great interviews about music, DRM (Digital Rights Management), and eMusic on FutureTense radio, from American Public Media. eMusic CEO says music industry should begin killing off digital copy protection schemes, January 17, 2007 Description from...
- More From Daniel Levitin
Daniel Levitin, neuroscientist at McGill University and professional musician, has been in the (science) news a lot lately. He just published This is your brain on music : the science of a human obsession, the New York Times wrote about him a few weeks...
Neuroscience
Why Radio?
Great quote in the September 2005 Technology Review (from MIT) about radio vs iPod.
Spencer Reiss interviewed music venture capitalist Fred Wilson about his thoughts on the future of music (Music Dial Tone). He explains why he mostly listens to podcasts:
"Because I want someone to program my iPod. When we have music dial tone [access to the entire library of recorded music], we will still want someone to program it for us."
Indeed.
(and let me plug Sirius Satellite Radio, if you're looking for some good, programmed music. Much more interesting than the music on my iPod)
- Does Owning An Ipod Make You Happy?
As Apple launches its latest shiny products and the media work up their usual lather of excitement, a timely study has tackled the question of whether owning an iPod digital music player will make you happy. Antje Cockrill surveyed 241 people (mostly...
- The Ipod Of The Brain
From National Public Radio: The iPod of the Brain by David Malakoff Morning Edition March 14, 2005 Researchers at Dartmouth College find the "iPod of the brain." They've learned that the brain's auditory cortex, the part that handles information...
- Radio For Me
Have you seen slacker.com? It's another online music radio source (like Pandora or last.fm) -- but it's more in the radio mode than the other two. The home page shows various types of radio stations / genres, broken out by TOP Stations, ALL stations,...
- Drm & Music
Some great interviews about music, DRM (Digital Rights Management), and eMusic on FutureTense radio, from American Public Media. eMusic CEO says music industry should begin killing off digital copy protection schemes, January 17, 2007 Description from...
- More From Daniel Levitin
Daniel Levitin, neuroscientist at McGill University and professional musician, has been in the (science) news a lot lately. He just published This is your brain on music : the science of a human obsession, the New York Times wrote about him a few weeks...