tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178938552024-02-08T11:32:03.004-08:00EthnomusicologyAlexandrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600100547766132563noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17893855.post-33027209535798847672008-03-19T13:57:00.000-07:002010-01-05T20:43:04.813-08:00Unlimited iTunes<div>This could be big in terms of getting people to think about music ownership in a different way. On the other hand, I doubt it will happen in the very near future.</div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b55a0d64-f523-11dc-a21b-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1">FT.com / Companies / Media & internet - Apple mulls unlimited music bundle</a>: "Apple mulls unlimited music bundle"<div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Alexandrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600100547766132563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17893855.post-50652029731365385332007-11-22T18:55:00.000-08:002007-11-22T18:55:57.783-08:00Song Popularity and Video GamesSeems quite directly related to what we have been saying about connections between music and the entertainment industry.<br /><br /><a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071121-your-song-in-guitar-hero-equals-a-big-jump-in-digital-sales.html">Songs included in Guitar Hero 3 see a dramatic leap in digital sales</a><br />The actual details are a bit less convincing than I thought they might be. And there could be some discussion of what it means to license music for use in a game (or in a movie, or as a ringtone). The general population seems to emphasise more of a "rights to use in any context" idea while some musicians find it important to make sure their recordings are only associated with things they can support. After all, it would probably be frustrating for a band following a "Straight edge" hardcore punk ideal to have their music used in a commercial about a Seagram-created caffeinated liquor involving images of recreational drug use, gluttonous meat eating, and promiscuous sexuality... ;-)Alexandrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600100547766132563noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17893855.post-53600175312764681662007-11-17T13:33:00.000-08:002007-11-17T13:33:23.197-08:00Speaking of ParticipationAn older piece about Charles Keil...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/vol30/vol30n19/n4.html">February 4, 1999-Vol30n19: Charlie Keil: he's the 'Musicking' Man: Professor's mission is fostering musical expression in youth</a>Alexandrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600100547766132563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17893855.post-19262161060654062842007-11-17T07:52:00.000-08:002007-11-17T07:52:25.108-08:00Open Letter to Oliver SacksA bit of <a href="http://home.pacifier.com/%7Eascott/they/tamildaa.htm">TAMILDAA</a> going on here. But still...<br /><br />Sent the following to <a href="http://www.oliversacks.com/about.htm">Oliver Sacks</a> after listening to this radio show/podcast episode:<a href="http://www.radioopensource.org/speaking-of-music-again-oliver-sacks/"> Open Source » Blog Archive » Speaking of Music Again: Oliver Sacks</a>.<br /><blockquote>Dr. Sacks,<br /><br />Listened to <a href="http://www.radioopensource.org/speaking-of-music-again-oliver-sacks/">Christopher Lydon's <span style="font-style: italic;">Open Source</span> show</a> about your <a href="http://www.musicophilia.com/">Musicophilia</a> book. Was particularly interested, as an ethnomusicologist and ethnographer, in your comments on music mediation.<br /><br />At 18:30, you began questioning musical universality and mention "pygmies in the rainforest" (which does sound like a composite narrative of well-known ethnographic cases). More interestingly, though, you allow for music to be mediated: "I think I took a little bit of license in that sentence of mine you read out. I think I said, I wrote something about music not needing any mediation. I think it does need mediation, everything needs mediation. But it's a very strange sort of mediation with music and it's like nothing else." (19:27-19:46)<br />Wanted to thank for your honesty and thoughtfulness.<br />Lydon didn't follow up on the mediation point. Have you written something to elaborate a bit on the mediated character of music? It might be quite useful for some of my teaching and research activities.<br /><br />As an aside... You mentioned (McGill figures) <a href="http://www.psych.mcgill.ca/levitin/">Dan Levitin</a>, <a href="http://www.zlab.mcgill.ca/home.html">Robert Zatorre</a>, and <a href="http://reporter-archive.mcgill.ca/Rep/r3107/pinker.html">Steven Pinker</a>. By any chance, did (Cambridge figures) <a href="http://www.mus.cam.ac.uk/%7Eic108/">Ian Cross</a> and <a href="http://www.rhul.ac.uk/Music/Staff/NickCook.html">Nicholas Cook</a> make their way into your book?<br /><br />Again, thank you for thoughtful and thought-provoking statements.</blockquote>My mention of Ian Cross had to do with the music in evolution chapter (<a href="http://www.mus.cam.ac.uk/%7Eic108/PDF/IRMCMC03.pdf">preprint PDF</a>) we read in our course. We have talked repeatedly about Dan Levitin's <a href="http://www.psych.mcgill.ca/levitin.html/BrainOnMusic/inside_book.htm"><span style="font-style: italic;">This Is Your Brain on Music</span></a> during the semester. We haven't really talked about Robert Zatorre during this semester but his name does come up fairly frequently, along with those of other music cognition in Montreal. Nicholas Cook wrote a "<a href="http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Music/?view=usa&ci=9780192853820">very short introduction</a>" to music, the first chapter of which sounded really insightful (as read, in French translation, on another podcast).<br />I also wanted to mention classics in musical aesthetics (including <a href="http://www.music-cog.ohio-state.edu/Music829D/Notes/Meyer1.html">Leonard B. Meyer</a>, who was mentioned in <a href="http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0886-7356%28198708%292%3A3%3C275%3APDATPO%3E2.0.CO;2-J">Charles Keil's article on PDs</a> and is discussed by <a href="http://musicgrooves.org/">Keil and Feld</a>). But I found the institutional links too interesting not to use them, even half-jokingly.<br /><br />The actual <span style="font-style: italic;">Open Source</span> radio show (and <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/Oliver_Sacks/Oliver_Sacks.mp3">podcast (MP3)</a>) was, unsurprisingly, focused on <a href="http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1468-0149.00149?cookieSet=1&journalCode=phib">WAM</a> and alluded to conceptions of <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=OPafBNTFLawC&pg=PA3&dq=music+talent+kingsbury&hl=fr&sig=s7AfwMH8YaZZWaIOXb34Hg_pNDw">absolute music</a>. Lydon has something of an "Old School" (erudite dilettante) perspective on music. He also tends to be obsessed with transcendentalism (Ralph Waldo Emerson <span style="font-style: italic;">et al</span>.).Alexandrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600100547766132563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17893855.post-40915096750436451842007-11-14T18:33:00.000-08:002007-11-14T18:56:50.614-08:00Interpreting LyricsJust because it's funny:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA1NoOOoaNw">YouTube - Crazy Indian Video... Buffalaxed!</a><br /><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-019808607675635526 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZA1NoOOoaNw&rel=1"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-019808607675635526 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZA1NoOOoaNw&rel=1"></a><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZA1NoOOoaNw&rel=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZA1NoOOoaNw&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br />But it can also be interpreted as a commentary on globalisation, if you squint real hard.<br />An interpretation of how the original Tamil lyrics got misinterpreted is available in a <a href="http://descriptively.blogspot.com/2007/10/benny-lava-revisited.html">very thoughtful blog entry</a>.Alexandrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600100547766132563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17893855.post-83210024503350354962007-11-13T21:58:00.000-08:002007-11-13T21:58:50.393-08:00"Music Wants to Be Free"<p>As in "free beer" or as in "free speech?"</p> <p>An interesting blogpost about the death of the Record Industry:</p> <p><a href="http://www.demonbaby.com/blog/2007/10/when-pigs-fly-death-of-oink-birth-of.html">demonbaby: When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.</a> </p> <p>Linking this specific blogpost because it:</p> <ul><li>Was linked by a fellow ethnomusicologist. </li><li>Is rather current. </li><li>Contains interesting links. </li><li>Represents a rather clear position. </li><li>Mentions differences between participants in music-related industries. </li><li>Is followed by a lot of comments, many of them interesting and even insightful. </li><li>Comes from a former "industry insider." </li><li>Has "dissent" in the title.</li></ul> <p>On the other hand, this blogpost:</p> <ul><li>Is rather long-winded. </li><li>Doesn't present much that is really new. </li><li>Skips the issue of defining what music itself is (falling in the trap of equating recordings with the music). </li><li>Focuses too much on "music as a commodity." </li><li>Seems to confuse a few issues and terms (for instance "stealing" and "illegal"). </li><li>Fails to define "label independance" (apart from lack of RIAA membership). </li><li>Limits itself to the "call your representative" type of action common in social politics in the United States. </li><li>Comes from a former "industry insider."</li></ul> <p> </p> <p>Still, it might be a fairly decent representation of the current consensus opinion against the Recording Industry. And it might be a good jumping board for discussions of changes in the way music is conceived.</p>Alexandrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600100547766132563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17893855.post-6460212889035242642007-11-13T05:06:00.000-08:002007-11-13T05:06:01.742-08:00Squares<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PVoeAN99U0">YouTube - Hip To Be Square - Huey Lewis & The News</a><br /><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-010475856515605686 visible" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/0PVoeAN99U0&rel=1"></a><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0PVoeAN99U0&rel=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0PVoeAN99U0&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object>Alexandrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600100547766132563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17893855.post-7126873885209084782007-11-06T11:37:00.000-08:002007-11-06T11:37:19.354-08:00Lyrics About Recording IndustryDidn't know about the song before today. Strongly-worded position against some aspects of the recording industry. Should be relevant in our discussion of Attali's <span style="font-style: italic;">Noise</span>.<br /><a href="http://www.sing365.com/music/Lyric.nsf/Dinosaurs-will-die-lyrics-NOFX/FF9A26E8A5FC10E248256A37001381DB">NOFX - DINOSAURS WILL DIE LYRICS</a>Alexandrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600100547766132563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17893855.post-81061802426719641082007-11-03T13:14:00.000-07:002007-11-03T13:14:13.800-07:00Music Scholarship RoundupA few recent items of scholarly interest for the ethnographic study of music.<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.folkstreams.net/film,2">FolkStreams: A Singing Stream</a>A movie about a reunion of the Landis family, which includes a number of singers. A classic for folkloristics and ethnomusicology.</li><br /><li><a href="http://musicandlanguage.tufts.edu/">Music and Language conference</a>(July 10-13, 2008, Medford, MA)</li><br /><li><a href="http://www.music.ucsb.edu/projects/musicandpolitics/">Music and Politics</a> journal (Open Access)</li><br /><li><a href="http://lrmm.musique.umontreal.ca/publications_e.html">Recent publications</a> from Université de Montréal's Laboratoire de recherche sur les musiques du monde (LRMM).</li><br /><li><a href="http://et.afsnet.org/cgi-bin/mtw.exe?s=1&n=1&y=0&l=60&k=default&w=music&t=3">Music-related terms</a> in the American Folklore Society's<a href="http://et.afsnet.org/">Ethnographic Thesaurus</a>.</li><br /></ul><br />Noticed other interesting items, lately?Alexandrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600100547766132563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17893855.post-19045161128899259582007-10-21T08:49:00.001-07:002007-10-21T08:49:10.066-07:00Link Roundup, October 21<p>I keep accumulating links about music online, partly from listening to podcasts, partly from reading mailing-list messages, and partly from noticing shared items on Facebook.<br>Here are a few links to recent pieces I found interesting.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9796576-7.html">Snocap CEO on layoffs: 'pioneers take arrows' | Tech news blog - CNET News.com</a></li> <ul> <li>Snocap's association with MySpace could have had a greater impact on the recording industry. It seems, though, that there's a difference between music discovery and sales of recordings.</li></ul> <li><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_43/b4055048.htm?chan=search">Universal Music Takes on iTunes</a></li> <ul> <li>Are labels really getting new ideas?</li></ul> <li><a href="http://jamsessionsgame.uk.ubi.com/">Homepage | Jam Sessions | Ubisoft</a></li> <ul> <li>A music-playing "game" for the Nintendo DS, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efBWzmeeMkk">used in performance</a> by Montreal's <a href="http://www.djchampion.net/">DJ Champion</a>.</li></ul> <li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7047969.stm">BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Madonna signs radical record deal</a></li> <ul> <li>Touring is where some musicians make their money.</li></ul> <li><a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/ebusiness/2007/10/16/radiohead-download-piracy-tech-internet-cx_ag_1016techradiohead.html">Free? Steal It Anyway - Forbes.com</a></li> <ul> <li>Radiohead's initiative shows that convenience is key.</li></ul> <li><a href="http://www.theregister.com/2007/10/19/vrs_value_gap_report/">Apple, Tesco 'most to blame' for music biz crisis | The Register</a></li> <ul> <li>The economies of the recording industry should be reassessed.</li></ul></ul> Alexandrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600100547766132563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17893855.post-60768373257942823452007-10-16T04:35:00.000-07:002007-10-16T04:36:06.102-07:00Participation/Performance Playlist<div style="width: 180px; height: 236px;"><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 16px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-02099421287429366 visible" href="http://www.deezer.com/embedded/widget.swf?path=1811041&lang=en&autoplay=1&id=381824"></a><object height="220" width="180"><param name="movie" value="http://www.deezer.com/embedded/widget.swf?path=1811041&lang=en&autoplay=1&id=381824"><embed src="http://www.deezer.com/embedded/widget.swf?path=1811041&lang=en&autoplay=1&id=381824" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="220" width="180"></embed></object><a href="http://www.deezer.com/" style="border: medium none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt;"><img src="http://www.deezer.com/embedded/footer.jpg" alt="free music" title="free music" style="border: medium none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt;" border="0" /></a></div>Alexandrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600100547766132563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17893855.post-86952178819565334182007-10-13T06:03:00.001-07:002007-10-13T06:03:33.032-07:00Community Through Participation<a href="http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2007/10/coulton">Pop Geek Jonathan Coulton Succeeds by Giving Music Away</a><br /><blockquote>one advantage of giving away your music becomes readily apparent: The fans know all the words.</blockquote><br />Not that the principle is really new but this is a good example of something we were discussing in class recently.Alexandrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600100547766132563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17893855.post-62301900811634029962007-10-11T09:04:00.001-07:002007-10-11T09:04:42.629-07:00Online Businesses on Music<p>Been saving several links to share with you, having to do with music online, specifically with financial issues. My <a href="http://anthromusic.blogspot.com/2007/10/where-to-start-with-my-other-music-blog.html">previous post</a> should provide some context for my thinking about those issues. This post is an attempt to bring a few recent links together. Hope we can discuss some of those issues in class or in the forums for the course. <p>Opinion and, possibly, insight:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.fistfulayen.com/blog/?p=127">Convenience Wins, Hubris Loses and Content vs. Context, a Presentation for Some Music Industry Friends at FISTFULAYEN</a></li> <li> <div><a href="http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9792724-1.html">An open letter to the RIAA</a></div></li></ul> <p>People and sites:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?ID=2753">The Powergeek 25 — the Most Influential People in Online Music</a></li> <li><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118903788315518780.html">Download This: YouTube Phenom Has a Big Secret</a></li> <li> <div><a href="http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-facebook-working-on-a-music-platform-for-bands-not-itunes-killer-but-my/">Facebook Working On a Music Platform For Bands; Not iTunes Killer, But MySpace; Apple Tieup</a></div></li></ul> <p>Music distribution, business models:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003932604_brier08.html">Brier Dudley | Amazon's unlocked music still might get you sued</a></li> <li> <div><a href="http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9793541-7.html">First Radiohead...now Nine Inch Nails bids adieu to music label</a></div></li> <li> <div><a href="http://www.theregister.com/2007/10/10/has_beens_free_downloads/">Has-beens jump on free downloads bandwagon</a></div></li> <li><a href="http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/127844/band-releases-album-on-floppy-disk.html">Band releases album on floppy disk</a></li></ul> <p>Of course, many other things are happening in the online world, in terms of music.</p>Alexandrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600100547766132563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17893855.post-30123389603529933732007-10-11T08:50:00.001-07:002007-10-11T08:50:52.893-07:00Where to Start with my Other Music Blog<p>I set up this <em>Ethnomusicology</em> blog to post items relevant to the course ANTH398D <em>Selected Topics in Anthropology: Ethnomusicology</em>. Thought these blogging activities might complement what we do in class and through Moodle. I tend to think a lot about music while I'm browsing and blogging tends to influence my teaching, so the connection was obvious. <p>But there's another music-related blog to which I contribute: <a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/">blog.criticalworld.net</a>. This other blog is associated with CriticalWorld, a site dedicated to <a href="http://criticalworld.net/">Thinking Globalisation Through Music</a>. (Though that blog is part of CriticalWorld.net and though I have been involved with CriticalWorld for a while, my blogging activities there are completely autonomous.) <p>Through that other music blog, I tend to think a lot about <a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/posts/categories/words/monies/">financial issues</a> relating to music in the context of "Digital Life." These issues have been mentioned in class so I thought I'd give something of a rundown of several of my very own blog entries about these issues. This is not meant as a shameless plug, a "vanity post" or an anthology. My hope is that looking at these entries, you might understand my approach a bit more. <p>For instance, I've been having fun with "business models" relating to music in a broad context: <ul> <li> <div><a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/08/31/new-models-for-music-as-business/103/">New Models for Music as Business</a></div></li> <li> <div><a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2007/01/26/new-models-for-music-as-business-attali-got-it/130/">New Models for Music as Business: Attali Got It! </a></div></li> <li> <div><a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/10/03/new-models-for-music-as-business-brazilian-tecno-brega/116/">New Models for Music as Business: Brazilian Tecno Brega </a></div></li> <li><a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2007/07/11/fun-with-music-business-scenarios/146/">Fun with Music Business Scenarios </a></li> <li><a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2007/05/30/new-models-for-music-as-business-majors-edition/141/">New Models for Music As Business: Majors Edition </a></li> <li> <div><a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2007/04/05/new-models-for-music-as-business-nin-edition/137/">New Models for Music as Business: NIN Edition </a></div></li></ul> <p>As is probably obvious to anyone, one of the main targets for reflections about music-related businesses is the so-called "Recording Industry":</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2007/03/22/riaas-landslide-victory/133/">RIAA’s Landslide Victory </a></li> <li><a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2007/07/11/thinking-back-on-the-record-industry/145/">Thinking Back on the Record Industry </a></li></ul> <p>Digital Rights Management (copy-protection on commodities related to copyrighted items) is a frequently mentioned issue:</p> <ul> <li> <div><a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2007/01/20/majors-indies-and-drm/127/">Majors, Indies, and DRM </a></div></li> <li> <div><a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2007/03/09/drm-freedom-and-artist-recognition/132/">DRM-Freedom and Artist Recognition </a></div></li> <li> <div><a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2007/06/02/effects-of-emis-drm-free-downloads-on-apples-itunes/142/">Effects of EMI’s DRM-free Downloads on Apple’s iTunes </a></div></li> <li> <div><a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2007/04/02/the-premium-for-drm-freedom/135/">The Premium for DRM-freedom </a></div></li></ul> <p>As I mentioned in class, there are things to say about ringtones:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2007/09/13/reactions-to-ringtone/147/">Reactions to Ringtone </a></li> <li><a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2007/07/01/cost-of-ringtones-rant/144/">Cost of Ringtones (Rant) </a></li></ul> <p>Some of my posts tend to be playful:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/10/13/music-and-coffee-fair-trade-and-the-global-order-draft/120/">Music and Coffee: “Fair-Trade” and The Global Order (Draft)</a></li> <li><a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2007/01/26/the-day-the-music-undied/129/">The Day The Music Undied? </a></li> <li> <div><a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2007/01/25/zune-debacle-the-silliness-which-goes-on-going-on/128/">Zune Debacle: The Silliness Which Goes On Going On </a></div></li></ul> <p>And, overall, I've set up broad categories to classify posts on that blog:</p> <ul> <li> <div><a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/posts/categories/fresh/">Fresh</a> for Direct reactions to news pieces and current events</div></li> <li> <div><a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/posts/categories/soap/">Soapbox</a> for Rants, monologues, tirades, personal reactions, advocacy</div></li> <li> <div><a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/posts/categories/sand/">Sandbox</a> for Playful, fun, distracting, collaborative items</div></li> <li> <div><a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/posts/categories/ongoing/">Ongoing</a> for Open discussions of items relevant to CriticalWorld</div></li> <li> <div><a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/posts/categories/cw/">CriticalWorld</a> for Events, activities, internal links to the CriticalWorld site and contributors</div></li></ul> <p>Of course, I'd appreciate your comments on any of these items and my hope is that some of them can generate discussion.</p>Alexandrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600100547766132563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17893855.post-31682632902010012682007-09-20T10:06:00.000-07:002007-09-20T10:06:50.498-07:00Blogging EthnomusicologistsThe author of the World Music textbook that I put on reserve has a blog with notes and YouTube links<br /><a href="http://mailer.fsu.edu/%7Embakan/index.html">Bakan WORLD MUSIC blog</a><br />He recently posted links to YouTube videos of Balinese music, including gamelan playing. It'd be interesting to discuss some of these excerpts in class, as we spend some time to talk about ethnomusicology as a discipline.Alexandrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600100547766132563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17893855.post-55363291083994895622007-09-11T04:37:00.000-07:002007-09-11T04:37:58.856-07:00Acoustic Analysis of Music<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics_of_music">Musical Acoustics/Physics of Music</a><br /><a href="http://mappa.mundi.net/trip-m/spectrogram/">Seeing the Sound</a><br /><a href="http://www.musicology.nl/WM/research/praat_musicologists.htm">Praat Tutorial for Musicologists</a><br /><a href="http://www.educypedia.be/electronics/acoustictopics.htm">Acoustics and Sound Technology</a>Alexandrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600100547766132563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17893855.post-65387312936279951962007-09-07T17:08:00.000-07:002007-09-07T17:08:45.242-07:00French Rap: A PodcastProbably the first English-speaking show about French Rap and Hip Hop.<br /><a href="http://yolala.org/">Yo La La ! The French Rap Hip Hop podcast mp3 online radio show.</a><br />Though the podcast's host (and programmer) has obvious preferences for specific styles and genres within French Rap and Hip Hop scenes, the program showcases an interesting musical diversity.Alexandrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600100547766132563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17893855.post-22662965997669625822007-09-05T08:38:00.000-07:002007-09-05T08:38:21.920-07:00Future of Music (Coalition and Interview)A podcast interview with a number of insightful comments about current changes in what people do with music.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wellroundedradio.net/episodes/2007/09/thefutureofmusiccoalition.html#more">Well-Rounded Radio: Episode 041: Jenny Toomey of The Future of Music Coalition</a><br /><blockquote>Among the issues that the coalition has focused on are music licensing, payola, low-power radio, health insurance for musicians, network neutrality, record label contracts, Internet radio licensing, and many other topics that are key to the current and future era of music-making for both independent and rising musicians.</blockquote>Alexandrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600100547766132563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17893855.post-40044834597837919762007-09-03T21:53:00.000-07:002007-09-03T21:54:00.785-07:00Presentation (Week 1)<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://s3.amazonaws.com/slideshare/ssplayer.swf?id=102745&doc=anth398-d2-amtg1a4522" height="348" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://s3.amazonaws.com/slideshare/ssplayer.swf?id=102745&doc=anth398-d2-amtg1a4522"></object>Alexandrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600100547766132563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17893855.post-17594242681650197992007-09-03T19:23:00.001-07:002007-09-03T19:26:21.384-07:00Course OutlineHere is the long version of the course outline (syllabus), in PDF format.<br /><a href="http://enkerli.googlepages.com/ANTH398D2A.pdf">ANTH398D/2A</a>Alexandrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600100547766132563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17893855.post-31205008407224312782007-09-03T13:14:00.000-07:002007-09-03T13:14:46.182-07:00Music and NarrativeLots to discuss, here.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.paulpottsofficial.com/bio.html">Paul Potts Biography</a>Alexandrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600100547766132563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17893855.post-75926503206842284182007-09-01T12:56:00.000-07:002007-09-01T12:57:31.625-07:00Sound of Her Voice<a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus29aug29,0,2466396,full.column?coll=la-home-center">Time of day calling it quits at AT&T - Los Angeles Times</a><br />Among interesting passages:<br /><blockquote>'I think that's very sad,' Daniels said. 'I was told at one time that my voice would last until well into the 21st century. Now it looks like I'm about to be laid to rest.'</blockquote>Surely, there's a music-related project to be done on the sounds of those voices. Isn't this the "mashup" era?Alexandrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600100547766132563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17893855.post-49235444391834131042007-09-01T08:20:00.000-07:002007-09-01T08:20:22.324-07:00Music's Industrries: Ringtones in 2007Some recent news about ringtones, with Apple getting into the fray.<br /><blockquote>Worldwide ringtones sales totaled $3.5 billion last year, according to London's ARC Group, a research firm that tracks the telecom industry. <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/08312007/business/apple__labels_pitch_tones.htm">APPLE, LABELS PITCH 'TONES | By BRIAN GARRITY | Business News | Financial | Business and Money</a></blockquote>If this is true and sales of audio recordings didn't jump up from last year, this would mean that sales of ringtones are equivalent to more than 10% of the sales of recordings. Not that it's necessarily good for artists but in terms of simple accounting, it shows that there is more to doing business with music than "pushing CDs on consumers."<br /><blockquote></blockquote>Alexandrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600100547766132563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17893855.post-8863181666284204432007-08-30T07:00:00.000-07:002007-08-30T07:00:45.230-07:00Defining Innovation?Is this a summary of what journalists think about when they search for musical diversity?<br /><a href="http://www.calendarlive.com/music/cl-ca-notnew12aug12,0,4387246.story?coll=cl-nav-music">Pop looks to the past for a forward-feeling sound - CRITICS NOTEBOOK - Los Angeles Times - calendarlive.com</a>Alexandrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600100547766132563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17893855.post-35335089245978359772007-08-27T22:28:00.000-07:002007-08-27T22:33:10.583-07:00Freely Streaming MusicDeezer and similar services could become interesting. It's a bit like other music streaming services but it allows anyone (from anywhere) to stream any music in the Deezer catalogue and blog/share it at will. Of course, there have been other services like this but none of them seemed to offer this level of freedom. As it's a French site, it has a number of tracks from France and other Francophone regions, including this track from Guinean musician <a href="http://www.ba-cissoko.com/">Ba Cissoko</a>.<br /><br /><div style="width: 180px; height: 45px;"><object height="29" width="180"><param name="movie" value="http://www.deezer.com/embedded/blogplayer_3.swf?path=123697&color1=CCCCCC&color2=0066FF&color3=0066FF"><embed src="http://www.deezer.com/embedded/blogplayer_3.swf?path=123697&color1=CCCCCC&color2=0066FF&color3=0066FF" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="29" width="180"></embed></object><a href="http://www.deezer.com/" style="border: medium none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt;"><img src="http://www.deezer.com/embedded/footer.jpg" alt="free music" title="free music" style="border: medium none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt;" border="0" /></a></div>Alexandrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600100547766132563noreply@blogger.com0