News tagged with music analysis


Mood player creates the right atmosphere

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Melancholic songs, dance rhythms or romantic background music? The mood player can recognize musical characteristics and sort songs according to moods. It also blends in suitable images to the rhythm of the ...





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Paid digital music downloads accounted for 35 percent of all music sales in the first six months of the year

Digital music sales 'to nearly equal CDs next year'

Technology / Internet

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Compact discs accounted for 65 percent of US music sales in the first half of 2009 but digital downloads are expected to nearly equal CD sales by the end of next year, market research firm NPD Group said Tuesday.


2 sites selling Beatles songs to remain shut down

Technology / Internet

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Two Web sites that sold songs by The Beatles for 25 cents apiece should remain shut down indefinitely, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.


Strictly ballroom analysis: Computers get to know their rumba from their cha-cha-cha

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Computer scientists in Taiwan have devised a neural network program that can successfully classify a computerized music file based on its beat and tempo. The system could be a boon for music archivists with large numbers ...


EMI Music announced Wednesday it will offer free music videos and concerts on Hulu.com

EMI music videos, concerts coming to Hulu.com

Technology / Internet

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

EMI Music announced Wednesday it will offer free music videos and concerts on Hulu.com, making it the first major label to strike a deal with the increasingly popular US-based online video site.


Metadata bring order to digital chaos

Technology / Hi Tech

created Sep 10, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

MP3 files, video streams, digital images – the flood of multimedia data swells higher every day. New systems help the user to keep tabs on it all. At the International Broadcasting Convention IBC in Amsterdam on September ...


Multimedia system provides new view of musical performance

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Musicians can now use 3D computer analysis to radically improve their technique, thanks to the latest research in multimedia technology from the University of Leeds.


The Symbian platform is used on almost 50% of mobiles worldwide

Spotify launches application for Nokia phones

Technology / Software

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Swedish streaming software Spotify announced on Monday the launch of a music application for the Symbian platform, used by the world's biggest mobile phone maker Nokia and other smartphones.


Walking hazard: Cell-phone use -- but not music -- reduces pedestrian safety

Walking hazard: Cell-phone use -- but not music -- reduces pedestrian safety

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Two new studies of pedestrian safety found that using a cell phone while hoofing it can endanger one's health. Older pedestrians, in particular, are impaired when crossing a busy (simulated) street while speaking ...


Musical sensibility can help shape teaching, research education

Musical sensibility can help shape teaching, research education

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The underlying similarities between teaching, research and music can be a powerful metaphor for education and qualitative inquiry, according to a University of Illinois professor of education.


World's first album of Twitter music available now

World's first album of Twitter music available now

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 0

For the first time, you can now download an album of digital music written exclusively for Twitter.



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