American Mavericks was a 13-week radio series that told the story of the distinctly American music that grew along with the country. Interviews with composers and performers and discussion with San Francisco Symphony Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas highlight this celebration of musical inspiration and creativity. In tandem with the radio series, the program incorporates [...]

All Hail Bobby McFerrin. Valerie & I had the pleasure to see Bobby perform a few years ago at Symphony Hall. He did a solo show that was fantasic. On his website he has two songs (Just Enough & Don’t Worry Be Happy) where you can play the role of the mixer. You can add [...]

JamPod from their website: Design Goal: To build a small guitar amplifier module that plugs into the top of any Apple iPod music player, that lets a guitar or bass player practice along with songs on the iPod, through the iPod’s own earbuds. Find out more at dvforge.com ($50) Two blogs of overheard conversations: in [...]

The Claim: Frequent Knuckle Cracking Can Lead to Arthritis By ANAHAD O’CONNOR Published: January 18, 2005 in the New York Times THE FACTS Like the wail of a cellphone in a dark theater or the shriek of fingernails on a blackboard, the sound of another person’s knuckles cracking can be an annoyance. It can also [...]

Started by law student Charles Cronin, The Music Plagiarism Project documents some of the more famous music copyright disputes with reference files of music clips, reduced scores and excerpts that superimpose the debating melodies to illustrate the cases. Commentaries, historical notes and excerpts from the rulings are also included. Some of the noteworthy: Michael Bolton’s [...]

From the New York Times: The world’s largest collection of Beethoven manuscripts and letters has gone digital. The Beethoven House in Bonn, his birthplace, has scanned more than 5,000 handwritten letters and manuscripts and posted many of them for access on its Website. (note: It can be a little hard to navigate through because it [...]