Any time there’s a live streaming video, there will always be a little bit of delay in the feed. If you’ve ever been on a conference call, the short delay is noticeable enough to make things slightly awkward, but on services like Facebook Live, the delay can be multiple seconds. Most people live with it,…
Calculators are the latest instrument used in creative new ways to make electronic music
There are plenty of unconventional methods to make music, like Shawn Wasabi’s MIDI controller, which is fashioned with 64 arcade buttons, or the cute, squawking Otamatone, which YouTubers have mastered to cover a wide range of beloved tunes. Now, novelty Chinese calculators might be the latest instrument of choice for burgeoning bedroom musicians, particularly the…
Tom Petty Lands 14 Tracks on Hot Rock Songs Chart
The rock legend, who died Oct. 2, charts highest with “Free Fallin’” at No. 4. Tom Petty populates 14 of the top 25 spots on Billboard’s 50-position Hot Rock Songs chart (dated Oct. 21), as the late singer’s sizable catalog grew in all metrics following his Oct. 2 death. On the streaming-, sales- and airplay-based…
Where is the musical underground in 2017?
In the coming weeks, the Guardian is embarking on a survey of the underground in music – asking if it still exists in a world where everything is visible online, and if so, where. Fifty years ago this month, the Guardian announced what it called “our autumn promotion for 1967… a ‘roving exploration’ into the…
You can now stream songs from Apple Music on Facebook Messenger
Listening to music has rarely been easier… Facebook has unveiled the integration of Apple Music into Facebook Messenger, allowing subscribers to stream songs on the messaging service for the first time ever. Before the integration was announced, users were able to build collaborative Spotify playlists and receive song recommendations based on your conversations with friends,…
Stop Struggling for Perfection: Bruce Sugar on Working with Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, Joe Walsh, Ozzy & More
They say you should never meet your idols, but recording and mixing engineer Bruce Sugar would surely disagree. Growing up near Atlantic City, Sugar was a bright-eyed kid who was introduced to music early on and spent his childhood practicing piano. Then, one day in 1964, he heard a sound like no other on The…
