MIT Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Super nerdy post of the week: Audio from friction-less fluid offers a cool beat

Okay, this is a bit out there, but if you love science, you’ll find much to love here. Scientists at

Michael geeks-out over his visit to MIT’s famed Building 20, the music industry’s “Big Brother” drops by the studio to

The best way to easily and properly divvy up royalties is to embrace technology and utilize new tools to ensure

Can music affect your health? That’s what the Sync Project research study wants to find out. Boston-based PureTech Ventures, the company behind

As this show went into production, I was suffering from severe anxiety. Somewhere in the handoff between United and Air

MIT recently conducted a study on the subject of global fame. What they found was rather interesting. By analyzing such

Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver