Ongoing History Daily: The world’s weirdest orchestra
I recently learned about a very strange orchestra that made its debut in London in the summer of 1914. It was led by Tove Jansson and consisted of a weird
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Ongoing History Daily: When it comes to music vs. tech, tech almost always wins (part 4)
Here’s one more story about how musicians fought technology and lost. In the 1970s, Barry Manilow would take a large orchestra on tour in order to faithfully reproduce all his
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Band Nerds Rejoice – eReader Technology Is Coming To Sheet Music
Despite what your old music teachers may say, there actually is a better alternative to sheet music. No more noisily turning pages, losing important scores, or having sheets blown away –
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The Boston Typewriter Orchestra
It’s just like it sounds. Please enjoy.
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The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Performs the History of Hip Hop
Interesting. Tracklist below. Nice job, JIMEK. 1. Kendrick Lamar – Swimming Pools 2. M.I.A. – Bad Girls 3. Wiz Khalifa – Black and Yellow 4. 2Pac – Dear Mama 5.
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Classical Orchestra Tackles Rage Against the Machine
What would Beethoven say? (Via Geekologie)
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Friday Timesuck: An Orchestral Mashup of 43 Cartoon Theme Songs
How many can you identify? (Via Mashable)
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