Scopes Monkey Choir

Episode 73: New Work on the Language/Music Nexus Part 2 .. All about the latest issue of Frontiers in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience. And thanks to NECSS for its excellentnessnecss!

Episode 74: Sound News, Taste-Maker Cities, Ovulation Oldest flute update. Virtual orchestra. Toward a color-based music retrieval system. Intimate Distance, a book about Bolivian traditional music in Japan. Teenaged acoustic land-mine-detector inventor. Network Map of Music Listening Habits. (Coverage, paper) Do Women Prefer More Complex Music around Ovulation?

Episode 77 Music Evolves (kinda) .. Scientists have “discovered” why people find rock ‘n’ roll exciting. (Bad coverage, better coverage, paper) .. Study says pop musicians are now using sadder keys and tempos: (Coverage, paper) .. “Evolving” music. (Coverage, paper) Jerry Coyne’s take on it. .. The Abstract Abstract: Gamma Ray Burst sonification. Music visualization technique of … Continue reading 77: Music Evolves (kinda)

Episode 78 A Recording Resurrected & Acoustic Tweezers Thanks to Linda for reporting from the Universe of Sound installation at the Science Museum in London. That Stockhausen piece we mentioned. Oldest gramophone disc reproduced from a photograph. Acoustic tweezers. “Dolphin speaker” prototype. (Good coverage, bad coverage) Male body image thingy.

Episode 79 PianoSleep, GenY, EyeMusic .. Hearing known songs during a snooze may help people play them later. Does generation Y prefer low-res sound? Converting Images Into Music for the visually impaired. (reporting, paper) Listen to samples. The other shape/sound study we mentioned.

Episode 80 Avocado, Fly-sex bat attacks, Interview with a synesthete We’re back from The Amazing Meeting. Putting out fire with sound. Ultrasonic avocado testing. (Early research) Fly sex ups bat attacks. (coverage, paper)

Episode 81 Derek’s Music Therapy Experience We interview Derek Colanduno about his post-stroke experience with music therapy, and how his relationship with music changed. Mentioned: The Shepherd Center.

Episode 82: Piracy, Elephants, Louder and Dumber Finland aurora study: are there sounds associated with the northern lights? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRZfKqhs6rM ———————- 70 Percent of All Music Piracy Happens Offline. http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2012/120726swapping “Even if all online music piracy disappeared tomorrow, more than half of all music acquisitions would be unpaid.” ———————- The secrets of the elephant’s larynx. Video of … Continue reading 82: Piracy, Elephants, Louder and Dumber

Episode 83: Cooperation, Compassion, Tapping Stephen Dawson — on the loudness wars Hi-Fi Writer on the loudness wars. http://hifi-writer.com/wpblog/?p=3894 ———————- Dan in Anchorage, monkey phone   ———————- Compassion and Tapping Group music sessions ‘may boost empathy in children.’ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-18412409 http://pom.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/04/10/0305735612440609.abstract NYTimes Column. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/opinion/sunday/the-science-of-compassion.html?_r=1 “Tapping” study (PDF).http://www.socialemotions.org/page5/files/Valdesolo.DeSteno.2011.pdf

Episode 84 Interview with Indre Viskontas (website)