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The Science of How Music Enchants the Brain, Animated

How harmony, melody, and rhythm trigger the same reward systems that drive our desires for food and sex.

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René Magritte’s Little-Known Art Deco Sheet Music Covers from the 1920s

From wallpaper to Golconda by way of Art Deco.

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Book Spine Poetry vol. 4: Music

The essence of the universal language, distilled.

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How Iconic Album Cover Illustrator R. Crumb Brought Comics to Music

What Janis Joplin has to do with rediscovering yesteryear’s forgotten masters.

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Guitar Zero: A Neuroscientist Debunks the Myth of “Music Instinct” and Learns to Play

On nature, nurture, and the neural pathways of possibility.

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Celebrating John Cage: 40 Years of Visualizing Music Notation Around the World

“To be an artist, you must immerse yourself with great passion in all that surrounds you.”

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Luigi Russolo, Futurist: The Art of Noise and How the Occult Fueled Innovation in Music and Art

What black magic has to do with John Cage and the secret of creativity.

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How to Listen to Music: A Vintage Guide to the 7 Essential Skills

“Respond esthetically to all sounds, from the hum of the refrigerator motor or the paddling of oars on a lake, to the tones of a cello or muted trumpet.”

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From Philip Glass to Patti Smith, How 1970s New York Shaped Music for Decades to Come

On “people taking the lousy hands they’d been dealt and dreaming them into music of great consequence.”

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The Solar System Set to Music: A Near-Perpetual Homage to Bach

532.25 septendecillion years of fugue, or what Pluto has to do with the longest palindrome in existence.

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Search results for “music”

How harmony, melody, and rhythm trigger the same reward systems that drive our desires for food and sex.

From wallpaper to Golconda by way of Art Deco.

The essence of the universal language, distilled.

What Janis Joplin has to do with rediscovering yesteryear’s forgotten masters.

On nature, nurture, and the neural pathways of possibility.

“To be an artist, you must immerse yourself with great passion in all that surrounds you.”

What black magic has to do with John Cage and the secret of creativity.

“Respond esthetically to all sounds, from the hum of the refrigerator motor or the paddling of oars on a lake, to the tones of a cello or muted trumpet.”

On “people taking the lousy hands they’d been dealt and dreaming them into music of great consequence.”

532.25 septendecillion years of fugue, or what Pluto has to do with the longest palindrome in existence.

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