Text to Music is an AI-powered process that converts written prompts into musical compositions. Instead of using instruments ...

Renowned composer Laurie Spiegel marks the 40th anniversary of Music Mouse, discussing the unique aspects of "algorithmic" music in contrast to AI-generated sounds.

The legendary composer is celebrating 40 years of Music Mouse, which brought algorithmic composition to home computers.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, and the duo’s final two albums—1968’s Bookends and 1970’s Bridge Over Troubled Water —included multiple tunes with inventive and unusual instrumentation, ...

The ukulele is an accessible instrument that almost anyone can learn to play. It’s an enjoyable way to enter the world of ...

The Life and Legacy of a Drummer Who Transformed Modern Jazz article by David A. Orthmann, published on February 16, 2026 at ...

Keith Richards has put a name to those differences, highlighting the simple but effective guitar trick at the heart of The Rolling Stones.

People with musical anhedonia, a rare inability to enjoy music, are teaching scientists how the brain processes songs. In February, a pop-up science column, Annals of Inquiry, is appearing in place of ...

Music has a funny way of surprising us. Sometimes it's not the guitar solo or the vocal runs that stick with you. You know ...

Krista McCay is a writer specializing in video game guides and walkthroughs. She first entered the industry in 2022 while studying English at UC Santa Barbara and working part-time as an editor. It ...

The octet is a musical ensemble of eight, which isn’t a huge number — certainly not on a theatrical stage or for a classical chorus. Yet the octopus has just that same eight tentacles, and in horror ...

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