Film music is such an essential part of films because of the ways it affects our viewing experience, and it is usually considered similar, but distinct from dialogue, sound effect, etc. Film scholars use the term “diegetic music” to describe music that the characters can actually hear in the fictional world in a movie/tv show.…
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In 2016, an electronic musician with the stage name The Caretaker began releasing a project called Everywhere at the End of Time in installments, each meant to represent a different stage of dementia. The project finished in 2019, after which The Caretaker retired from making music (at least under his stage name). Everywhere at the…
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Every year, we gather with friends and family and celebrate our birthdays. We gather around and sing a classic – “Happy Birthday to You”. In this song’s early days, it spread like wildfire across America, and today, it holds the Guinness World Record for the most popular song in the English language. But where did…
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by Sandhya Mahesh Picture a coffee shop in your head. Maybe you can imagine walking in, seeing the daily specials on a chalkboard in front of the door and menus under the glass at the counter. As you sit at a tiny table, you breathe in the warm aroma of fancy coffee and fresh bread,…
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by Sandhya Mahesh For years, Spotify has been selective on which songs can display lyrics. Many songs did not have lyrics available and many regions including large parts of Asia did not have access to this feature. Since then, many new new features have started to roll out. Lyrics have been a long requested feature…
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“True Beauty comes from accepting all aspects of your music, embracing every little imperfect thing that comes in your way” – Marc Jacobs To define or understand the real meaning of musical perfection and elegance, one must have heard of the saying “practice makes perfect” multiple times, in a way that made this element of…
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Written By Caroline Yao Jazz washes away the dust of everyday life. Art Blakely To define jazz music, one must scroll through the lexicon of words associated with the sound of jazz to come up with a description of the art form. Words such as smooth, cool, nice, swinging, and jazzy describe the art form.…
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Written by Sahana Gokul We’ve all watched ads. They’re everywhere! We see them in newspapers, magazines, and billboards. In recent decades, companies have gone digital in their marketing strategy, using online and video ads to promote products. Because of this transition, some of the most important advertisements today are those that we watch and hear,…
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Today we had an interview with Claire from Yoga for All Musicians. Claire is a flutist and licensed yoga instructor, and is one of the founders of the YAM studio. In this interview, we discussed how the studio was founded, the importance of yoga for people who play instruments, and how anyone, even musicians with…
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Video games are widely played across the world, with hundreds and thousands of options to choose from. Nonetheless, when we think of a video game, there are are usually a few franchises that jump to our minds immediately; Mario, Call of Duty, the Wii Series, etc. But why do have games in particular grown so…
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