Remember the days when we first started playing video games. Simple, pixelated graphics were accompanied by catchy but equally mechanical melodies. The "boing" sound with every jump Mario made, the 8-bit tune of Zelda's ...
Music is often associated with complexity, development, and change. However, in the mid-20th century, a revolutionary movement emerged that challenged this understanding, centering on simplicity and repetition: minimalis...
A studio album is a polished and perfected painting, where an artist's vision is crafted to the finest detail. Every note is in its place, every sound layer carefully balanced. A live album, however, is a photograph of t...
There are songs that mark certain moments of our lives. A high school graduation, a first love, an unforgettable summer vacation... Years later, when that song suddenly plays on the radio or in a café, time seems to stan...
On the stage of cinema or opera, there are musical moments that become even more iconic than the characters or ideas they represent. With just a few notes, we can instantly feel a character's presence, the approach of da...
Music boxes... Tiny orchestras brought to life by just a few simple mechanisms. An intricate clockwork hidden inside a wooden chest, a cylinder with minuscule pins, and metal teeth that vibrate with the touch of these pi...
Music is an art that constantly rewrites its own history. Every new melody is an echo of those that came before it. The most tangible and creative expression of this cyclical nature is the technique of "sampling." Sampli...
In music history, some songs defy time and space. They echo for years at weddings, parties, and on radio stations, and every time they are heard, they evoke a collective memory. These songs are so immense that they even ...
In the digital music era, where we access songs one by one and surf through playlists, we have forgotten an old ritual and magic of the music listening experience: the act of flipping over the record. Once, while the hit...
When we think of music, what usually comes to mind are sounds, melodies, rhythms, and harmonies. We define it as an organized form of sound. However, music has another component that is at least as important as sound, an...