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CRITICAL NOISE: DECODING THE NOW: Modern Art, Mashups & Memes

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Thursday, April 21, 2011. DECODING THE NOW: Modern Art, Mashups and Memes. I recently came across an online forum whereby one contributor to the discussion inquired, "Why is modern art so boring? The phrase, ' modern art. The question itself also recalls a similarly provocative argument that I heard from one composer that, "There are no good Jazz musicians anymore.". I might say the same thing about Disco singers. However, although many people would presumably accept that statement as simply hyperbol...

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CRITICAL NOISE: Is Spotify Overpaying Musicians?

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Friday, December 12, 2014. Is Spotify Overpaying Musicians? There’s a lot of recent discussion about whether musicians are being adequately paid via streaming services, such as Spotify. Spotify doesn't calculate royalties based upon a fixed “per play” rate, but as they point out on their website. The variables involved in producing payments for rights holders have led to an average 'per stream' payout of between $0.006 and $0.0084. At first glance this rate seems abysmally low. David Byrne. Unfortunately...

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CRITICAL NOISE: PATTERN RECOGNITION IN AUDIO

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Wednesday, June 01, 2011. PATTERN RECOGNITION IN AUDIO. For the purpose of this article, I'm going to define 'pattern' as a series of repeating sets, with each set containing at least one thing or concept that act or are positioned according to an identical and recognizable logic, so that the sets might said to share a corresponding relationship with one another. Click the link in the following sentence, however, if you'd like to read a more formal definition of the concept from Wikipedia.). Likewise, a ...

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CRITICAL NOISE: Music as an Ecosytem Service

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Thursday, May 01, 2014. Music as an Ecosytem Service. Future Music Festival 2013 (Courtesy Eva Rinaldi. It recently struck me that music, like water, is arguably the product of an ecosystem, –another complex but demonstrable asset that economists have trouble pinning value to with any accuracy. So how then is the one like the other? Music and Ecosystems both:. Provide services that are public goods;. Are affected by externalities;. Possess property rights that are often not clearly defined. Despite the c...

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CRITICAL NOISE: What Sonic Branding Can Learn from Graphic Designers

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Monday, September 01, 2014. What Sonic Branding Can Learn from Graphic Designers. Now apply to audio. Posted by Terry O'Gara. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Thinking out loud about sound and culture. CRITICAL NOISE is authored by Terry O'Gara. Atlanta Gas and Light. Bahamas Board of Tourism. Blue Cross Blue Shield. Mexico Board of Tourism. National Gallery of Art. New York Landmarks Commission. Oregon Dept. of Energy. Partnership For A Drug Free America. Points of Light Foundation. The relationship ...

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CRITICAL NOISE: Sound of the Year: 2011: The Cry for Freedom

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011. Sound of the Year: 2011: The Cry for Freedom. The Critical Noise 2011 Sound of the Year is:. The Global Cry for Freedom and Fairness. You have a dream. You have a voice. Will the world hear it? Or will you suffer in silence? They have been heard. People of modest means have found strength in unity, and in so doing, have thrust themselves upon the world's stage, often eluding velvet ropes and manacles along the way. But many have also been arrested or died tragic deaths. But al...

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CRITICAL NOISE: Music Licensing is Cannibalizing Your Business

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Friday, August 01, 2014. Music Licensing is Cannibalizing Your Business. Monster # 2 by Julia P. In light of this exponential increase in licensing, more and more music production companies that once specialized in original music scoring are re-inventing themselves as one-stop sonic solution providers, and as such, now offer their own mid tier to bargain basement priced libraries. Not to mention that they also firmly believe that the process of tailoring custom sonics to moving image produces better resu...

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CRITICAL NOISE: Professionalism and the Post Production Paradigm

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Saturday, November 01, 2014. Professionalism and the Post Production Paradigm. Image courtesy Michael Hilton. In the world of post production, a common organizational model is a partnership whereby one partner assumes the role of creative lead, and the other handles production and business affairs. Naturally, in order to grow a successful company, a creative lead must actually possess the artistic talent to deliver. We also hope to observe a person who inspires a growth mindset throughout the workplace; ...

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CRITICAL NOISE: The Audio Mark as a Storytelling Platform

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Tuesday, January 01, 2013. The Audio Mark as a Storytelling Platform. Music, as we know, comes in many forms. And one person's music is another person's noise. Readers of this blog know I'm fascinated by microstructures; that is, those forms of noise and aural expression that may not represent complete 'works' as we think of the concept, but which nonetheless capably convey meaning. THE DESCENDING CADENCE AS CLOSING STATEMENT. THE AUDIO MARK AS INDEPENDENT SIGNIFIER. But when our task is branding, then m...

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CRITICAL NOISE: New Year's Resolutions for Post Production Producers

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Saturday, January 03, 2015. New Year's Resolutions for Post Production Producers. Whatever role you now hold in production or post production, you can begin transforming yourself into a better professional version of yourself right now. How do you do it? You do it by simply asking the people around you, or in your charge, or whose projects you produce, to assess your current capabilities. Yeah, scary, I know, but in the end, I think the positives outweigh the temporary sting of criticism. How am I doing?