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64 bit Music Authoring

June 20th, 2008 by Whas1an | No Comments

64 bit Music Authoring

For those of us trying to keep on top of the latest computing trends as well as produce music from our homes, it seems that 64-bit computing would be the next logical step. Afterall, 64-bit operating systems process data more efficiently, allowing for a smoother computing experience. And biggest of all, it allows for more […]


Auditory Illusions

June 2nd, 2008 by Whas1an | No Comments

Auditory Illusions

We’ve all seen optical illusions. I have many fond memories of staring into those Magic Eye books back when I was younger. When I was in college, I took a course called “Science of Vision and Audition,” and in that class our professor showed us some auditory illusions.
New Scientist compiled a list of 5 auditory […]


100 Greatest Guitar Songs

May 30th, 2008 by Whas1an | No Comments

100 Greatest Guitar Songs

Ah, Rolling Stone. So good for so many top 100 lists of this and that. Rolling Stone is actually notorious among music affectionados for being too pop-centric, but this list is pretty good!
So 100 Greatest Guitar songs. It’s not about the guitar solos (which most of them have), but when you think of the song, […]


Billboard Tracks 120 Years of Chart Data

May 27th, 2008 by Whas1an | No Comments

Billboard Tracks 120 Years of Chart Data

An interesting visual representation of top 100 songs throughout the last century. First thing I noticed? Songs are staying on the charts longer nowadays than they used to. Second thing I noticed? Fewer songs are making it into the top 100 nowadays than they were in the 50’s and 60’s.
The charts about one hit wonders […]


Music From Games

May 27th, 2008 by Whas1an | No Comments

Music From Games

Don’t be fooled by the title of this post! This isn’t your typical music from a video game. Ever sinnce games have been ripped from their cartridges and played on a computer via an emulator, people have been tweaking the ROMs (games). They’ve produced some great stuff, like custom translations of games that were never […]




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