The underlying message of David Hajdu’s stimulating new book, “The Uncanny Muse,” can be summed up in three words: Get a grip ...

Music and artificial intelligence (AI) both provide modern students with tools for exploration and creativity, says math and computer science major Brian Liu ’25, who is also a gifted concert pianist.

The global music industry has always been shaped by technology, from the early days of analog recording to the rise of digital audio workstations and online streaming platforms. Today, it finds itself ...

The Computer-Assisted Music Laboratory (CAML) is a multi-purpose lab—located in N1B49—designed primarily for classroom instruction. The lab features numerous workstations, each with a Musical ...

With the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building, the Institute’s multidisciplinary approach to music deepens. On a typical afternoon, MIT’s new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building hums with life.

“The Hardest Part,” a new song from indie pop artist Washed Out, is all about love lost, among the most human of themes. But ironically, to illustrate the tune’s sense of longing, the musician turned ...

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His EMI algorithm, an early form of artificial intelligence that he developed in the 1980s, prompted searching questions about the limits of human creativity. By Miguel Salazar David Cope, a composer ...

The fictional band Spinal Tap could make their instruments louder with the help of amplifiers that went up to 11. Lesser musicians must find other ways to pump up the volume. One well-established ...

When I was in my early 20s, commuting to work over the freeways of Los Angeles, I listened to Brian Wilson’s 2004 album, Smile, several hundred times. I like the Beach Boys just fine, but I’m not a ...

The traffic receded as Chicago withdrew into the distance behind me on Interstate 90. Barns and trees dotted the horizon. The speakers in my rental car, playing Spotify from my smartphone, put out the ...