“What does this have to do with pop music? The Lempel-Ziv algorithm works by
exploiting repeated sequences. How efficiently LZ can
compress a text is directly related to the number and length of the repeated
sections in that text.”
posted Friday, January 10, 2020, 10:26:30pm PST
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Also
“They also found that, in general, the size of the birds’ repertoire decreased
as anthropogenic noise increased, especially when the birds were exposed to
levels of anthropogenic noise that were above the usual noise to which they were
accustomed.”
Alejandro Portilla Navarro ,
City birds are changing their tune
(Knowable Magazine November 14, 2022 ,
via Ars Technica )
posted 11/25/2022 8:00pm ∞
“Record labels are digging their own grave. They finally have achieved their
dream — which is to make money while doing as little work as possible. But the
end result is a world in which they add so little value that no successful
musician will want them any longer.”
posted 9/18/2022 8:00pm ∞
“My assessment … suggests that the blues has very old roots, originating with
performers who found new ways of playing African-inflected music in the New
World — but typically in rural areas where they could remain immune to many of
the influences linked to commercial trends in American music.”
posted 9/15/2022 8:00pm ∞
“[Edison] pushed aggressively for a standardized way of singing — one that aimed
to keep American music under unrealistic constraints. This only made the public
all the more enthusiastic when something more expansive and free came along.
And he unwittingly provided the tools these radical new musicians needed to
advance their agenda.”