5 steps to use music as meditation
Bob Marley may have put it best when he said, “One good thing about music, when it hits you feel no pain." It turns out that listening...
Everybody loves music… right?
Musical anhedonia? I hardly knew her.
What?
Never mind. Before this week, I believed that there was music for everyone out there. With so many genres and so many...
Please kill Seattle grunge
Has any city in the U.S. been quite so associated with one thing at a time than Seattle?
What do I mean by that? Well of course, it's...
How to find the best concert venues near you
You're new to a city and you need to find some places to hang out. Preferably they're close. So you look for some bars, maybe some coffee...
How to stop white nationalism from using the music industry
Landmark civil rights legislation and decisions in the United States like the Voting Rights Act and the Brown v. Board of Education decision have tended to pay particular...
The mental health benefits of metal
A few days ago I was talking with a friend outside a venue about metal music and said, "It's okay that you don't like metal, but you...
Scientific studies link live music to lower stress levels
Are you feeling stressed? Too much to do at work, or you've put off your laundry for far too long and now it's going to take you...
What does the future of the music festival look like?
Music festivals are a big part of the music industry. But where are they going in the future? We'll be exploring that in our series The Music...
Could your playlist put you on a watchlist in the future?
It might seem like clickbait, or remind you of the movie Minority Report, but the idea that your favorite playlist could signal certain behavioral abnormalities to authorities...
Mumble rap: A brief history
For as long as humanity has existed, we’ve resisted change. Whether it’s societal, political, or technological, it happens in all walks of life. There will always be...