Music Technology

If you don’t write software for a living but you enjoy piecing together bits of code to create beautiful art pieces or interactive experiences, you are a “creative coder”. I consider myself a creative coder as well. I create hardware and software controllers for music, as collaborative applications, interactive art…

MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a language used to represent and communicate musical information. It is read, recorded and played by digital devices such as computers and electronic instruments. Since its invention in the 1980s, MIDI technology has introduced a whole new range of artistic options and musical styles. …

Despite music being something that anyone with a pulse not only consumes but often takes such pleasure and pride in doing so, investing in the category has been notoriously challenging. …

I get it, you’ve heard the terms “NFT” and “Crypto” enough times that your eyes glaze over when someone starts discussing them. I’ve seen enough people check out of a conversation when it pivots to technology. They’ve either written off the space entirely or are far too removed to know…

Telemidi is a cutting-edge technology connecting musicians worldwide, enabling them to collaborate in real time, regardless of location. Spearheading the project is Matt Bray, a professional musician with over 25 years of experience and a PhD researcher. Matt is a close friend who has performed over 3300 concerts, including live…

Introduction: Music is an art form that has been present in every culture throughout human history. With the development of technology, music has become more accessible, and people can enjoy a vast variety of music genres. However, with so many genres available, it can be challenging for users to find…

How Musicians are Taking Back Control Gone is the old stereotype that there are two types of musicians: the chart-topping artist with a luxurious lifestyle signed to a big record label — and the struggling musician down on his luck, trying to balance busking with a ‘normal’ job to make…

Puerto Rican musician Hector Delgado announced his retirement in 2008 to pursue a degree in theology, closing the curtains on his career as one of the first artists to bring reggaetón to mainstream record labels. So it came as somewhat of a surprise when five years later, Delgado — who…