Device Helps Blind Musicians Communicate

by Katie Geleff CBC Radio    A PhD student in Ottawa has developed a device that allows blind and low-vision students to feel music cues, replacing the need to see them.     Instead of having to follow a conductor’s baton, or a teacher’s hand gestures during a lesson, music learners can receive instruction through a …

Get Off My Lawn And Give Me The Old Songs!

by Kevin Burton    Look out kids, there may be science behind my old-man curmudgeonality.    It seems newer songs are really not like the songs of old.    Furthermore, technology is partially to blame.    I’m having a good day!   “If you feel curmudgeonly for thinking ‘They don’t make hits like they used …