Frankie, short for Frankenstein, has an organ unlike the ones found in the mythic monster of yore. Instead, the Frankie’s Organ web app attempts to “learn” and re-synthesize popular recordings as songs played by pipe organ. To use it, all you have to do is enter a song, artist (optional), and wait as Frankie gets…
Music services sometimes issue press releases when their catalogs break certain thresholds — 10 million tracks, 12 million tracks, and so on. But they never mention it when a certain artist, album, or song disappears from their catalogs, which happens as licensing contracts end, or when musicians reconsider the wisdom of licensing their music to…
Of all the hacks cobbled together at Music Hack Day San Francisco this past weekend, none were more timely than Paul Lamere’s, which attempted to predict Grammy Awards winners in 13 categories automatically, by analyzing what people were saying about the artists in question. Just hours before last night’s ceremony, Lamere revealed that his app…
In one possible dystopian future, a single ticketing company has come to dominate the live music space to the point that concertgoers have no choice but to attend virtually. Concert 2012, which puts forth this vision, was one of the more curious apps to emerge from Music Hack Day San Francisco this past weekend. This…
It’s easy to make fun of Guitar Hero now that the craze is over, but one thing is for sure: It created a new enthusiasm for the guitar as an instrument, in these days of DJs and remix artists. We’ve seen a rash of startingly innovative new ways to teach people how to play the…
