1. jtotheizzoe: Music Was Better in the Sixties, Man After analyzing data on the diversity of notes and timbres in music from the 1960’s to today (part of the Million Song Dataset), Spanish scientists show that music has gotten more homogenous in the past few decades.  So, maybe not better, but same-er. (↬ Cosmic Variance) The last bump was in the mid-late 90s. I KNEW IT! 1996 was the end of the last great stretch of pop music!

    jtotheizzoe:

    Music Was Better in the Sixties, Man

    After analyzing data on the diversity of notes and timbres in music from the 1960’s to today (part of the Million Song Dataset), Spanish scientists show that music has gotten more homogenous in the past few decades. 

    So, maybe not better, but same-er.

    (↬ Cosmic Variance)

    The last bump was in the mid-late 90s. I KNEW IT! 1996 was the end of the last great stretch of pop music!

    9 months ago  /  625 notes  /  Source: blogs.discovermagazine.com

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      Good article.
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