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4 Different Ways to Start a Musical Sentence
When you’re composing music, you kind of have to split yourself into a bunch of…
An Introduction to the Prepared Piano and How to Notate It
American composer John Cage was arguably the most prolific composer of prepared-piano music and is…
Compact Discs as Expanded Instruments: Pioneers of Hacked CD Sound Art
History and Context of the CD The Compact Disc (CD) was introduced into commercial ubiquity…
Sampling as Instrumentation: How Recorded Noise Found Its Way into Music
When we turn on the radio to any pop station, we hear sampling. When we…
Pauline Oliveros Made Me a Better Listener
We know more about hearing than listening. Sound is sound, and all sound can be…
Elliott Sharp’s Essential Guide to Being Elliott Sharp
By Elliott Sharp Editor’s note: For many years, I’ve been challenged and inspired by the…
Four Musicians Who Are Reinventing the Piano
We at Soundfly love the piano. In many ways, it’s the Mother of Modern Instruments,…