Music Technology

• Alan Cross has seen the future of music and says it’s all about ‘Web3’ and the metaverse

  Don't let that headline make you want to click away to something else. If you're a music fan, this is what you're going to be dealing with very, very soon.

  Entertainment

  Oct 2, 2022
  
• Happy 40th birthday, compact disc!

  It was forty years ago this month that the first compact disc emerged from a factory in Germany. The format eventually changed the industry, but not without a fight.

  Entertainment

  Aug 21, 2022
  
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• Alan Cross: 40 years ago the Sony Walkman appeared, and music hasn’t been the same since

  The practice of sealing ourselves off from the world with music pumping through headphones began 40 years ago this week.

  Commentary

  Jun 30, 2019
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• How our music is shaped by technology, part 2: Alan Cross

  Music and technology have been tied together for centuries, but some new developments have altered music in unexpected ways, not all of them good.

  Commentary

  Jun 2, 2019
• How our music is shaped by technology, part 1: Alan Cross

  Since the dawn of the recorded music industry, technology has shaped the very nature of music.

  Commentary

  May 26, 2019