Music photographers talk about working with iconic musicians such as U2, Bob Marley, REM, Jimi Hendrix, and Marianne Faithfull, and the stories behind some of their favourite photos.
We arrived at their hotel and introduced our­selves. There was a bit of a nervous ­”atmosphere” – after all, this was the early days of two cultures [...]

The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) will take part in a special performance at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo, on Saturday 6 March, the Carnival of the Animals:
Crocodiles, lizards, dugongs, mosquitos, ducks, rabbits, wombats. Can you imagine what they’d sound like in music?

Even if we weren’t the least bit interested when younger, it seems we generally take to classical music as we get older. That’s certainly been the trend up until now, or until Generation X – those born between 1961 and 1981 – came along.
Recent research shows that Gen Xers are yet to “participate” in classical [...]

An infographic tracking the growing capacity of data and media storage devices from vinyl records, photo albums, and floppy discs, to iPods and hard drives.

Street piano near Wynyard station during the 2009 Sydney Festival.

A series of infographics, part of on-going series, titled Charting the Beatles by Michael Deal, which dissects various aspects of the band’s output, from the keys they composed in, levels of collaboration when writing music, to their working schedule.

At Kottke yesterday:
If Back to the Future were made today, Marty would have travelled back in time to 1980.

Strictly speaking yes, that is correct, as Back to the Future sees Marty McFly travel back in time 30 years, which would make his year of arrival 1980.
Would there any point in setting the movie in [...]

The-White-Tape-Project: art created using old music cassette casings as a canvas.
The audio tape dies. Every given day it wastes away, steadily hobbling towards the cemetery of long forgotten recording media. There it will search its appropriate place for eternal sleep. Perhaps next to the DAT, or its long-term companion, the great VHS tape. The [...]

Works by Elvis Presley, Beethoven, Bob Dylan, Gloria Gaynor, and of course the Beatles, are included in a list of 20 musical pieces that changed the world.

Australian artists Beastman, Phibs, Ben Frost, and Shannon Crees dabble in a little live painting to a musical beat during Project 5, which runs at Cockle Bay Wharf in downtown Sydney, in conjunction with aMBUSH Gallery, from today, 17 December through to Sunday afternoon.