Hot Friday Linkage
From the “oh yeah, I remember kinda reading about that once” department comes the sordid copyright history of Happy Birthday. Watch your back if you sing it in a restaurant without ASCAP approval, or the lawyers might come for you in the middle of the night.
Researchers have unveiled the earliest known computer-generated music. It actually sounds like a halfway decent attempt at synthesized sound (at least by 1950’s standards) rather than the rather expected beeps and squawks.
The fall in the number of CD sales is not compensated for by an equally large rise in digital sales. Surprise surprise.
… and with that, I’m off to take a shower. Not only did I spend the entire day machining stuff and hence getting bits of aluminum and coatings of machining oil all over myself, but I also spent the last couple of hours playing with my friends’ fresh new Beagle puppy. Washing is thus rather required.
