Conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim is to launch a campaign against Muzak - the background music which for many has become the inescapable soundtrack to daily life Reith Lectures 2006 - In the Beginning was Sound is abn extroidinarilly charged vision for music as a critical part of our life rather than as currently true, classical music is an ornament for those that can afford it - Listen to lecture 2 particuarly, bravo Daniel Barenboim!!!!! Cheers, Garth

This new interface TENORI-ON

was demonstrated at NIME06 in Paris this year - it looked like a lot of fun especially for those wanting to make pattern, sequenced or loop based music. Cheers, Garth

An interesting approach to amplification and sound re-enforcementHemisphere Point-source Emanation Loudspeaker

Loud speakers like this have been being used for some time by performers such as Curtis Bahn and Dan Trueman also some more info on sensor-array speakers

Curtis Bahn uses speakers like these in his R!g performance setup

Cheers

Garth