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Person sitting in living room watching a string quartet playing violins and cello in adjacent room

Listening

Listen beyond the track

Music changes when the room, the tools and the listeners do.

Look past the track. Radiant Music Culture examines the objects, habits and choices that shape how music travels from maker to listener.

Read the pieceThe Room Is an Instrument Too: Why Acoustics Change What We Hear7 min read

Five ways into music

The reading list

Vinyl, CD or Stream: What Each Format Actually OffersRecordingNov 1, 20266 min read

Before Recorded Sound: How Music Was Kept and SharedMusic HistoryOct 27, 20267 min read

The More Instruments, the Richer the Sound? Not NecessarilyMusic MakingOct 22, 20265 min read

A First Listening Session with One Instrument in FocusInstrumentsOct 19, 20266 min read

The Room Is an Instrument Too: Why Acoustics Change What We HearListeningNov 3, 20267 min read

Selected pieces

Person sitting at a wooden table watching a vinyl record play on a turntable in a cozy room

Vinyl, CD or Stream: What Each Format Actually Offers

Nov 1, 20266 min read

Two people playing violins indoors with sheet music and a hand writing notes, alongside scenes of traditional dancing and violin playing outdoors

Before Recorded Sound: How Music Was Kept and Shared

Oct 27, 20267 min read

Person sitting in a music studio with multiple instruments comparing dense and simplified sound wave patterns on two screens

The More Instruments, the Richer the Sound? Not Necessarily

Oct 22, 20265 min read