Well… this is coming in about 18 days late!
Nevertheless, I thought it might be interesting to do a big round-up of the most popular music posts on Sophistefunk for the entirety of 2012.
Considering over 1,000,000 people visited Sophistefunk this year (according to Google Analytics), there were a lot of popular posts to choose from, but I narrowed it down to the 20 most viewed.
Let’s dig in!
All of my regular readers know that from time to time, I’ll go off the beaten music blog track and get into some deeper topics surrounding music.
Formerly I’ve written about:
Bottom line: I like to mix it up from time to time, and today I’m happy to showcase this amazing video on the Scientific Power of Music from my buddy Mitchell Moffet of the ASAPscience YouTube channel.
If you’ve been a fan of any of the previous articles that branch out into the deeper issues in music, you’re going to like this video, I guarantee it (read that in the Men’s Warehouse voice, lol).
I also recently did a video collaboration with the team on productivity, which you can see below.
It was my first video-related project ever, so hopefully it doesn’t suck!
It’s about 5 days old, and it’s already been featured on Gizmodo, Lifehacker, and Business Insider… nice!
Would you be interested in seeing more content like this, focused on music and the mind?
Let me know by leaving a comment.
Thanks!
–Greg
The following is an awesome… erm, “guest interview”? Yeah, we’ll go with that. The following is an awesome guest interview by my man Chase Sewell, who got a chance to interview Beats Antique and was kind enough to pass the final result over to Sophistefunk to publish (seriously man, you rock!)
Chase doesn’t have a site yet, but check back for more from him soon, he’s a fantastic writer and I hope to see more interviews from him in the future.
For now, enjoy this awesome first time guest contribution to Sophistefunk and show Beats Antique a little love!
In every genre of music, concerts typically play a huge role in fan enjoyment.
Not everyone is into concerts, but many are hooked, and today I’d like to look at the science behind why concerts are fun (and even give you reasons to justify going to them :)).
Specifically, we’ll be taking a look at why the research says concerts are a better purchasing decision than buying music.
As I did in my post on the psychology of music, we’re going to be dropping science like a kid from Catholic school, but don’t worry, I’ll break down each study into laymen’s terms and give you the “quick-and-easy” on why our brains love concerts.
Onward!
While technology has made accessing only the music you like far easier, the fact remains that humans seem to seek out music for nearly all of the same reasons.
Music grabs our emotions in a universal way that few other mediums can manage.
This isn’t just an opinion I feel inclined to wax poetic about either: In a study by Lonsdale and North (2010) in which the researchers gathered and analyzed the reasons for listening to music from a sample of young people, 6 universal functions of music were found.
In this post, I’m going to count down those functions as rated by the researchers in descending order.
Oh.
My.
God.
Excuse the pre-teen style formatting, but this is the cutest shit I’ve ever seen.
I’m not sure who’s idea it was to get a bunch of adorable British children to review a Skrillex track and give their honest thoughts, but I commend them.
Maybe it’s because I have a soft spot for kids because I’ve worked with them for years, but this video put a huge smile on my face.
Not really a fan of them eating candy made to look like they were taking pills, but hey, I’m a softie.
I think the drop is when you drop being sensible.
…Perfect.
Pin this thaaang on Pinterest!
Wanted to do something a little different today, so I put together a little quote post for all of you to enjoy/share.
This is one of my favorite quotes from Aldous Huxley, I believe it describes the way music is able to “speak” to us in those times where a song really leaves a lasting impact.
Hope you enjoy!
As you might have guessed, this one is getting filed under the “Thoughts” category, and it’s going to be an article of entirely my opinion, with no music.
If that didn’t scare you away, it might generate an interesting discussion between us, so let’s get started and I’ll see you down in the comments.
There’s really no reason for me to introduce this amazing interview, but it’s not like I can feature the whole thing on the homepage without a “Read more…” link, because it’s over 2000 words of awesome, so here it goes:
This interview…
Is awesome.
Well shit, that didn’t go so well.
Seriously though, if there is ever a single post on this site I don’t want you to miss, it’s this one.
So don’t miss it.
As I’ve mentioned before on the site, I wanted to write some longer articles from time to time where we can discuss some of the other aspects of electronic music, outside of the music itself.
Previously I’ve discussed whether or not a mainstream audience will ever accept music without lyrics and how this might play a role in the future of electronic music.
Today I want to talk about the “free music” business model that is practiced by many electronic artists, and I want YOUR opinion on whether or not you think this is a good business model for artists to follow, or whether it is done out of necessity. Continue Reading…
