As with a tape recorder, any sounds could be pre-recorded onto the Mellotron’s tapes and ‘played’, but it was the factory-loaded ‘orchestral’ sounds that the instrument became known for, and which ...
Duo, Duolingo’s owl mascot—a creature that grew so tired of reminding you to practice your French he caught an awful flu—will now be hounding you to get your damn hands on those piano keys ...
To mark the 150th anniversary of the maverick American composer’s birth, pianist Jeremy Denk releases an Ives tribute album that educates, delights and confounds.