music censorship

  • The Sound of Vuvuzelas

    “I hate it when I go to a vuvuzela concert and then people start playing football!  It’s so annoying!” – YouTube viewer In last month’s Wire magazine, Marcus Boon wrote a thoughtful end piece on the phenomenon of vuvuzelas at last summer’s World Cup in South Africa.  If you remember, vuvuzelas are those small plastic Continue reading

  • Freemuse

    In a post on the Freesounds website a few days ago I noted how easy it is for sounds to go free: how anyone can upload or download sound samples to and from this website and use them in their work.  But while sounds may go free, in many parts of the world the people Continue reading