Music Was Better in the Sixties, Man After analyzing data on the diversity of notes and timbres in music from the 1960’s to today (part of the Million Song Dataset), Spanish scientists show that music has gotten more homogenous in the past few decades.  So, maybe not better, but same-er. (↬ Cosmic Variance)
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Music Was Better in the Sixties, Man

After analyzing data on the diversity of notes and timbres in music from the 1960’s to today (part of the Million Song Dataset), Spanish scientists show that music has gotten more homogenous in the past few decades. 

So, maybe not better, but same-er.

(↬ Cosmic Variance)

Source: blogs.discovermagazine.com

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