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If you take a look at the evolution of electronic music, it’s becoming increasingly clear that rhythm plays a massive role. In some cases more so than melody!

But what causes us to be so obsessed with big beats? So seduced by some sweet syncopation? Quite simply – why do we got rhythm?

Let’s find out…

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Have you ever seen someone wearing a painfully coloured T-shirt and thought to yourself; “Man, that’s a loud shade of green!”?

Well, if that person suffers from synaesthesia, they might be thinking “Man, that’s a green shade of loud!”

Synaesthesia is when stimulation of one sense involuntarily stimulates another sense.   In this article I’ll be talking about musical synaesthesia – when hearing music can make you see colours.

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Looks like Google are recognising music as one of the most important things to people these days!

They say 2 of the top 10 searched words since 2004 are music related – “Lyrics” and presumably “myspace” .   Read more about this on their blog

Here at BoyinaBand it’s not all about making music – sometimes it’s about expressing how you feel about it.

People express their opinion in different forms. I’d say about 90% in the form of insulting YouTube comments, but a more creative expression is in the form of dance.

It’s always fascinated me to see what styles of dance people have created to go with which styles of music – so here’s the top 10 dance styles ever for electronic music along with their respective genres and some sweet videos to show off the best they have to offer…

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Super Smash Bros Brawl arrived on my doorstep two days ago and I am half way to having RSI.

I don’t regret it though – it’s an incredible game.   The 2 years of having it pre-ordered seem worthwhile.   And I finally settled the age-old dispute of Sonic vs. Mario Read the rest of this entry »