Tuning in to the many relationships between innovation and music
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The Future of Music Is Not Male
Women are demanding respect, autonomy, and credit in an industry that has long rebuffed them.![](https://www.howwegettonext.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/14e49-1x8lahbnhjc1i86hcsokfyg.jpeg)
High Score: How Video Game Music Became the Soundtrack of a Generation
Game music has quietly infiltrated mainstream culture while retaining its unique appeal.![](https://www.howwegettonext.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/94f1c-1k0i3_i36u7ap6nhdnmarvw.gif)
The Rise and Fall of Unusual Instruments
Why did some of the 20th century’s most radically experimental instruments succeed–and others fail?![](https://www.howwegettonext.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/a77c4-1pda5m-3uddcylz6r1lemaa.png)
Steven Johnson: In Conversation With Brian Eno
“Cheating is actually all I ever do.”![](https://www.howwegettonext.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dfd0a-1qp1w9t1_zjdkjtya3jfckw.jpeg)
Musicians: The Robots Are Coming for Your Jobs
The question isn’t whether robots can do what humans do–it’s about what we value about creativity.![](https://www.howwegettonext.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/fa9f7-1y3xza7rcbpsroa9fqqzbta.jpeg)
Starting a Band in 2040
Forget jamming in a garage–when the next generation starts to make music, it’ll enter an upside-down industry.![](https://www.howwegettonext.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ad210-1vbngu2boptddf4xdp3yrzq.jpeg)
What Does Your Walk Sound Like?
If we can control music with location, why not with movement?![](https://www.howwegettonext.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/5920e-1qytzwfyi_oxgjckl24tswa.jpeg)
Bots Will Choose Your Music in 2030
The new ubiquity of streaming–from the cloud to your head.![](https://www.howwegettonext.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/636b7-1igcypgjwyn-bkfd823du5a.jpeg)
Future Nostalgia: What We’ll Miss When the Music Stops
From the crackle of vinyl to the clipped edges of MP3s, the ways we listen to music influence why we love it.![](https://www.howwegettonext.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/97c81-1upcfwl2640avh_mwu1dl6g.jpeg)
The History (and Future) of Live Music
From paleolithic flutes and church organs to wearables and virtual reality.![](https://www.howwegettonext.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/9d84c-1puxg9xf5syt_zzzsctwdfg.jpeg)
Putting Music on a Map
How about instead of a song playing out over time, it plays out over a space?![](https://www.howwegettonext.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/4a2f8-1btfdg0qv-zjdbxdee2ptdg.jpeg)
Five Pioneering Music Videos That You Need To Check Out
A look at some of the most inventive ways artists have combined sound and vision.![](https://www.howwegettonext.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/51a87-1-avhcsg72ecscxgg-azviq.jpeg)
The Future of Music: A Reading List
A crash course in the interplay between music and innovation.![](https://www.howwegettonext.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1c609-1wytyl-mxu1tnxmnzt0nrbq.jpeg)
We Made Some Rappers Collaborate With a Rap-Writing AI and Got a Glimpse of the Future of Pop Music
Can a computer truly ever replace human creativity in pop music?![](https://www.howwegettonext.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/17cde-1nemzxvovhpmo1cfsjic29w.jpeg)
Making Music Hackable Again
A musical instrument designed to be hacked and modified into something new and unexpected.![](https://www.howwegettonext.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/393ee-1w3_av9w16-ekknia1appnq.jpeg)
This Little Recording Studio in the Desert Connects People Across Continents
An international festival for the world’s longest-standing refugee camp.![](https://www.howwegettonext.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/29a27-1gsty5zv7flbdi37ttphj7a.jpeg)
Five Innovation Podcasts Worth Putting Into Your Ears
Want to know how innovations are changing the world?![](https://www.howwegettonext.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/10a90-1_oozo9outvtngbh6w7k6pa.jpeg)
Piano Strings Tickled with Electromagnets, Not Hammers
Creating a new tool for composers and performers.![](https://www.howwegettonext.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ec877-1ogd7jxr6rdzijsb4lbdj-g.jpeg)
The Drummer Helping Us to Understand Human/Robot Interactions
Mortimer isn’t just a music machine–he’s also a scientific instrument.![](https://www.howwegettonext.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1f9c4-1yw2jvz0inekgl_ilhjabua.jpeg)
Making Music From Bridges, Carrots, Guns, a Pig, and More
Most things can be an instrument, as long as you’re dedicated enough![](https://www.howwegettonext.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/62ec5-1lb2gicmf3pc60ku-6vtk-w.jpeg)