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At the recent Rock Hall Teacher Institute, I highlighted a couple of
ideas to consider: popular music illustrates cultural pheomena,
cultural production, economics, intellectual property, and the science
of sound just for a few ideas.
Ark of Noise -- Baschet Brothers sculptures
http://www.ark.ie/archive/archive023.html
First Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2007/07-010.html
Music Genome Project
http://pandora.com/
Steve Jobs thoughts on music
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic/
Metacritic
http://www.metacritic.com/music/
Summer Teacher Institute
http://www.rockhall.com/teacher/summer-teacher-institute