Music: LearnLicks, WholeNote and MXTabs

Still on the topic of music and composition, LearnLicks.com is a free community for musicians hosting thousands of educational music lessons. Alternately, Wholenote.com offers an awesome integrated MIDI-player environment to actually play through the tablature on the screen, and includes a nicely organised set of lessons for beginner through to ridiculous. For a good new tabs site, you may also be interested in mxtabs.net/.

Composition: Hyperscore (MIT)

I first encountered Hyperscore on one of the many fascinating TED.com video podcasts. It is a product of the MIT Media Lab and enables anyone irrespective of age, physical conditions or training to compose music in an intuitive and fun way. The software costs US$79 to download, but whether you actually buy it or not, it’s well worth simply checking the Website: http://www.hyperscore.com/. Alternately, you can take a quick look at the TED.com video: Releasing the music in your head (Tod Machover & Dan Ellsey)

Digital Love Song

This is so terribly funny for anyone who uses MSN, IM, Skype, or any other chat medium…All I can say is ROFL!

Music by Mood: Musicovery

Musicovery is a brilliant new way of visualizing musical genres and moods and listening to mind-map based collections of music to suit your taste at any one point in time. You can purchase music you like via iTunes, Amazon and eBay or simply listen to the flow of tracks as they move across the contextualized Web of moodological magic. Check it out and tell your friends to click http://musicovery.com/.