Good rundown of the issues at play in the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) lawsuits against AI music companies Udio and Suno theverge.com/24186085/riaa-…

Excited to see Sounding Human on this list!

I talked to Northeastern Global News about designing the course “40,000 Years of Music Technology,” and am so happy about how it’s flourished with James Gutierrez, PhD teaching it!

Check it out (Dave Alff)

It’s UChicagoPress ebook sale week! Sounding Human (and many more) ebooks are under $10 with promo code EBOOK75 press.uchicago.edu/index.html

A worthy experiment and reason for optimism

Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments

New to the Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments, Jonathan Ulman’s marvelous snare drums reimagined. And coming soon: The Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments, the book! By yours truly and Thomas Patteson, from Reaktion Books in 2026 imaginaryinstruments.org/snare-drums-re…

CFP: Music and Machines - come talk about how new technologies and computational thinking have and are reshaping musical creation, performance and listening! Conference at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in December, proposals due June 30, 2025 journal.chigiana.org/call-chigiana-…

Our book is in copyedits with Reaktion Books! Coming 2026

Music and Machines CFP reminder, deadline soon! #musictechnology #musicology

“The resulting violin is a microscopic image rather than a playable tiny instrument—you can't even see it without a microscope—but it's still an impressive achievement that demonstrates the capabilities of the lab's new nano lithography system.”

Behold: The Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments book cover! If you like our online museum imaginaryinstruments.org you’ll love this book, out in April in the UK and July in the US. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book… Reaktion Books

“Bone Flute to Autotune: 40,000 Years of Music Technology” is soon to be a book. If you or someone you know would have occasion to test drive a chapter, please get in touch

Delighted to see a new review Sounding Human: Music and Machines, 1740/2020 in Musicology Australia! With thanks to Adam Hulbert for reviewing it so thoughtfully tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

I will have to read this book, the description really resonates

#AMS2025 may be ending, but our virtual exhibit is still open! Browse our virtual exhibit and get 30% off & free domestic shipping using code EX58132: buff.ly/ifugGNx

A short note about the upcoming Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments book (Reaktion Books UChicagoPress) spookyandthemetronome.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/upc…

That AI country song topped Billboard Country Digital Song Sales Chart but “as any music listener can tell you, there aren't many people buying digital copies of singles anymore. Over on Spotify's Country Top 50 chart, Breaking Rust is nowhere to be found" mashable.com/article/ai-cou…