Music today bland, but louder - UPI.com

Study leader Joan Serra, a researcher at the Institute of Artificial Intelligence Research at the National Research Council, said a computer analysis was performed on songs from a public database of more than 1 million songs recorded from 1955 to 2010, produced by Columbia University. In the 1960s, there was more experimentation with chords, rhythm and instrumentation. However, the songs today are louder. Another trend is the gradual increase of the intrinsic volume recorded, Serra said. <br />http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2012/07/28/Music-today-bland-but-louder/UPI-50341343533572/?spt%3Dhs%26or%3Dsn