The Stern-Gerlach Experiment MisunderstoodTwo guys — Stern and Gerlach — did an experiment in 1922. They wanted to measure magnetism caused by electron orbits. At the time, they didn’t know about particles having angular momentum due to spin. So — as explained by [The Science Asylum] in the video below — they clearly showed quantum spin, they just didn’t know it and Physics didn’t catch on for many years.
The experiment was fairly simple. They heated a piece of silver foil to cause atoms to stream out through a tiny pinhole. The choice of silver was because it was a simple material that had a single electron in its outer shell. An external magnet then pulls silver atoms into a different position before it hits some film and that position depends on its magnetic field.
If electrons randomly flew around the nucleus like a cloud, you’d expect a cloudy line on the film. If the electrons had a fixed number of possible electron orbits, the film would show a series of points. In the end, the result was a big surprise — it was neither of the expected patterns. Instead, they got something shaped like the outline of some lips.
They realized that the horizontal deflection occurred even without the magnet, so what looked like two lines were really two points, and that implies that the electrons must be in one of two positions. However, the truth is more complicated.
In fact, Schrödinger’s equations appeared later and shed more light on how the electrons could orbit. It also seemed to imply that the earlier experiment should have been a single spot on the film. The answer turned out to be quantum spin.
According to the video, this was a lucky mistake. The experiment was perfect for measuring quantum spin, but it was unlikely that anyone would have thought to perform it for that purpose. By trying to prove one thing, they had actually proved another thing that no one understood yet. Science is strange and wonderful.
Spin is a big deal in many quantum computers. If you need a refresher on electron orbitals, it is a topic we cover periodically.

Andrea Bocelli at the Kia ForumThe great tenor Andrea Bocelli performed at the KIA Forum in Inglewood, CA. Sunday night (12/8) along with his wife Veronica Berti, daughter Virginia, wife and a few very special guest performers. This was a show of not only Bocelli’s incredible music, but also a few Christmas classics, legendary opera compositions, and covers. In the entire 20th and 21st century, few singers have been globally known like Bocelli. Bocelli, now 66, still has a perfect voice. Earlier this year, Bocelli celebrated his 30 years in music with an all star celebration including Ed Sheeran, David Foster, Christian Nodal, Brian May, Lang Lang, Jon Batiste, and many more.  Bocelli is known as one of the greatest singers globally of any genre, however he’s quite a comedian as well, always making the audience laugh. 

Bocelli has been awarded a Guinness World Record for his album Sacred Arias for simultaneously holding the top three spots on the U.S. Classical Albums chart, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and is a seven time World Music Award winner. Outside of music Bocelli has earned a law degree. Bocelli can sing in English, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin. Bocelli also had the best selling Classical album by a solo artist of all time with Sacred Arias. In 2020 Bocelli released his latest album Believe including covers of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” and “Amazing Grace,” with Allison Krauss.

This 2+ hour show featured Bocelli with a full orchestra and choir totalling around 80 members. The show began with the classic “La donna e mobile” (Giuseppe Verdi) a song everyone knows and was famously performed by Luciano Pavoratti in he 1987 film adaption of Rigoletto and parodied by Adam Sandler as Opera Man in Saturday Night Live. The Christmas classics came during the second of the show starting with “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” and later “Silver Bells” and “Silent Night.” Bocelli regulars Pia Toscano and Zucchero both performed as well as Il Volo, Edward Parks, Cadie J. Bryan, legendary producer David Foster whose recent 75th birthday celebration at the Hollywood Bowl included Bocelli, Toscano, and Jennifer Hudson who was a guest as well for this Bocelli show.  If there was one song that left the audience in tears it was the incredible “Time To Say Goodbye (Con Te Partiro).” This was the second to last song and Bocelli’s most famous one. This was followed by none other than the grand finale, “Nessun Dorna” from Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot which Luciano Pavarotti sang at the 1990 FIFA World Cup bringing it to a global audience, and has been covered numerous times including versions by Jeff Beck, Chris Botti, Jennifer Hudson and is part of Billy Joel’s shows before “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant.”If there is any artist to see today that’ll blow anyone away, it’s Andrea Bocelli. The show left the crowd in awe and stunned.The post Andrea Bocelli at the Kia Forum first appeared on Music Connection Magazine.

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From the United States vs. TikTok to Sony pulling its catalog from Boomplay… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThe biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
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Live Music Society shares impact of $1M in funding for small venuesThe Live Music Society awarded $1 million in Music In Actions Grants to 58 small US music venues in 2024. As they prepare to open a new round of Music in Action grant applications, the non-profit shared some of the most transformative and impactful projects that this year's grants made possible.
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Most popular SiriusXM channels and how to submit musicThis week SiriusXM decided to buck industry trends, pull back on streaming and concentrate on in-car satellite broadcasting. So this Hypebot Flashback Friday resurfaces a perennially popular post sharing the most popular SiriusXM channels and how to submit music.
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Tracklib launches desktop app so you can browse, preview, drag and drop samples straight into your DAWMusic licensing platform Tracklib has launched a brand new desktop app, making it easier to find and drop sample tracks right into your DAW.
The app is still in its Beta phase (so it’s still in active development), but it already gives users instant access to its library of over 100,000 tracks and samples. Tracklib says that “every bit” of metadata, beat markers, tempo alignment, and administrative detail is handled automatically.

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Tracklib’s library hosts a vast range of original songs and royalty-free sounds. Via the app, you can explore and sync sounds, curate favourites, and also create custom loops and adjust pitch, as well as simply dragging and dropping samples into your DAW projects. To access the app,  login to your Tracklib account to get started. For those who aren’t a Tracklib subscriber, you’ll need to first register an account and start a trial to get access.
“Removing boring barriers in music creation is our life mission,” comments Andreas Ahlenius, CEO of Tracklib. “The new desktop app is a game-changer. It enhances how producers interact with our great library and significantly improves their workflow.”
Chairman Andreas Liffgarden adds: “The desktop app marks a major milestone in how producers interact with Tracklib’s platform. We’re just getting started – many more exciting developments are planned for the coming year.”

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Earlier this year, Tracklib unveiled Sounds, a new feature allowing producers to access a range of authentically recorded, royalty-free loops and one-shots. Sounds complements Tracklib’s existing library of song samples, further offering everything from the slaps of a 808 drum machine to the vocals of an obscure 70s track, all within one subscription.
Head over to Tracklib to find out more and download the app now.
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US government asks court to reject TikTok’s motion to delay law that could see its app banned in the marketTikTok and parent company ByteDance filed an emergency motion asking for a temporary injunction to delay the law
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LANDR & Warner Chappell Production Music launch HOT MIC library LANDR have announced the launch of HOT MIC, a new and exclusive sample label created in partnership with Warner Chappell Production Music (WCPM).

“I can make better music than people pushing buttons” Beyoncé producer Raphael Saadiq says only “people who can’t play an instrument” depend on loopsBeyoncé producer and multi-instrumentalist Raphael Saadiq says he’ll never use a bassline from “any digital domain”, arguing that only “people who can’t play an instrument” depend on loops from DAWs.
Saadiq makes the comment in the latest issue of Music Business Worldwide’s ‘World’s Greatest Producers’ series, where he discusses his creative philosophy and the reason he prefers making music “the authentic way”.

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“People like pushing buttons because it’s faster and easier for them,” says Saadiq. “But I can make better music than people pushing buttons, fast.”
“People who can’t play an instrument, or can’t come up with a certain line or a melody, depend on loops and take basslines from Ableton [Live] or Logic [Pro]. I will never take a bassline from any digital domain in my life! That will never happen.”
While the producer is open to drum loops, “even 99% of those, I’ll play it faster than I can find it, and I can find the best drummer who can play better than me,” he says. “I’d just rather do what the authentic sound is; it breathes more, it has that sensibility. And, if everybody’s doing something, I want to be the one person that doesn’t do it.”
With how musicality is “getting lost in the business”, he says, those who have it will stand out instead.
“It’s like driving a Tesla versus driving a Porsche that takes gas,” Saadiq muses. “I’d rather drive a Porsche, but there are a lot of Teslas out there.”
Elsewhere in the chat, Saadiq — who worked on three tracks from Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter album — also shares his thoughts on the rise of AI and its potential effects on producers and songwriters.
“I’m not nervous about it,” he says. “There are people doing some amazing things with AI. I’m not against it, but I don’t want to use it. I’d rather just figure it out the way I’ve been figuring it out.”
“I love the technology, it’s amazing. But I don’t think it’s going to write Let It Be. It’s not going to write Try A Little Tenderness. So, knowing that it’s not going to do that, I know I can’t get the best out of me if I’m using AI.”
In August, producer Afrojack also shared his “disappointment” in artists using samples from services such as Splice. Speaking directly about the track ten by British superstar Fred Again.., he said: “It’s based off three Splice samples. To me, that was disappointing when I found out. ‘Oh my god, that’s four Splice sample loops on top of each other!’ I love Fred again.., and he’s super talented, but when I found out that was a sample…”
MusicTech writer Sam Roche defended the use of sample packs in an opinion piece titled Sample libraries are here to stay – so why do some producers still find their use illegitimate? In the piece, Splice’s Kenny Ochoa asked, “There will always be producers with more technical skill than others, but why would anyone gate-keep creativity?”
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Drill producer EMRLD BEATS under fire for hating on boom-bap: “If you sampling a soul record, get that bullshit outta here”Drill producer EMRLD BEATS has ended up in the line of online fire for his thoughts on producers in the boom bap scene.
In a video posted at the end of November, the producer — who produced a track for Digga D on the extended version of his chart-topping 2022 mixtape, Noughty by Nature — is asked in an interview for On The Radar which genre he believes is overrated.
“If you sampling a soul record, get that bullshit outta here,” he says. “No one trying to hear that. I hate soul, anything, boom bap. Yeah, get that unc [uncle] shit out of there bro. I don’t like any of that music.”
The clip’s since gone viral and EMRLD’s hot take has got people talking. Even popular music critic Anthony Fantano has weighed in, on a video titled ‘Huge Idiot’, suggesting the controversy and the origin of his viewpoints point towards wider issues in the hip-hop world.

 
“There’s nothing wrong in terms of gravitating towards a specific direction into the kind of music you want to hear and the music you want to make,” begins Fantano in his response. “There’s plenty of different classic amazing styles of hip-hop that are not soul sampling records, that are not boom bap.”
Fantano believes the video relates to myriad issues in hip-hop, from the genre’s commodification to its racial politics.

blatant disrespect of our shit. ya hate the soul shit cuz you ain't got none Mark
"get that unc shit outta here" ok bro pic.twitter.com/4FYdddhidD
— genius (@juneayth) December 8, 2024

“This guy is young, he is white, he’s obviously quite oblivious when it comes to the broader world of hip-hop music and he’s obviously making a living in a genre he is openly disrespecting,” he says.
“What sort of irks me or worries me is… I don’t think this guy becomes a professional producer and boom bap hater in a vacuum. This doesn’t happen without hip-hop being commodified and stripped down to its most salacious and marketable characteristics. Meanwhile, the message and aesthetics of its past are just totally being thrown out.”

Fantano theorises that EMRLD would have picked up on this sentiment voiced by other producers of his age. “Of course [he] holds this opinion because this opinion is essentially the water he’s swimming in.”
He adds: “It’s become increasingly clear that there are certain genres of rap music today where white people seemingly are totally freely allowed to move about and operate without being confronted with their whiteness, even the concept of black struggle at all. While it is true there’s a lot to know about drill music and the culture that surrounds it much of the content is removed from any systematic and historical context that might explain it and the way it’s presented on the internet doesn’t exactly push listeners to do their own digging.”
MusicTech has reached out to EMRLD Beats via UNKWN Music Group for comment.
Later in the On The Radar video, EMRLD breaks down the beat he made for NLE Choppa & 41’s Or What, showing how he uses plugins such as Nexus 4, Roland’s SRX Keyboards, FabFilter Pro-Q 3 and how he chops up samples.
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