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museumofsound.bsky.social
We've added new, clearer descriptions of what happens when you visit us in-person to our museum's website:

museumofportablesound.com/visit-us-in-...

#websiteupdate #visitorexperience #exhibitiondesign #soundmuseum #listeningtomuseums #museums #soundstudies #museology #curation
October 23, 2026 at 5:24 PM
museumofsound.bsky.social
A Brief History of Sound Recording is written for humans, by a human. It's 100% HUMAN MADE.

When you buy this book, you support a human artist who made this by himself.

Get it at: museumofportablesound.com/briefhistory

#supportartists #humanmade #soundstudies #soundrecording
Front cover of the book A Brief History of Sound Recording: Fully Incomplete and Highly Biased: a very dark green background features line drawings of 20 different sound recording technologies like the phonoautograph, the first headphones, the compact cassette tape, a Zoom H2 digital recorder, the first iPod, etc. A large circular stamp in red appears in the upper right corner saying "Certified 100% Human Made". A subheadline reads "Absolutely NO Gen AI was used to research, write, or design this book". In a dark green box below that, in yellow type, it reads "When you buy this book, you support a HUMAN ARTIST who made it himself".
October 19, 2026 at 9:42 AM
museumofsound.bsky.social
Stop making sense: focus on sounds to help learn a language, study suggests

#language #linguistics #soundstudies

www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Stop making sense: focus on sounds to help learn a language, study suggests
Research shows that the best linguists process unfamiliar foreign speech sounds more like non-speech sounds
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2026 at 6:16 AM
museumofsound.bsky.social
On a Scale of Off-Brand Cassette Tapes, How are You Feeling Today?

#cassettes #cassetteculture #cassettetape #tape #tapes #onascaleof #soundmemes #portablesound #soundstudies #museumofportablesound
12 off-brand retro cassette tapes in a grid. The brand names include: Acme, Certron, Arcote, Jesko, Fliptape, Porst, Goldstar, Klaus, Dindy, "Rainbow", Tudor, and Zettler.
October 8, 2026 at 8:34 AM
museumofsound.bsky.social
45rpm record player spindle adapters (1960s, exact date unknown)

#recordplayer #45rpm #phonograph #spindle #adapter #portablesound #soundstudies
A grid of 45 black and white illustrations of various record spindle adapters to allow playback of 7-inch 45rpm single records with a much larger hole than LP records. They are mostly either tube-shaped or rectangular; a notch in their side allows the user to stack a number of 7-inch records on top of each other while one record plays, then the device would drop another record upon playback completion.
October 6, 2026 at 2:13 PM
museumofsound.bsky.social
Scientists at Stanford University Observe Sound Jumping Between Quantum States – swipe to learn more! (1/7)

#quantumphysics #soundstudies #quantumcomputing #phonons #scienceandtechnology
A group of scientists wearing glowing white goggles crouch together in front of a table to look at a JBL smart speaker. On the table are a bowl of pretzels, a well-used cigarette ashtray, a butane lighter, a pack of Camel cigarettes, and a laboratory notebook. In the background, we see they are working in a 1970s American Midwest rec room with wood panelling and walls covered in psychedelic black light posters.
October 5, 2026 at 7:02 AM
museumofsound.bsky.social
NEW today! Get 15% OFF the Print Edition of our acclaimed book "A BRIEF HISTORY OF SOUND RECORDING" when you use the code "SPOOKYBOOK15" at checkout here:

www.blurb.co.uk/b/12624087-a...

Sale starts TODAY thru Sunday, 4 Oct!
#soundstudies #soundrecording #briefhistory #soundinmuseums #bookstagram
October 2, 2026 at 2:49 PM
museumofsound.bsky.social
The world's first electric #megaphone was invented in Japan in 1954 by TOA Corporation.

#portablesound #amplification #japan #soundbeyondmusic #soundstudies
September 24, 2026 at 6:11 PM
museumofsound.bsky.social
Find out who we are, what we do + how to visit our museum in 2 minutes flat:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieUQ...

(You can also visit us online! Book visits NOW at museumofportablesound.com/visit)

#museum #soundmuseum #listening #soundstudies
What Is the Museum of Portable Sound?
YouTube video by Museum of Portable Sound
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September 23, 2026 at 9:48 AM
leuvenup.bsky.social
What does it mean to truly listen? In 📖 'And Another Thing I Heard', Esther Venrooij offers a rich map of the ways we engage with sound: how it reaches the body before the mind, how it reveals space, and how it carries meaning and memory.

Read the interview 👉 lup.be/2026/08/esth...

#SoundStudies
Quote graphic on a light grey background featuring the text: “Listening is not passive. It is something you can practice, something you can get better at, something that can change how you experience the world.” Below the quote, the attribution reads: “Esther Venrooij, author of And Another Thing I Heard.” A small portrait photograph appears beneath the attribution, showing a person wearing glasses outdoors with trees in the background. book cover And Another Thing I heard
August 28, 2026 at 1:34 PM
weslpress.bsky.social
Thembela Vokwana's review of The Land Is Sung appeared recently in the Journal of the International Library of African Music.

Check it out now at the #linkinbio

#ecomusicology #dance #soundstudies
A bright, technicolor background, tinted yellow, picturing a bright blue sky that fades from a deep, ocean blue at the top to a teal horizon. At the bottom is a flat field of yellow-green grass. In a yellow sans serif font is the text "I find this book user friendly at various levels of the tertiary education spectrum. Even non-specialists can have access to ideas and debates without much difficulty... The entanglement of sound studies, ecomusicology, musical performance and listening as constitutive of an all-inclusive ethnographic experience is relatively new to South African music research. I argue, it is through this interweaving of multiple disciplinary and theoretical trajectories that Pooley's text become more impactful." The words "—Thembela Vokwana, Journal of the International Library of African Music" are separated from the larger quote by a small sun graphic, with rays shooting from the middle circle.
August 19, 2026 at 4:52 PM
jtseay67.bsky.social
New here. Rebuilding a network is daunting, so I’m posting some hashtags to reach out. I am a recording engineer, scholar, and archivist.

#musicproduction #MusicProductionStudies #Sound #recording #soundstudies #archives #AVArchives #AVPreservation #AudioArchives #SoundRecording #SoundEngineer
November 5, 2023 at 8:10 PM
bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social
Craig Harris’ “The Last Waltz” tells the story of rock ‘n’ roll group, The Band, which includes unpublished interviews with bandmates, producers and others.

bit.ly/4nESDND (Available Oct. 2025 in the UK)

#booksky #musicsky #musicbooks #soundstudies @bloomsburymus.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
akstuhl.assemblag.es.ap.brid.gy
reviewed Neil Verma's Narrative Podcasting in an Age of Obsession, a really inventive and recursive trip into what it means to listen critically to podcasts https://doi.org/10.1080/19376529.2024.2425937 #soundstudies #commodon
December 11, 2024 at 8:56 PM
mattheword.bsky.social
Sound Recording in Post-War British Folk is out now with @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social: bit.ly/44k32Hc
Hear some of the tracks discussed in the book here: spoti.fi/42H90AU. Next stop the @iaspmofficial.bsky.social conference 'Recording Popular Music' in July!
#Musicology #FolkMusic #SoundStudies
Sound Recording in Post-War British Folk
Recording technologies shaped the sound and meaning of 20th-century folk music in Britain, constructing a sonic aesthetics of authenticity in an era of rapid te…
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May 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
laura-phd-salford.bsky.social
#SoundStudies #MusicAndAccessibility #InclusiveMusic #AudioResearch #SoundAndSociety #PhDResearch #LAURAHub #UniversityOfSalford #MediaCityUK #AcademicCommunity #InterdisciplinaryResearch #phdsky #musicscience #psychscisky #academicsky
July 31, 2026 at 1:06 PM
laura-phd-salford.bsky.social
#psychology #DeafAwareness #HearingLoss #SensoryExperience #soundsensitivity #SoundStudies #MusicAndAccessibility #InclusiveMusic #AudioResearch #SoundAndSociety #PhDResearch #LAURAHub #UniversityOfSalford
May 13, 2026 at 2:58 PM
laura-phd-salford.bsky.social
#SoundDiversity #Neurodivergent #HearingDifferences #InclusiveResearch
#AccessibilityInTheArts #psychology
#DeafAwareness #HearingLoss #SensoryExperience #soundsensitivity
#SoundStudies
April 28, 2026 at 2:55 PM
erwin-ott.web.app
8/10 Sound as paradigm: Ritter’s vibrations → Cox’s "sonic flux". Sound models process without fixing it in form. But does this risk replacing one metaphor (organism) with another (wave)? #SoundStudies #ProcessOntology
December 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
erwin-ott.web.app
1/10 What if the club isn’t just a space for music, but a philosophical lab? "Beat and Flux" explores how the machine-driven beat masks and reveals the infinite sonic flux of sound. #PhilSky #SoundStudies #PhilosophyOfMusic
(das.ubernerden.com/ott-beat-flu...)
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November 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
erwin-ott.web.app
9/10
Methodological ambiguity: Is this still aesthetics - or ontology? Theology? Ott’s essay oscillates between disciplines, showing how sound transcends their boundaries.
#Interdisciplinarity #Philosophy #SoundStudies
October 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
dominikhhh.bsky.social
Starting now at #WCEH2024: "The sound of nature: soundscapes and environmental awareness."
In case any #envhum people (or anyone really) consider #sound & #museums, we'd love to hear from you & hopefully meet you at our workshop in December in Hamburg. See the cfp below. #envhist #soundstudies 📗
dominikhhh.bsky.social Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · Jul 19
How does that #sound (in a #museum)?
Please join us in Hamburg in December 2024 for a conference on how sound is used, produced, exhibited, explored & experienced in museums. The event is part of @valuepast.bsky.social & organized by the German Port Museum & the German Maritime Museum & partners.
hsozkult.bsky.social H-Soz-Kult @hsozkult.bsky.social · Jul 11
CFP: Exhibting the Sound of History: Practice and Theory of Acoustic Historical Research and Communication

http://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-145332

Hamburg, 09.12.2024-10.12.2024, Deutsches Hafenmuseum; Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum;Deutsches Museum; Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien; …
August 22, 2024 at 11:26 AM
jwluther.bsky.social
I'm new here. #comprhet #writingstudies #zines #DIYculture #soundstudies #vinyl #BillsMafia
November 18, 2024 at 8:18 PM
anjakreysing.bsky.social
nourishing lecture - Esther Venrooij „sounding things out“ - a journey through music and Sound Art. Onomatopee 109.3, 2020
I appreciate and Highlight recommend E. Venrooij‘s fresh and individual approach and deep insights into the intersection between #music and #soundarts 🔥🔥🔥 #summer #soundstudies
June 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
ludomusicology.bsky.social
CfP: #Ludo2026 will take place 6 – 8 August, 2026, at Edge Hill University. The 15th anniversary conference theme is ‘Pushing limits and crossing borders’.
Please find all info here: www.ludomusicology.org/2025/11/16/l...

#ludomusicology #gamestudies #gamesound #gameaudio #vgm #music #soundstudies
November 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM