A music notation is an almost impossibly complicated bit of drawing. Calling it a map or a diagram does not quite do the trick. Its lines encode mechanisms for the planning, composition, analysis, ...

Devendra Banhart, “Sphinx Interior” (2014), ink on paper (all images courtesy Prestel Publishing) Since 2002, Devendra Banhart has released eight studio albums in addition to a number of EPs and ...

Who could imagine you could draw musical instruments on normal paper with any pencil and then play them with your finger? It is an electronic pencil that lets you make music while you draw. Their ...

The Siren’s Whale: Icelandic boundary-nudger brings her genius to bear on art-film soundtrack Björk doesn’t get off on being regarded as pop music’s eccentric aunt. Or, in the minds of her ...

What does the letter "e" sound like as it's being written down? Capital "A?" The word "steak?" Experimental musician Leah Reid creates new music with the sounds of writing different letters and words.

Indie game developer and publisher Kesha Games revealed their latest title, Beat Brush: Draw Music, set to be released on PC via Steam. This is a cozy title that feels more like an art project than a ...

In most households, there’s a familiar scene, a child tapping a pencil on the desk, humming while solving math, or scribbling cartoons during a break from homework. For years, these small habits were ...