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Finn Upham @finneco.bsky.social · Jul 11

I've had a few people mention The So Strangely podcast to me this conference season. Maybe its time to bring it back!

Finn Upham @finneco.bsky.social · Jun 26

Again enjoying following research on music as part of culture and society in a contrast to my usual focus on music as physical phenomenon investigated through music cognition, music technology, and performance-oriented musicology. Our work shouldn't be so separated
ccrs.ku.dk/research/asi...

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Finn Upham @finneco.bsky.social · Jun 19

Midsommer, Jyväskylä, 2025

A foreground of daisies and overhanging cedar in front a staircase railing with pink purple and blue graffiti on the concrete side of an overpass bridge.

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Finn Upham @finneco.bsky.social · Jun 19

Lovely discussions all through #RPPW20! Sorry to see it end. More about breathing and action coordination to come!

RPPW20 @rppw.bsky.social · Jun 17

Social and Interpersonal Rhythm session continues with @finneco.bsky.social from @unioslo-ritmo.bsky.social #RPPW20

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Finn Upham @finneco.bsky.social · May 29

perfection 😂

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · Feb 3

BREAKING: Trans Kids Deserve Better are currently holding a demo outside the United States Embassy in protest of trans rights

They're making friendship bracelets

Protesters sat down outside the embassy with trans flags making bracelets

The signs behind them reading (left to right)
"Threads of solidarity" "We Love Our Trans Siblings" "trans kids deserve better" "trans kids deserve better, we are not pawns for you politics"

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WIRED @wired.com · Feb 3

NEW: WIRED confirmed various automated efforts to remove pronouns from both email and Slack at USAID, the EPA, the GSA, and more.

Pronouns Are Being Forcibly Removed From Government Email Signatures

WIRED confirmed various automated efforts to remove pronouns from both email and Slack at USAID, the EPA, the GSA, and more.

www.wired.com

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Feb 3

Any countries whose scientific research funding bodies are NOT currently under siege by their own national leadership would do very well announcing investments in bringing in foreign research talent right now

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Caroline (she/her) 🌈 @cerinaldy.bsky.social · Jan 31

Things to keep close to keep yourself afloat. 20 things to counter fascism, from Jewish anarchists. Includes a zine pdf if you wish to disseminate in printed form. itsgoingdown.org/dont-just-do...

Don’t Just Do Nothing: 20 Things You Can Do to Counter Fascism

Jewish anarchists weigh-in on how people can organize and act in the changing terrain. For a zine PDF, go here. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it. ...

itsgoingdown.org

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · Dec 29

I never got to meet Jimmy Carter, but I worked on several projects that involved him and music in both popular and classical and just nothing but respect.

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Finn Upham @finneco.bsky.social · Dec 12

Scrunching up To Do postits is satisfying but they look so much smaller than the waiting tasks

photo of five yellow postit notes on a desk surface with a task on each, and three scrunched up postits of completed tasks in the foreground

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Tech Won’t Save Us @techwontsave.us · Dec 9

💥 THE BATTLE BEGINS 💥

The tech industry has had quite a year with its billionaires revealing who they really are for all to see. Who will be the WORST PERSON IN TECH?

🗳️ Voting is now open: forms.gle/XYERvxNFTBV1...

Full bracket of 32 names for The Worst Person in Tech 2024

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · Dec 9

My daughter was one of almost 400 tuba players gathered at the Kauffman Center for A Tuba Christmas.

It was beautiful.

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Finn Upham @finneco.bsky.social · Dec 8

Nice to see replication in pedagogy!

Music Psychology Lab - Durham @musicpsychologylab.bsky.social · Dec 7

In our #musicscience module, 2nd & 3rd year undergrads are tasked with conducting replication studies of existing research. Their experiments often come with fascinating results!

Instead of waiting for musicscience.net/durms/, here are some highlights from their recent project presentations

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Finn Upham @finneco.bsky.social · Dec 7

wonder if this might be a good venue for some new work on laughter during participatory dance activities

Australian Music & Psychology Society (AMPS) @ausmuspsysoc.bsky.social · Dec 5

#MusicScience Conference Opportunity 🎶🧠

🎶 SIMM-posium #10 | Brussels, Belgium | 24th-26th November 2025

🎤 The 10th SIMM-posium: The role of the practice of music-making within social and community music projects and programmes. EOI by 31 January 2025.

🌐 www.simm-platform.eu/simmposia/si...

SIMM-posium #10: Brussels, Belgium (24-26.11.2025)

The 10th SIMM-posium will be hosted by the academic Chair Jonet of the University of Ghent, in a close collaboration with the international research platform SIMM (Social Impact of Music Making). Bui...

www.simm-platform.eu

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Finn Upham @finneco.bsky.social · Dec 5

Of course synthesizing the scatter is doable, and done. The realness of the musicians is more palpable through the arrangement. Like how you can tell when composers understand the physicality of the parts they write for voice, or winds, or strings. Mechanical smoothness is a limiting aesthetic.

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Finn Upham @finneco.bsky.social · Dec 5

I loved the RPWP album because the instrumentals feel more live, more haphazard, messily interactive. Even the claps are a bunch of people in a room instead of staggered layers of tracks. Kind of amazing how the difference is perceivable and enjoyable.

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Finn Upham @finneco.bsky.social · Dec 5

on my way home from RM's Wrong People Right Place, think about this KPop star learning about music built by/with live musicians after years of recording alone in a booth to a producer constructed track.

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Finn Upham @finneco.bsky.social · Dec 4

The interactive part was also good for building shared understanding with visitors who hadn't considered these aspects of how audiences act "together".

Finn Upham @finneco.bsky.social · Dec 4

i need to rework that exposure dimension. Its trying to capture both the amount of people affected by one audience members actions and the medium of transmission.

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Finn Upham @finneco.bsky.social · Dec 4

The result of crowd sourcing the exposure and simultaneity of various audience behaviours via analogue interactive plots at the RITMO Largo poster session yesterday.