A music professor breaks down the theory behind Paul McCartney's Wonderful Christmastime

On the one hand, Forbes reported that as of 2010, the song was making Sir Paul between $400,000 and $600,000 per year. On the ...
TechCrunch

AWS launches new Nova AI models and a service that gives customers more control

Amazon Web Services is rolling out a slate of new homegrown AI models and a service for enterprise customers to build their own custom versions. The cloud provider launched Nova 2, a fleet of four new ...
Time

Music: Bossa Nova

Nobody is sure just what it is, or even what its name implies: according to various experts, the Portuguese slang expression bossa nova can mean “the latest thing” or “the new beat” or “the new ...
Android Authority

Nova Launcher is shutting down, and Android fans are heartbroken

Nova Launcher, one of Android’s best customization tools, is shutting down for good. Founder Kevin Barry made the announcement over the weekend, confirming that he’s leaving the company that owns Nova ...
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Bossa Nova Piano Tutorial Part 1 – Rhythms and Feel

In this first part of the Bossa Nova piano series, we dive into the rhythmic foundation that defines the style. Drawing from João Gilberto’s iconic guitar patterns, we translate those rhythms to the ...
Tampa Bay Times

New bar and restaurant brings Brazilian food and music to Pinellas Park

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Monocle

In Brazil’s agricultural boom towns, ‘sertanejo’ now trumps bossa nova

Think of Brazil and Rio de Janeiro will likely spring to mind: the golden-sand beaches, the mountainous backdrop, the gentle yearning of bossa nova or samba’s lively percussion echoing in the distance ...
Gigwise

Rises The Moon Lyrics by Liana Flores

Liana Flores is a talented British-Brazilian singer, songwriter, and guitarist born on June 2, 1999, in Norwich, England. She initially gained recognition on YouTube under the moniker “Ukulili,” where ...
GamesIndustry

Bossa Games affected by unknown number of staff cuts

Bossa Games has been affected by another round of layoffs, with an unknown number of staff affected. In a statement shared to LinkedIn, co-founder and co-CEO Henrique Olifiers said the studio had made ...
PC Gamer

Bossa says 'disruption' in the game industry 'is not a phase, it's a fundamental transformation' of how games will be made in the future as it lays off more employees

Bossa Games, the developer of Surgeon Simulator, I am Bread, and I am Fish, is laying off an undisclosed number of employees as it moves to "scale back" its development efforts in order to focus on ...
Jazz

The Birth of Bossa Nova

Brasil is a country full of music. Samba, which was strongly influenced by African music, originated in Rio de Janeiro about 100 years ago Bossa nova, the focus of this hour, is basically a fusing of ...