Notes and essays by Sam Blumberg.https://sam-blumberg.com/https://sam-blumberg.com/articles/https://sam-blumberg.com/articles/On choosing proficiency over passion — and why protecting what you love might mean never asking it to pay your rent.Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://sam-blumberg.com/articles/https://sam-blumberg.com/articles/Perfect Pitch is one of music's most envied abilities — and one of its most misunderstood. On the science of how Absolute Pitch develops, why tonal languages and early training matter, and what happens when it starts to fade.Fri, 06 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://sam-blumberg.com/articles/https://sam-blumberg.com/articles/For decades, artists and engineers crushed the life out of recordings in a race to be the loudest — until streaming quietly changed the rules. Inside the rise, fallout, and slow surrender of the Loudness Wars.Fri, 28 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT