The Library of Congress National Jukebox is a treasury that I would like to share with you all. These pre-1925 acoustic sound recordings are a free resource. Most of them are owned by Sony Music Entertainment and the Library of Congress has a gratis license to stream them. On the website you can create and share your own playlists. Not only is there music, but there are comedy acts, yodeling and the spoken word.

Here is the coolest part– to make these recordings, “instrumentalists, singers, and speakers performed in front of a flared metal horn which gathered and funneled sound waves toward a thin diaphragm at the small end of the horn. The energy of the sound waves caused the diaphragm to vibrate. The vibrating diaphragm caused an attached stylus to etch the sound waves onto a blank wax rotating cylinder or disc. The artist manipulated the voice and stance before the horn, moving away from the horn for louder and higher notes to prevent distortion, and moving toward the horn to prevent under-recording soft sounds.” They changed the horn length, diaphragm thickness, or the hardness of the wax to manipulate the recording even more. Since this process could capture only a limited range of audio frequencies–approximately 100 to 2500 Hz–the banjo, xylophone, trumpet, trombone, tenor, and baritone voices were the easiest to reproduce and became the predominant sound of the roaring twenties music.

P.S. I have attached some recordings to your signs which may or may not relate to your tarotcast, but they are fun. Thanks for all the feedback last week. Remember, when signs have * it’s a big week for you.

Aries – Seven of Wands – The Seven of Wands’ challenge is to keep focus on what is important in your life. This week you will be distracted by your environment and other people’s agendas. To combat this, you will need to choose wisely what you intend to focus on. Make sure when you choose what to do that it fits either with your integrity and/or your goals. http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/10038

Taurus – Queen of Cups – The Lady of the Cups is here to help you use your imagination and joyfulness to put some fun into the next seven days. As in all court cards, she asks that you look at the people that surround you and invite the ones who bring love and joy into your life. Also, if you can go to some body of water this week, you will find some information waiting there for you. http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/10087
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