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  • The New Radial Sound Wave: An Art Adventure

    The New Radial Sound Wave: An Art Adventure

    Introducing the Radial Sound Wave A circular version of the linear sound wave Take a good look at this picture of a radial sound wave and then close your eyes for a few moments. Did you see a luxurious art deco design from 1940’s french architecture? An orchestra building up to its crescendo? A simple…

  • Major Lazer’s “Lean On” – Spotify’s most streamed song ever

    Major Lazer’s “Lean On” – Spotify’s most streamed song ever

    Major Lazer at the top of Spotify’s Year in Music Every year Spotify releases their Year in Music which recaps the world’s most played artists, songs and albums of the year.  This year “Lean On” by Major Lazer, featuring MO and DJ Snake was not only the most streamed song of 2015, but the most streamed…

  • 9 Unique Gifts for Music Lovers

    9 Unique Gifts for Music Lovers

    Gifts for the Music Lover in Your Life We’ve put together a roundup of some of our favorite unique gifts for the music lover in your life. From cat headphones to musical wine glasses, you’re sure to find something for everyone. Wood Turntable by BDDW High-end design firm BDDW creates these custom turntables made on…

  • 8 Stunning Ways Artists Are Visualizing Sound

    8 Stunning Ways Artists Are Visualizing Sound

    We’re a little obsessed with Sound Vizualizations, and we think there are some other artists out there doing a pretty awesome job at it. Here’s a roundup of some of our favorites. Unique artists who are doing Sound Vizualizations

  • Every SoundViz Has a Story – Jenna Nienhius

    Every SoundViz Has a Story – Jenna Nienhius

    An American Girl’s Sound Wave Story We’d like to introduce Jenna Nienhius, the author of this week’s “Every SoundViz has a story.” Jenna has been a long time friend of Chelsea and I and we’re excited for her contribution to the SoundViz story! – Tyler

  • Pantone Spring 2016 Colors

    Pantone Spring 2016 Colors

    Hey, I’m Chelsea, one of the founders here at SoundViz. Like Tyler, I’ve maintained a long-term love affair with music and art. From making middle-school musical playlists for my friends, to designing color palettes for SoundViz, I’ve always been close to music.

  • The Story Behind SoundViz

    The Story Behind SoundViz

    The story of how SoundViz started How SoundViz went from a grainy line chart to a powerful tool for story telling. Lessons from Nanna I spent my childhood with my Nanna. She was an incredibly talented, successful painter and interior designer. She’d hijack me from my then single mother and take me down to Balboa…

  • A New SoundViz – The Radial Sound Wave

    Happy Tuesday. We hope you all had a great holiday weekend. We’ve been playing around with a new idea we’d like to share with you. The traditional SoundViz is a linear wave form. The x-axis (left to right) represents time while the y-axis (up and down) represents the loudness of your sound at a specific…

  • See you this weekend at Renegade

    See you this weekend at Renegade

    SoundViz at Renegade Craft Fair We’re excited to announce that we are going to be showcasing our soundwave art at the Renegade Craft Fair in San Francisco this weekend – and we’d love for you to stop by and say hi.

  • We’re International!

    We’re International!

    SoundViz ships internationally! When we started SoundViz, I’ll admit it – we were scared. Taking people’s money, printing and shipping things, all while keeping everyone happy was a daunting task. We wanted to keep things as simple as possible out of the gate, so we chose to only cover the United States. We didn’t know…

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