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Finn Upham

@finneco.bsky.social
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Music scientist, fan, dyslexic

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Finn Upham @finneco.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
What kind of coherence can we measure from audiences when there is actual coordinate behaviour being performed? With a new analysis strategy, I'm finding quite a lot.
bodies-and-music.leaflet.pub
Subset Coherence and Physiological synchrony with BTS
Coordinated Audience behaviour detection
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Finn Upham @finneco.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Sharing thoughts as I review papers on concert music
bodies-and-music.leaflet.pub
Research review: The influence of formats and preferences on the aesthetic experience of classical music concert streams
Public notes on concert research papers,
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Finn Upham @finneco.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
😅here's to discovering my public CV has been pointing to an email address I haven't had access to for the last three-ish years?
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Finn Upham @finneco.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
bodies-and-music.leaflet.pub
Blog plans
Sharing updates on data sets, methods, preliminary results and concert music research literature
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Finn Upham @finneco.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
I've had a few people mention The So Strangely podcast to me this conference season. Maybe its time to bring it back!
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Finn Upham @finneco.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
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...
ccrs.ku.dk
Final Conference of TEMPTING TUNES: Interfaces of Sound and Narrative in Korean Culture
 Two-day interdisciplinary conference exploring the rich intersections of sound and narrative in Korean cultural history. 
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Finn Upham @finneco.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
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 · 19/06/2025
Lovely discussions all through #RPPW20! Sorry to see it end. More about breathing and action coordination to come!
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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 03/02/2025
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 · 03/02/2025
NEW: WIRED confirmed various automated efforts to remove pronouns from both email and Slack at USAID, the EPA, the GSA, and more.
wired.com
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.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 03/02/2025
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 · 31/01/2025
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...
itsgoingdown.org
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. ...
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
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 · 12/12/2024
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 · 09/12/2024
💥 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 · 09/12/2024
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 · 08/12/2024
Nice to see replication in pedagogy!
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Finn Upham @finneco.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
wonder if this might be a good venue for some new work on laughter during participatory dance activities
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Finn Upham @finneco.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
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 · 04/12/2024
The result of crowd sourcing the exposure and simultaneity of various audience behaviours via analogue interactive plots at the RITMO Largo poster session yesterday.
hand drawn plot of various audience behaviour labels pinned in the space of Exposure (private to broadcast) vs Simultaneity (time log scale)Musical events on Exposure to Simultaneity plot, with string connecting pins marking of characteristic audience behaviours.
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Finn Upham @finneco.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Spotify cutting off audio features API access? I'm only half surprised. I wonder what the full story is. techcrunch.com/2024/11/27/s...
techcrunch.com
Spotify cuts developer access to several of its recommendation features | TechCrunch
Spotify will no longer allow developers building third-party apps with its Web API to access several features within the music streaming platform, such as
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Finn Upham @finneco.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
almost released a "Dance Bachground" survey yesterday. Dyslexia is more creative than i am.
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Finn Upham @finneco.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
New open dataset of biosignals from academics at a workshop. Why only look at group physiological responses in controlled conditions? osf.io/rk6qs/
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EmbodiedWorkshop2024-dataset
Concurrent physiological measurements from participants at a multi-day worshop between education, music, and technology researchers. During a variety of presentations, discussions, and activities on e...
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Finn Upham @finneco.bsky.social · 19/10/2024
Moss
A vein of moss in a crack in pebbled asphalt
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Finn Upham @finneco.bsky.social · 19/10/2024
Listening to @404media.co complain about python installation management on mac was like looking in a mirror.
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