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Thinking Sounds is a personal academic website created by Marcel Cobussen. It mainly presents his publications, research projects, and teaching activities in the fields of music, sound, philosophy, and arts research. Cobussen studied jazz piano and teaches Sound Studies, art, music philosophy, and arts research at Leiden University in the Netherlands, while also being involved with Leiden University’s Sound Studies Center. The site is closer to a personal academic homepage and research archive than a commercial knowledge platform.
The site organizes its content into sections such as About, Research, Teaching, and Publications. Its research topics include arts research, deconstruction in music, improvised music, music and ethics, music and spirituality, and sound studies. The teaching section covers topics such as auditory culture, musical discipline, improvisation, interpretation, the roles of music, and “what is music.” Publications are categorized into books, book chapters, articles, and advisory reports. The site also offers an email subscription feature, allowing readers to receive update notifications.
Based on the crawled content, the site’s content is free to access. There is no membership, paid course, paid download, or consulting-service pricing. The footer indicates that it is created with WordPress.com, making it more of a free or hosted blog-style site.
Its strengths are a clear academic identity, a credible author background, and a focused emphasis on sound studies and music philosophy, making it useful for readers looking for specific academic leads. The content structure is also fairly clear, allowing users to quickly locate research, teaching, and publications. The drawbacks are that it is not a systematic database, and its search, tagging, and interactive capabilities are limited. The page design is relatively plain and still includes default WordPress.com subscription, login, and comment components. Most of the content is in English, which may pose a reading barrier for Chinese readers.
It is suitable for students, teachers, and researchers in sound studies, musicology, arts research, cultural studies, experimental music, and music philosophy. It is also useful for readers who want to learn about Marcel Cobussen’s academic work. It is not suitable for users looking for online courses, software downloads, commercial music services, or a systematic academic paper database.
The site uses the cobussen.com domain and is hosted within the WordPress.com ecosystem. Pages on the custom domain may generally open, but WordPress.com-related components may be affected by network conditions in mainland China. Based on current information, the site appears to be directly accessible, though subscription, login, or some embedded features may be unstable.
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