Humans want fundamentally incompatible things from music services. "We want to listen to all the stuff that everyone likes, but also only the stuff that we like," said New Yorker staff writer Kelefa ...

Many kids basically deduce that if listening to music is so great, how much more amazing must it be to make the music yourself? Often, would-be musicians have this realization as young children. Why?

Humans have been banging out rhythms and singing melodies for as long as we’ve been around, from Paleolithic flutists to contemporary K-pop performers. So if you want to make music, the good news is ...