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How To Know When A Track Is Finished Before You Ruin The First Idea

Image Above: Me, the author, playing 45 East in Portland, Oregon. Knowing when a track is finished usually comes down to one boring question that saves you from a lot of bad late-stage decisions: Is the original idea still at least decent!? That sounds simple, and it is, which is probably why it get

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Willie Colón Collaborator Sues Over ‘Tras La Tormenta’ Songwriting Royalties

Venezuelan composer Amílcar Boscán claims he's owed more than $300,000 for two songs off the hit 1995 album.

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Charli XCX shares reflective new single ‘Camera’ with video directed by Aidan Zamiri and starring Vincent Cassel

The song sees Charli question her choices as she navigates careers in music and film

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Key Glock Is Having Fun & He Doesn’t Care Who Knows: ‘People Don’t See This Side of Me’

Glizzock released his Project X album in June.

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Charli XCX shares reflective new single ‘Camera’ with video directed by Aidan Zamiri and starring Vincent Cassel

The song sees Charli question her choices as she navigates careers in music and film

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Charli XCX's "Camera" Music Video

The visual for the song, from the British pop star's upcoming album, was helmed by

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Vince Staples' Tiny Desk Performance

The Long Beach rapper played cuts off his new album Cry Baby

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Were the First-Week Numbers for Future’s Billboard 200-Topping ‘The Real Me’ Album What We Expected?

This week's Five Burning Questions looks at the initial returns for the rap superstar's feature-less latest LP.

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Universal Music Group has spent over $500M on its share buyback – with stage one of the process nearly complete

In total, UMG has repurchased 26,073,074 of its own shares since the program began in April, at a cost of EUR €487.7 million Source

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Richard McMaster On “Fianna,” Creative Balance, And The Joy Of Making Music

Richard McMaster’s (@richard_mcmaster)“Fianna” began as part of a much wider conversation around Irish history, mythology, and the creative relationship that grew out of his earlier coverage on Magnetic Magazine. After Richard first sent over a two-track EP inspired by the Tuath

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Charli xcx Directs the Action in ‘Camera’ Music Video Starring Vincent Cassel

The visual for the song, from the British pop star's upcoming album, was helmed by

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Chris Cornell Tribute Project Releases New Song

The latest song from the King Ultramega collective's ongoing tribute to the late Soundgarden frontman. Chris Cornell Tribute Project Unveils “Birth Ritual” Featuring Lzzy Hale and Matt Cameron: Stream

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Future Matches Record Set by Drake and The Temptations on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart

Plus, Future reaches a milestone 50 top 10s on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

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Vince Staples Performs Five Songs Off 'Cry Baby' at Tiny Desk, Honors Black Panthers

The Long Beach rapper performed five songs off his new album Cry Baby

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Chris Cornell Tribute Project Unveils “Birth Ritual” Featuring Lzzy Hale and Matt Cameron: Stream

The latest song from the King Ultramega collective's ongoing tribute to the late Soundgarden frontman. Chris Cornell Tribute Project Unveils “Birth Ritual” Featuring Lzzy Hale and Matt Cameron: Stream Langdon Hickman

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Future Ties Drake & The Temptations’ No. 1 Record on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart

Plus, Future reaches a milestone 50 top 10s on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

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Watch Vince Staples’ Tiny Desk Performance

The Long Beach rapper played cuts off his new album Cry Baby

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Vince Staples Shouts Out Slain Black Panther Members in Tiny Desk Performance

The Long Beach rapper performed five songs off his new album Cry Baby

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Sea to Summit’s XLite Camp Kitchen Is Built for the Creative Reset You Take Outside the Studio

Sea to Summit’s new XLite camp kitchen system hits the part of outdoor gear that gets easy to underrate until you are actually out there, hungry, tired, and trying to keep your pack from turning into a junk drawer. For anyone who spends most of the week making music, that angle feels pretty f

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"Weird Al" Yankovic's "UHF" Score to Be Released

The 1989 score by John Du Prez has never been released before. “Weird Al” Yankovic Cult Classic UHF Getting First Official Score Soundtrack Release Liz Shannon Miller