Music Production
Dreamtonics Teases Its Next Vocal Tool
Dreamtonics is keeping the details light for now, but its latest teaser is doing enough to get vocal production people to pay attention. The company, best known for Synthesizer V Studio and the voice-morphing plugin Vocoflex, has shared a new coming-soon video for an upcoming release. The teaser doe
Diddy Says Producer Stole Footage For 50 Cent’s Netflix Documentary In New Countersuit
The imprisoned mogul is finally suing over 50 Cent’s Netflix documentary, but his lawsuit doesn’t actually target the streaming giant or his archnemesis.
After Universal and Merlin deals, Spotify inks agreement with Kobalt for AI-powered ‘fan-made’ covers and remixes
It is the first deal for the tool with a music publisher outside Universal Music Group. Source
“I don’t want to say The Beatles cleared it, but somebody at EMI or Apple. So whoever you were that did it, thank you. Thank you, Sir Paul”: Mike D on how the Beastie Boys got away with sampling five Beatles songs on Paul's Boutique
Ahead of the release of his debut solo album, Mike D looks back at the audacious, anything-goes sampling ethos behind the Beastie Boys' magnum opus
“Our producer worked with Ozzy Osbourne, so I said, ‘What if Ozzy sang on this song?’ But then I said, ‘How about Rob Halford? The Metal God!’ They all went, ‘Nah, that’s a crazy dream’”: When the Judas Priest legend teamed up with Five Finger Death Punch
“Rob is really into heavy metal, like really into it. After all these years, he just loves heavy metal”
Sean Combs Countersues Producer
The disgraced rap mogul claims the producer sold stolen footage to Netflix and defamed him in Sean Combs: The Reckoning
Roxy Music announce huge ‘For Your Pleasure’ expanded reissue and share unreleased ‘Grey Lagoons’ 1971 demo
Featuring unheard studio recordings, songwriting sketches, rehearsals, outtakes, live sessions and more
Kobalt Signs Licensing Deal With Spotify for AI Fan Remixing Tool
The indie publishing giant is the latest company to sign such an agreement with the streaming platform following recent pacts with UMG and Merlin.
Sean “Diddy” Combs Countersues Rodney Jones Jr. Over 50 Cent Documentary
The disgraced rap mogul claims the producer sold stolen footage to Netflix and defamed him in Sean Combs: The Reckoning
Roxy Music announce huge ‘For Your Pleasure’ expanded reissue and share unreleased ‘Grey Lagoons’ 1971 demo
Featuring unheard studio recordings, songwriting sketches, rehearsals, outtakes, live sessions and more
Kobalt Signs Licensing Deal With Spotify for AI Fan Remixing Tool
The indie publishing giant is the latest company to sign such an agreement with the streaming platform following recent pacts with UMG and Merlin.
Beatport bars tracks ‘wholly or substantially generated by AI’
Beatport is the latest music service to clarify its policies on AI-generated music, and it’s leaning towards Bandcamp’s stance of barring it outright from the platform.
Shafkkat tightropes between UKG and emotive electronica on “In The Wind” EP
The talented Londoner Shafkkat is forging his own path London producer Shafkkat has been threading a needle, consistently across his releases — music that works as hard emotionally as it does rhythmically — and In The Wind, his first full project, is the most complete articulation of t
AI and artists: The coexistence debate
Hook founder and CEO Gaurav Sharma explains why fan-made creations and remixes on social media are becoming the music industry’s next major consumption category… Source
DnB Producer Bou Samples Flight Attendant's Altercation for New Track
Bou brought British Airways hostess Sophie Turner on stage to perform new track STAY SEATED, which samples her interaction with the row traveller
AI and fan creations pose debate on innovation and rights
Hook founder and CEO Gaurav Sharma explains why fan-made creations and remixes on social media are becoming the music industry’s next major consumption category… Source
DnB producer Bou samples flight attendant's public altercation for new track
Bou brought British Airways hostess Sophie Turner on stage to perform new track STAY SEATED, which samples her interaction with the row traveller
DnB producer Bou samples flight attendant's cabin crew confrontation.
Bou brought British Airways hostess Sophie Turner on stage to perform new track STAY SEATED, which samples her interaction with the row traveller
Levon Helm Studios Sues Levon’s Daughter, Amy Helm
The lawsuit claims the singer-songwriter engaged in self-dealing and cost the company at least $2 million in damages
How It Was Made: David Mayer, Nico Stojan & Tooker – I Am (SONARA Records + House)
David Mayer (@david_mayer), Nico Stojan and Tooker’s “I Am” came out of the trio’s April 2026 SONARA basecamp on Isola di San Pietro, where they spent roughly two weeks making music without setting a fixed direction for what those studio days needed to produce. The track