Music Production
"It’s going to be definitively the most real experience ever of us, Queen, in our glory days. I think people will get lost in it and even forget they're watching a film": A restored and remixed version of Queen's final filmed performance is on the way
Queen Budapest will be in cinemas and then released to watch and listen to at home
Ariana Grande kicks off legal battle in bid to identify hackers who keep leaking her music
Ariana Grande is very annoyed that anonymous hackers keep hacking into the devices and accounts of photographers and producers she works with and then leaking pre-release music and other content. So much so she’s filed a lawsuit, though her lawyers first need to figure out who the hackers are
🎧 Approved: Fat Dog
South London seven-piece Fat Dog make chaotic, euphoric electro-punk-art-rock with very few rules. New single ‘Shit Love’ is stabbing synths and manic vocals. Second album ‘Cancel Me (I'm Tired)’ is out 2 Oct. They headline Brixton in the same month
“This pedal records what you play and reshapes it into a shifting blend of tones and timbres”: Introducing Textures, the granular synth pedal from MXR that dreamy ambient tones are made of
Textures could not be any more on trend for guitarists making soundscapes, film scores, or creating noise-rock chaos
"Stop looking at the screen, start feeling the patch": Mach Devices' MD-7 is an open-source mini-synth with motorized haptic controls that "talk back"
Those discs look a little familiar...
The Unsettling Sound Design of Silent Hill
How composer Akira Yamaoka creates unbearable "psychological unease” within every player
Beatles fan makes bizarre ‘The Legend Of Zelda’ remix album
The complete ‘Ocarina Of Time’ soundtrack now features vocals from The Fab Four
Beatles fan makes bizarre ‘The Legend Of Zelda’ remix album
The complete ‘Ocarina Of Time’ soundtrack now features vocals from The Fab Four
inMusic Donates Extensive Electronic Music Archive to Bob Moog Foundation
The donation includes vintage synths and prototypes as well as rare letters and schematics
"One of the most important legacies in electronic music": inMusic donates vast collection of over 4,400 items to Bob Moog Foundation Archives
The donation includes vintage synths and prototypes as well as rare letters and schematics
Fred again.. and Latin Mafia Announce Continuous Mixtape Production Livestream
The British producer and Mexican trio will start the stream 1 p.m. CT on July 28.
Fred again.. & Latin Mafia to Host Mixtape Production Livestream That Won’t End Until the Mixtape Is Done
The British producer and Mexican trio will start the stream 1 p.m. CT on July 28.
Calibre 50 Celebrates Historic 28th No. 1 Hit at Billboard’s First-Ever Mazatlán Pop-Up Moment | Noticias Billboard
For the first time ever, Billboard brought its signature Pop-Up Moment beyond U.S. borders—landing in the vibrant, sun-soaked city of Mazatlán, along the Pacific coast in Sinaloa, Mexico. Known as the birthplace of banda and a heartbeat of regional Mexican music, Mazatlán provided a powerful backdro
Dave Davies on The Kinks, The Beatles, and John Lennon
"John Lennon didn't like The Kinks, he really didn't"
Dave Davies reignites The Kinks’ feud with The Beatles: “George Harrison was the only one I really liked”
"John Lennon didn't like The Kinks, he really didn't"
Flying Lotus Is Teaching Producers How He Thinks
Producer education is crowded with tutorials that promise faster results, cleaner templates, and repeatable steps. Flying Lotus is taking a different angle with his new School of Song workshop: process first, finished track second. That is the tension that makes this one interesting. FlyLo’s
Queen's Budapest Concert Film Receives 4K Remastering
Peter Jackson's team remastered the film in preparation for its release in theaters on October 7th. Queen’s Budapest Concert Getting 4K Theatrical and Home Release Langdon Hickman
Broadway Musical Adaptation of Prince's 'Purple Rain' Announced for Spring 2027
The producer and musical director of the show, coming in spring 2027, are hopeful that it's a show Prince himself would have approved of.
Bob Moog’s Office Files Resurface
Synth history usually gets told through the instruments first. The Minimoog. The theremins. The modular systems. The pedals. The finished objects are easier to photograph, easier to mythologize, and easier to place inside the story of electronic music. This donation tells a different version of that
Gracie Abrams’ ‘Daughter From Hell’ Achieves First Billboard 200 No. 1
The singer dropped her third studio LP earlier in July.