Music Production
Best July 2026 Headphone Deals on Sony, Bose, and Beats
The reliable Sony WH-1000XM5, premium Bose QuietComfort Ultra, and mid-range Beats Studio Pro are all discounted. Best July 2026 Headphone Deals on Sony, Bose, and Beats Eddie Fu
Snoop Dogg, Biggie Estate, Diddy and Others Sued Over Sample on ‘Nasty Girl’ and ‘I Wanna Thank Ya’
A new copyright lawsuit claims the two early aughts hip-hop tracks infringe a 1980 funk song.
"The merest hint of musical beauty – the merest hint!”: NPR just posted its most brutal Tiny Desk Concert ever as Napalm Death bring blast beats and chaos to the office – and unleash their one-second grindcore masterpiece in its entirety
Taylor Swift, U2, Dua Lipa... the UK grind pioneers join exalted company as they give NPR a performance for the ages
Early David Bowie Recordings Collection to Be Released Featuring Jimmy Page
Bowie was still known as Davie Jones for these 1965 sessions with The Who and The Kinks producer Shel Talmy. Early David Bowie Recordings Collection to Be Released Featuring Jimmy Page Eddie Fu
“If I didn’t have AutoTune, I probably wouldn’t have a career, to be honest. I certainly would have less hits”: Pop producer Ian Kirkpatrick on the importance of AutoTune, and how it enabled him to use a Dua Lipa demo vocal on a finished track
“The vocal on it is the vocal we recorded on the day on an SM7, realtime AutoTune, on the couch. I just left it on the track and that was it”
BandLab Technologies Acquires Aiode, an AI Studio Built Around Licensed Musician Models
BandLab Technologies has acquired Aiode, an AI-powered digital music studio that lets producers bring licensed musician and style-based models into the music they are already making. The important part here is the licensing structure. Aiode says 100 percent of the audio used to train its proprietary
BandLab Technologies buys Aiode, an AI music studio built on ‘fully-licensed’ audio
The deal gives Singapore-based BandLab a third music-making platform alongside BandLab and Cakewalk. Source
BandLab Acquires AI Music Studio Aiode
The music creation platform, trained entirely on licensed material, allows users to upload a song idea and finish it out using AI-powered virtual musicians.
Behringer's AKS Mini is a $99 mini-synth inspired by the EMS Synthi AKS, a classic synth used by Pink Floyd and Brian Eno
Now available for pre-order, Behringer says the AKS Mini inherits the original synth's two-axis joystick and boasts a "faithful reproduction" of its VCOs and VCF
Behringer's AKS Mini is a £99 mini-synth inspired by the EMS Synthi AKS, a classic synth used by Pink Floyd and Brian Eno
Now available for pre-order, Behringer says the AKS Mini inherits the original synth's two-axis joystick and boasts a "faithful reproduction" of its VCOs and VCF
BandLab Acquires AI-Powered Digital Music Studio Aiode
The music creation platform, trained entirely on licensed material, allows users to upload a song idea and finish it out using AI-powered virtual musicians.
BandLab Technologies Acquires AI-Powered Digital Music Studio Aiode
The music creation platform, trained entirely on licensed material, allows users to upload a song idea and finish it out using AI models made with real musicians.
Toby Keith's Patriotic Anthem Reaches New Chart Peak
The controversial patriotic anthem reenters the chart at No. 11 this week, beating his previous career best of No. 15.
The Midnight’s Tyler Lyle on Closing One Chapter, Finding Joy Again, and Why AI Isn’t Invited Into the Studio
After more than a decade of building one of indie dance/synthwave’s most beloved catalogs, The Midnight are at an unexpected crossroads. Syndicate isn’t simply another album; it’s the last act of a creative arc that stretches back through Kids, Monsters, and Heroes. It’s also the first time Tyler Ly
How To Define Success As A Music Producer In A Metrics-Driven Industry
Learning how to define success as a music producer gets easier once stream counts, social metrics, industry recognition, and support from influential people no longer serve as the main points of reference (A tough feat, I know). Those markers can undoubtedly create real opportunities, and thus they
Toby Keith's Patriotic Song Reaches New Chart Peak
The controversial patriotic anthem reenters the chart at No. 11 this week, beating his previous career best of No. 15.
Billboard: BTS ‘Swim’ Lawsuit, Bad Bunny Ruling, StubHub Class Action & More Top Music Law News
In this week's Legal Beat newsletter, HYBE faces a pair of copyright cases, Bad Bunny gets bad news, StubHub sued over scalping, and much more.
Toby Keith's "Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue" Reaches New Chart Peak
The controversial patriotic anthem reenters the chart at No. 11 this week, beating his previous career best of No. 15.
Toby Keith’s ‘Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue’ Is Now His Highest-Peaking Hot 100 Hit Thanks to 4th of July Return
The controversial patriotic anthem reenters the chart at No. 11 this week, beating his previous career best of No. 15.
Queens Of The Stone Age return with psychedelic new single ‘Easy Street’
"The song, like your life, is in the mistakes. Its imperfections are unbeatable"