Music Production
John Feldmann on the secrets of Blink-182’s buoyant sound
Ten years back, we spoke to the newly-enlisted producer of Blink-182’s seventh album to dig into how the Matt Skiba-augmented pop-punkers navigated a rough period to make a record worth waiting for
Olivia Dean Lawsuit, AI Fraudster Sentence, Erica Campbell Case & More Top Music Law News
In this week's Legal Beat newsletter, a battle over "Just the Two of Us", a streaming fraud prison sentence, a gospel music settlement and much more.
Olivia Dean Lawsuit, AI Fraudster Sentence, Erica Campbell Case & More Top Music Law News
In this week's Legal Beat newsletter, a battle over "Just the Two of Us", a streaming fraud prison sentence, a gospel music settlement and much more.
Kakao Entertainment and Atlantic Music Group Forge K-Pop Partnership
The two companies will work together on global strategy, music production, distribution, marketing, and promotion for K-pop artists. Source
Arturia AstroLab Firmware Update 2.0
With its new Sound Edit view opening up access to key parameters, AstroLab 2.0 finds the stage keyboard inching towards becoming a fully-fledged synthesizer
Focus's 'Hocus Pocus' - An Akkerman Recollection
“I loved the craziness of The Beatles’ White Album”
Guitarist Jan Akkerman recalls the creation of a bizarre ’70s rock classic – Hocus Pocus by Focus!
“I loved the craziness of The Beatles’ White Album”
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How It Was Made: Lang Father i(Junkyard Dog) [Welofi]
Berlin-based composer and producer Lang Father has spent his career moving between hip hop, electronic music and scoring, with past work stretching from Timbaland collaborations to film composition. His new two-track EP, I (Junkyard Dog), sees him turn that broad musical background towards a rawer,
Kakao Entertainment strikes K-pop partnership with Warner’s Atlantic Music Group to develop artists ‘from the earliest stages’
The two companies will work together on global strategy, music production, distribution, marketing, and promotion for K-pop artists. Source
Twenty Years of ‘Domino’: Ares Carter on Reworking a Club Classic
There aren’t many electronic records you can identify from a handful of notes, but OXIA’s “Domino” is firmly in that category. Nearly twenty years after its release, that looping synth line still carries an immediate familiarity, which makes remixing it an interesting proposition: everyone already k
Arturia’s AstroLab gets its biggest firmware update yet, adding deeper sound editing and 67 new presets
With its new Sound Edit view opening up access to key parameters, AstroLab 2.0 finds the stage keyboard inching towards becoming a fully-fledged synthesizer
UDO releases the expandable DMNO desktop polysynth
The British synth brand channels a hint of SEM with its newly expandable desktop polysynth
UDO does its best Oberheim impression with the release of the expandable DMNO ON desktop synth
The British synth brand channels a hint of SEM with its newly expandable desktop polysynth
Music-streaming fraudster Michael Smith gets 18-month jail sentence
American producer Michael Smith has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his infamous AI-powered streaming scam that netted him more than $8m in royalties. The post is from Music Ally.
Cherry Audio Revives Obscure 80s Pentaphonic Synthesizer
Clad in transparent plastic with illuminated internals, Pentaphonic is the latest vintage synth to get the Cherry Audio treatment
Filmmakers Discuss 'Oasis: Don't Look Back In Anger' Doc
Writer/creator Steven Knight and directors Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace spoke about the film at a special preview event at Abbey Road Studios on Monday (October 5) The post ‘Oasis: Don’t Look Back
Sam Smith's Album Title Blunder
The Grammy Award-winning British artist performed "Oh Mother" and discussed their fifth studio album on late night TV.
‘Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger’ filmmakers explain why doc doesn’t show how Noel and Liam Gallagher made up
Writer/creator Steven Knight and directors Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace spoke about the film at a special preview event at Abbey Road Studios on Monday (October 5) The post ‘Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger’ filmmakers explain why doc doesn’t show how Noel and Liam Gallagher made up appeared firs
Sam Smith Made a ‘Nightmare’ Mistake With New Album Title ‘Hazel Eyes’
The Grammy Award-winning British artist performed "Oh Mother" and discussed their fifth studio album on late night TV.
"It's one of the rarest synthesizers ever made": Cherry Audio brings a forgotten ‘80s synth back to life
Clad in transparent plastic with illuminated internals, Pentaphonic is the latest vintage synth to get the Cherry Audio treatment