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Novation Introduces FLpad and FLpad Mini for FL Studio Users

Developed in partnership with Image-Line, this pad-based alternative to the FLkey range is bundled with a six-month pass for FL Studio Producer Edition

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JBL’s Portable Partybox Can Power Your Tailgate From Pregame to Postgame — and It’s on Sale

Best Buy has the speaker on sale for $80 off, with lights that synch to your music and karaoke-ready inputs.

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JBL’s Portable Partybox Can Power Your Tailgate From Pregame to Postgame — and It’s on Sale

Best Buy has the speaker on sale for $80 off, with lights that synch to your music and karaoke-ready inputs.

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Executive Turntable: Ivan Chen Named CEO of BandLab Technologies

This week, Warner Music Central Europe and Warner Music Mexico saw executive promotions and more.

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News Orgs Dispute Trump DoJ on 'Fair Use'

Many of the music industry’s AI legal battles swing on whether or not AI training is ‘fair use’ under US copyright law. Donald Trump’s DoJ recently intervened in a dispute between newspapers and OpenA

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AI Licensing Principles for Music Industry

As the music industry enters into ever more deals with AI platforms, the indie publisher community has again insisted that - with AI - song rights and recording rights must be valued equally, unlike i

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Twisted Sister Announce Totally Twisted – The Studio Albums 1982–1987

Twisted Sister have announced their new box set of their full '80s run out November 13th. Twisted Sister Announce Totally Twisted – The Studio Albums 1982–1987 Langdon Hickman

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Ricky Skaggs, Doyle Lawson & More Featured On The Delmore Brothers Tribute Album: ‘Their Musical Innovation Influenced Almost Every Genre of Music’

The project was spearheaded by songwriter-producer Jerry Salley and Athens State University’s Dr. Keith Ferguson.

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20 Questions With Electronic Pioneer Suzanne Ciani: ‘Now I Have An Audience. The Kids Know What’s Going On’

The 80-year-old electronic visionary performs her first show in Scotland this weekend before a festival set in Roswell, New Mexico next month.

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The Killers Mark 20th Anniversary of ‘Sam’s Town’ with Vinyl Reissues

There are limited Audiophile Edition and Red Smoke Vinyl offerings alongside a 7-inch singles collection. The Killers Announce Sam’s Town 20th Anniversary Vinyl Reissues and Box Set Eddie Fu

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Suno is ‘far beyond’ 2m subscribers and $300m in revenue, says Mikey Shulman – who argues it’s ‘good’ that AI music has no ‘firm rules of the road’ yet

Shulman also set out what WMG and BMG get from their deals, and who should be setting AI's rules. Source

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The Killers Announce Sam’s Town 20th Anniversary Vinyl Reissues and Box Set

There are limited Audiophile Edition and Red Smoke Vinyl offerings alongside a 7-inch singles collection. The Killers Announce Sam’s Town 20th Anniversary Vinyl Reissues and Box Set Eddie Fu

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L’CORE On Why Producers Need To Remove More

Modern production tools can create a strange problem for artists: the session fills up faster than the track finds itself. A plugin can throw out ten usable ideas in seconds, a sample library can surface another hundred options before the loop has even settled, and suddenly the producer’s job is les

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Venom Singer/Bassist Conrad ‘Cronos’ Lant Dies at 63

The members of the pioneering black metal band announced their frontman's death on Thursday (Oct. 1).

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Omari Keeps The Process Ahead Of The Output

AI makes the wrong comparison easier than ever… A producer can now sit with a rough loop, open a feed, hear someone else’s finished record, then watch a tool generate something polished in seconds, and suddenly the early stage of their own work starts to look weaker than it actually is. Omari’s answ

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Venom Singer/Bassist and Black Metal Icon Conrad ‘Cronos’ Lant Dies at 63

The members of the pioneering black metal band announced their frontman's death on Thursday (Oct. 1).

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LISA Releases Limited Edition PlayStation Controller

The wireless controller and accompanying merch will be available for preoder on Oct. 2 ahead of their releases later this month. Shop online here.

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“The faster you work, the more it resonates with listeners”: 808 Prince on the vintage drum machines and spontaneous energy behind his new self-titled project

Formerly known as Funkineven, the London-based producer/DJ has reinvented himself with Roland's classic '80s drum machine serving as inspiration

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I sifted through Sweetwater's massive up to 50% off studio gear sale to bring you the best equipment discounts

Refresh your recording rig with my hand-picked deals from the Sweetwater studio and recording sale

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Press Play on LISA’s New Highly Limited PlayStation Controller Designed With the Star’s Input

The wireless controller and accompanying merch will be available for preoder on Oct. 2 ahead of their releases later this month. Shop online here.