Month: April 2012

Apple’s iPhone 5 Made of Metallic Glass and Arrives in October

Two interesting little rumours about the next generation of Apple‘s iPhone, what we assume will be called the iPhone 5. The first is that it will be made, at least in part, of metallic glass. The second is that it will arrive in October. Let’s deal with the easy one first, the arrival date. Rather…


LMFAO Served With $7 Million Lawsuit By Former Managers: Report

Before LMFAO hit the “American Idol” stage for a performance Thursday night, the party-loving pop outfit was served with a $7 million lawsuit from their former management company, TMZ reports. According to the website, the band’s DJ frontman RedFoo, he of the wild hair and lack of inhibitions, was handed the suit for breach of…


Selling Off Before Earnings Nothing New For Apple

Last November, the world was still worried about Greece and the possibility of the European debt crisis spilling over into the U.S. economy and choking off the fragile recovery.Steve Jobs had just died a month earlier and shares of the company he founded had tumbled 17% on heavy volume since their peak. Applestock had sprinted 33% higher…


NMPA President: Grooveshark Is Stealing From Our Songwriters

And just like that, Grooveshark has a serious problem with the entire music publishing community. And potentially, another big lawsuit on its hands. The sticking point is the mechanical license, which Grooveshark appears to be blatantly skipping.  Which is why the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) is considering its options very carefully. “It is unquestionable…


Lil Wayne & Rihanna Named As 2012 Billboard Music Awards Finalists

Story via HipHopDX.com Lil Wayne and Rihanna lead the finalists for the 2012 Billboard Music Awards, taking place on May 20th at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Rihanna is a finalist in 13 of the 22 artist categories this year, including Top Artist and Top Hot 100 Artist. Lil Wayne ties Lady Gaga for being…


Roc Nation Now Manages Shakira

You read that right. Roc Nation made a power move as a company, signing Shakira as a client on the management side of their company. According to Hits Daily Double, along with new representation, Shakira officially inked her deal with RCA records. It’s a great move for Jay-Z, Jay Brown, and the boys. I just…


Ableton Tutorial – Extracting Groove From Audio

In this video Jonny Miller (Jus’Listen/Sonarpilot Audio) extracts a minimal groove from audio to match the swing and feel of his programmed midi elements with the audio loops.


TTLO V.Blog 19 “The Creative Process” Part 2

Rico (Follow @iAmRicoLove) gives you a personal look at his creative & writing process and insight on having vision & painting a picture with music, keeping the direction of a song, and feeling what you’re producing.


Music Theory Lesson 16

Very important part of being successful is knowing the basics. Learn this stuff!


Bruce Springsteen on Songwriting

Bruce explains that if you need to know about America’s history then all you need to do is listen to lyrics of the artists in that time period.