Month: July 2012

Creating a Tech House Track in Ableton Live with Radio Slave Loops

In Ableton Live we have a fantastic tool to manipulate, chop and twist loops into your own interpretations all in real-time. This gives you the ability to create limitless unique tracks with the same loops and samples. In this tutorial Danny J Lewis shows some simple but very effective techniques to do this such as…


Embertone Intimate Strings LITE review

http://soundsandgear.com/embertone-intimate-strings-lite-review checking out a new free string quartet library for Kontakt from Embertone called Intimate Strings LITE


Kanye West Says MediaTakeOut is “Full of Sh*t”

Kanye hold his tongue? Not really — ever. As Mr. West took the stage in Atlantic City over the weekend, the upfront emcee had some rather direct words for MediaTakeOut. After voicing his direct opinion on the media outlet, he then went on to say that his music is the best that you will hear…


Alfred Ladzekpo: Co-Director of the African Music & Dance Program at Cal Arts

In this clip from www.artistshousemusic.org – African Music and Dance, Co-Director; African Music and Dance Program CalArts, has chaired the World Music Program studied at Columbia University, where he also taught drum and song seminars in African music and dance for three years. He has performed widely in the eastern United States and given lecture-demonstrations…


How I’m Building a Career as a Songwriter

You know what I would have loved? I would have loved to have been part of the Brill Building history between the 1940s and the 1960s – where some of America’s most popular songs were written. If you don’t know the history, check it out on Wikipedia. Just a taste: By 1962 the Brill Building…


Pensado’s Place : Into The Lair #12 – Compression Techniques!

In this weeks “Into The Lair” (in HD!), Dave goes into the concepts of using compression in small amounts using multiple compressors. Dave A/B’s the track’s with and without the various compressors he is using to show you what he is getting out of them.


Uh-Oh: The Vinyl Train Is Starting to Slow…

Is this a nostalgia bubble ready to go ‘pop’? After posting breakneck, 39.3 percent gains in 2011, vinyl sales may simply be losing steam. Indications are coming from just-released, US-based stats from Nielsen Soundscan, which show marked decreases in both absolute and percentage sales gains. These are first-half (January through June) comparisons. In 2011, first-half…


Here’s How Often AT&T, Sprint, And Verizon Each Hand Over Users’ Data To The Government

When it comes to modern law enforcement surveillance, no one watches the wiretappers. The vast majority of law enforcement’s demands that phone carriers and Internet services hand over users’ private data don’t require a warrant, and occur with little or no accountability. It’s not just that we don’t know how much surveillance takes place. To paraphrase…


Rihanna, Lil Wayne, & Usher to Perform at iHeartRadio Music Festival

Rihanna, Lil Wayne, Usher, and more of music’s biggest stars will meet up in Las Vegas for Clear Channel’s second annual iHeartRadio Music Festival this fall. The two-day concert extravaganza will return to the MGM Grand on September 21 and 22. Hosted by Ryan Seacrest, this year’s diverse line-up also includes Mary J. Blige, Taylor…


Sirius XM Adds More Subscribers Than Expected in Q2

Via Billboard Sirius XM Radio said Monday that it added 622,042 net subscribers in the second quarter, a record since the merger that created the satellite radio firm. The sub growth was better than most on Wall Street had expected and up 38 percent from the 452,147 net subscribers it had added in the year-ago…