Month: July 2012

G.O.O.D. Music “Mercy” Hits Platinum

July 6, 2012
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Chart News @chartnews US digital sales: Mercy by @kanyewest feat. @BigSean, @PUSHA_T, @2chainz tops the 1 million mark. The song has sold 1,059,000. It’s already a Cruel Summer for G.O.O.D. Music. And before the album drops August 7, their first single “Mercy” has moved 1,059,000 units. Cop it here. Swerve. –Rap Radar

Sevyn Talks Solo Album, Writing Alicia Keys’ ‘New Day’

July 6, 2012
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Sevyn is spreading her wings and going solo. The former RichGirl member, who is signed to Chris Brown’s CBE label, has been working behind the scenes as a songwriter. Her latest projects include Chris’ Fortune album (she is featured on three tracks) and co-writing Alicia Keys’ new single “New Day.” “It was probably one of…

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No I.D. Talks Kanye West’s Next Album

July 6, 2012
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On the red carpet of the ASCAP Awards, Def Jam VP and producer No I.D. tells MTV that Kanye’s next album may arrive later this year. “He’s coming right after that. I’m not working on that [Cruel Summer] album, I’m working on his album. This is Kanye. You know what to expect from the family….

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Rihanna Speaks On Working With Chris Brown And Is Featured On The Cover Of Harper’s Bazaar

July 6, 2012
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While she wanted to choose someone “shocking” to collaborate on the remix of her song “Birthday Cake,” she says she had no idea of the backlash it would cause. “The fans could have said, ‘We don’t want anything to do with it,’” she says. But she makes one concession: “I understood that people had every…

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Behind The Scenes: Timbaland x Ne-Yo “Hands In The Air”

July 6, 2012
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Before we hit the dance floor and reach for the sky, here’s a look at the making of Timbo and Ne-Yo’s video for the track off the Step Up Revolution soundtrack.

Sonic TALK 273 – M-Audio and Bitwig

July 5, 2012
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A lot to talk about this week – we are temporarily joined by Rich Hilton who’s in the UK and about to do a Chic gig at Kew Gardens in London. Sadly the hotel bandwidth is just not up to it. But nevertheless, we first discuss Avid’s recent sale of M-Audio and AIR Software 06:45…

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Studio Life: Big Sant Finishing Up M.F.O.G.

July 5, 2012
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3 Little Digs finds Big Sant putting some finishing touches on his verses for his upcoming project M.F.O.G. before he begins the “Live From The Underground” tour.

Vicki Ray: Professor of Piano & Coordinator of Keyboard Studies at Cal

July 5, 2012
MainSoft/Hardware Developers
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In this clip from www.artistshousemusic.org – Vicki Ray is a Professor of piano and Coordinator of Keyboard Studies at the California Institute of the Arts. She is also an accomplished concert pianist who has performed works written for her by composers such as John Adams, Paul Dresher, Arthur Jarvinen and Donald Crockett. Vicki Ray, from…

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In the Studio With… Melé – Deconstructing His Remix of Disclosure ‘Tenderly’ in Logic

July 5, 2012
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http://www.pointblankonline.net/sample-a-course/ We were delighted to welcome Melé to the Point Blank studios recently when he kindly agreed to give us an exclusive behind the scenes deconstruction of his recent remix for Disclosure which he put together using Logic Pro. In the video he chats about his overall approach to production, A-Bing with other tracks as…

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Soulja Boy ft. The Game & Waka Flocka – Extendos

July 5, 2012
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Soulja Boy gets The Game and Waka Flocka for, “Extendos.” Soulja Boy speaks with the Wall Street Journal about his upcoming album, “Promise.”