UK folk rockers, Mumford & Sons are following up their platinum-selling debut “Sigh No More” with a new album called “Babel”. Marcus Mumford and Ben Lovett join Jian at the desk to talk about Babel, playing with Bob Dylan at the Grammy’s, and T Bone Burnett’s role in setting the course of the band.
iStandard Behind The Rhyme With Symbolyc One At The C2C Convention
Symbolyc One a/k/a S1 sits down with iStandard at the C2C Convention to chop it up in this special edition of Behind The Rhymes.
Copyright: It’s Corroding Musical Creativity In America
Throughout American history, the duration of copyright has gotten longer and longer. The Copyright Act of 1790, which was a copy of the UK’s Statute of Anne, granted fourteen years of protection. Fast-forward to 1998, and the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act extended the length of copyright to the life of the composer/artist plus…
More Than 10,000 Radio Stations Are Now Taking Legal Action to Lower Their Royalties
Pandora isn’t the only one trying to reduce its payments to musicians and songwriters. Right now, in a federal courtroom in Philadelphia, a consortium of more than 10,000 traditional radio broadcasters is taking legal action to reduce payouts to songwriters and publishers. And they’re focusing their guns on the smallest performance rights collector, SESAC. …
Kendrick Lamar Shuts Down Downtown LA with Impromptu Concert
On the eve of his album release, Kendrick Lamar stormed the streets of downtown L.A. for an impromptu free concert at L.A. LIVE. Posted atop a double-decker bus outside the Staples Center, the new king of the West Coast performed “Swimming Pools (Drank)” and “The Recipe” off his debut good kid, m.A.A.d city, as well as “HiiiPoWer” and “A.D.H.D” from Section.80. Once word…
Bruno Mars Scores ‘SNL’ Season High Ratings
The numbers are in. Bruno Mars helped “Saturday Night Live” earn season high ratings when he played host and performer this weekend. The variety show garnered its best numbers of the season, with a 5.4 rating,according to Bruno’s label Atlantic Records. It was the strongest showing in seven months, besting episodes hosted by Seth MacFarlane, Daniel Craig, and Christina…
Swift Goes for a Million 1st Week
As you can see from the iTunes album chart, Taylor Swift’s Red is out and sitting at #1, where it has been since soon after midnight ET—and this with no preorder. Tracks from Red also occupy 14 of the top 22 chart positions at iTunes. This is the week we find out whether Swift’s latest will do what her last album Speak Nowdid…
Into The Lair #40 – Creating Interesting Vocal Effects
Mixing Engineer Dave Pensado shows creative ways of creating cool vocal effects on the 40th edition of “Into The Lair” from Pensado’s Place.
Big Fish Audio Golden Keys Loop Edition review – SoundsAndGear
Checking out a royalty free keyboard loop library from Big Fish created by MVP Loops. Has ep, organ, and piano loops made for urban and pop music. Preview them in Maschne, chop the samples, and make a quick beat.
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