In a move to bolster its balance sheet and cash position, Sony Corp. of America has agreed to sell its 550 Madison headquarters building in New York City for $1.1 billion to a consortium of investors led by the Chetrit Group. Sony companies, including Sony Music Entertainment and Sony/ATV Music Publishing, will remain in the…
Ron Fair in Talks to Helm Virgin Records
Producer and former Geffen Records chairman Ron Fair is in talks to take a presidential or chairman-level post at a revived Virgin Records, a source close to the situation confirmed to Billboard.biz. The source emphasized that the deal is still being negotiated and, if successful, could be struck imminently or within a few weeks. Virgin is a…
Wale Links Up With Jerry Seinfield For New Project
Wale definitely has his own lane in this music industry, no debates there. Part of me feels like he traded in his original sound for a more trendy approach. I am not saying that he sold out by any means, because as an artist you should continue to evolve. This video gave me hope that…
T.I. Begins Shopping For A New Label Home
T.I. will sign to your label if you have a cool $75 million just laying around. His 10-year contract with Atlantic has reportedly come to an end about a month ago, so T.I. is ready for something new. We wil see where The Kang ends up. Check out a couple of his requests below: – 3…
Bryan-Michael Cox Is “Passing The Crown” To Fellow Producers
“Passing the Crown” represents sharing knowledge and access to other individuals so they can win. Check out plaques from Usher and Mariah on Bryan-Michael Cox’ wall and you’ll know he holds the Crown. Now, this Miami producer plans on sharing the wealth, saying “passing the Crown down is about giving back, sharing knowledge and building…
Applied Acoustics Swatches library and AAS Player review – SoundsAndGear
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFKzmE5mujk] Checking out the Swatches library for the AAS Player from Applied Acoustics. It’s a free player and patch library that allows you to try out sounds from all of their available sound libraries for the AAS Player.
Leslie Ann Jones, Dir. of Music Recording and Scoring at Skywalker Sound – Pensado’s Place #99
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHDbrkU_Csw] GRAMMY Award-Winning Engineer Leslie Ann Jones (Herbie Hancock, Santana, and countless film scores) sits down with Dave Pensado for a special interview at Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, CA. Leslie talks about her percussionist and band leader father, Spike Jones. Her path to becoming a GRAMMY-winning recording Engineer, her work at Skywalker Ranch,…
YouTube Is Ready To Invest In Vevo, But The Deal Isn’t Done
YouTube is set to make another big investment in a content partner. This time around it’sVevo, the music video site. YouTube and its owner Google have agreed to buy a minority stake in Vevo, according to people familiar with the deal, which hasn’t been finalized. If it happens, it will be the second time in the…
Hudson Mohawke Signs With G.O.O.D. Music
If you’ve been paying attention to the rise of Hudson Mohawke (half of TNGHT), this shouldn’t come as a huge surprise, but it looks like the producer has made the official move to join Kanye’s G.O.O.D. Music. [AlLindstrom] A tweet from Simon White of United Management (who manages HudMo), hasn’t been confirmed by Hudson, but it looks…
Next Week’s Top 15
RCA should top both the album and singles sales charts next week, as A$AP Rocky and Justin Timberlake (with expected first-week sales in the neighborhood of 350k) make noise in an otherwise typical January sales week. Here’s how it looks headed into the weekend: * A$AP Rocky (RCA) 140-150k * Kidz Bop Kids (Razor & Tie) 65-70k Les Misérables (Republic) 40-45k Bruno Mars (Atlantic) 35-40k Pitch…
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