Month: January 2013

Warner Music Group Is About To Go On A Spending Spree

Warner Music Group is looking to start the year of right with some new acquisitions. After a strong year-end close out for 2012, the music conglomerate is trying to expand in all facets of the game. Is Warner Music about to go on a buying spree?  As a private company with a deep pocketed owner, Access…


Juelz Santana – Road To God Will’n

Juelz Santana hits Chicago to work with GBE’s, Lil Reese, Fredo Santana and Lil Durk. “God Will’n,” drops January 14th .


The Black Keys: ‘We’re dying to make a new album’

The Black Keys are entering the recording studio this week to begin work on their brand new studio album. The band, who released their seventh album ‘El Camino’ in 2011, aim to finish the recording in March with a provisional release date of late 2013. Speaking toUncut about their plans, guitarist Dan Auerbach said: “We’re going to…


Inventing David Geffen interview

Susan Lacy, director of Inventing David Geffen, talks about her new documentary on the billionaire power-gay. Geffen started Geffen Records, was a co-founder of DreamWorks and married Cher. Here what Lacy says of the openly gay and notoriously shy Geffen.


Big Fish Audio Oxygen review – SoundsAndGear

Checking out a new ambient chillout library from Big Fish Audio called Oxygen


The Sound/Music of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Movie Studio Sound Studio Director Original Music Columbia Pictures Skywalker Sound David Fincher Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross In this SoundWorks Collection exclusive we talk with Composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Sound Re-recording Mixer Michael Semanick, and Re-recording Mixer, Sound Designer, and Supervising Sound Editor Ren Klyce. Synopsis The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo…


Cthulhu Calls

Xferrecords has introduced Cthulhu – a chord creator & arpeggiator for OS X & Windows. Here’s an introduction to Cthulhu from developer Steve Duda: Cthulhu is two MIDI FX modules, combined into one plug-in: Chords Module Cthulhu is firstly a chord memorizer and player, allowing you to experiment with creating and reworking chord progressions with single-note presses. Included are…


J. Cole in the studio working on “2Face” with Producer Syience


The Weeknd’s “Trilogy” Hits Gold

The Weeknd is one of the most popular artists in music today, so it is no surprise that his Trilogy album has gone gold. The project was the compilation of his three highly touted mixtapes, House Of Balloons, Thursday andEchoes Of Silence with a few bonus tracks thrown in. This is quite an impressive feat for him. Congratulations to him and his…


CES 2013 Preview: Content Shapes Hardware’s Future

Consumer electronics in recent years have become more than just high-powered circuitry. They’re also about the content. That means media, which used to play a supporting role as a sort of Vanna White showing off the features of the latest gadgetry, has become a rock star in its own right. At this year’s Consumer Electronics…