Month: January 2013

Universal Music Still Market Top Dog In 2012

January 5, 2013
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Lucian Grainge’s Universal Music Group managed to fend off a charge from his former boss Doug Morris’ Sony Music Entertainment, beating the latter company out in market share last year, according to Nielsen SoundScan data. For the year, UMG boasted market share album plus track equivalent ones (whereby 10 tracks equals one album) of 32.8%,…

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A$AP Rocky Receives His First Gold Plaque With “F*cking Problems”

January 5, 2013
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A$AP Rocky suffered an album leak almost a month premature to his release date. The good news is fans are still rallying behind his art, “F*cking Problems” has earned a gold plaque. The infectious club banger was his first official release for his debut album “Long Live A$AP” (unless you want to count the Hit-Boy produced ”Goldie”). Either way, a big congrats to his…

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KRK K10S Powered Subwoofer review – SoundsAndGear

January 4, 2013
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Today I’m checking out the KRK K10S sub which was sent to me for revivew by AMS. I was already looking to get this sub to match my Rokit 5 monitors so I was definitely happy to check this out.

Is Cakewalk Sonar X2a On Windows 8 The Future Of DAWs?

January 4, 2013
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Cakewalk has announced SONAR X2a – an update to the popular Windows DAW which includes many fixes, enhancements, plus support for multi-touch. Since music apps first started appearing on Apple’s iPad, many users have been anticipating the same types of multi-touch interaction coming to traditional DAWs. Sonar X2a is a major step in that direction. SONAR X2A offers…

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Mix Engineer Mixed By Ali (Kendrick Lamar) – Pensado’s Place #97

January 4, 2013
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Kid, M.A.A.D City, joins Dave and Herb on the 97th episode of Pensado’s Place! The trio discuss Derek’s work on Kendrick’s breakout album, as well as working with Doctor Dre, and his own mixing process. In this week’s Into The Lair, Dave shows off some vocal mixing techniques he used on a recent Earth Wind…

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The Truth: The 10 Most Anticipated Hip Hop Albums Of 2013

January 4, 2013
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Diplo Talks Working With 2 Chainz

January 4, 2013
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Next Week Album Predictions

January 4, 2013
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We dreamed a dream that Republic‘s Les Misérables soundtrack would occupy the top of the chart barricade, and woke up and found it was true: The box-office phenom’s OST will claim the #1 spot in its third week of release. Here’s what we hope is a somewhat accurate look at the first chart of 2013. Les Misérables (Republic) 120-130k…

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The Lumineers on SNL

January 4, 2013
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The Lumineers will be the musical guests when Saturday Night Livereturns on Jan. 19. Jennifer Lawrence will host the episode. A week later, Adam Levine, who’s apparently ready for prime time, will make his hosting debut on the show, with Kendrick Lamar as the musical guest. The timing of SNL’s talent bookers is impeccable, as usual. [HitsDailyDouble]

Kid Ink Signs With RCA Records

January 4, 2013
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Last night, Kid Ink revealed that he has officially inked a deal with RCA Records. He has consistently dropped music, as well as, stand out tracks with some big names in the game. The L.A. native now has the opportunity to create his legacy in this thing of ours. Below are statements from Kid Ink & SVP of A&R…

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