Month: January 2013

T.I. Has Recorded New Music With Justin Timberlake


50 Cent Interview With Forbes

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u1ukPPyiNM] 50 Cent, rapper and overall money making machine, sat down with Forbes to talk about his SMS audio venture and what sets him apart from all other headphone lines. Sounds convincing to me. Check it out. [AlLindstrom]


Young Guru Partners With AIAIAI For Headphone Line

In a move that’s starting to make this whole thing look more and more like a trend, producer Young Guru has partnered with headphone company AIAIAI for his own line of special edition headphones. The headphones will be called the TMA-1 Young Guru Edition but that’s about the extent of the information known about them. I’m willing…


Rosie Lopez Announced As President of Tommy Boy

Via Billboard & AlLindstrom Rosie Lopez has been promoted to President of Tommy Boy after ten years at the company. She formerly headed international, marketing for Tommy Boy. “I am excited to have Rosie Lopez step up to this role and lead Tommy Boy to a new era of innovation and greatness,” founder and CEO Tom Silverman…


A$AP YAMS TALKS ABOUT BEING A$AP ROCKY’S SPIRIT GUIDE, COMPARES HIMSELF TO YODA

If you’ve read anything about A$AP Rocky‘s crew, you know that A$AP Yams is much more than just the hilarious friend that always leeches off the Mob and doesn’t really have a well-defined set of roles and responsibilities. He’s not Taco. Yams has been behind a lot of the creative direction of Rocky’s career, and he…


WNAMM13: Dubreq Stylophone Preview

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_3uOET6Pro]


Mastering Engineer Pete Lyman – Pensado’s Place #100

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW_0NWFaiks] Pete Lyman, Mastering Engineer and co-owner of Infrasonic Sound (http://infrasonicsound.com/) joins Dave and Herb on the 100th episode of Pensado’s Place! The trio talk about the resurgence of vinyl (including what you need to know if you want to have your mix mastered for vinyl), answer common mastering questions, and talk about Pete’s…


Elliott Wilson Makes His XXL Freshman 10 Predictions

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGpCw2YYWBo]


Album Predictions

Gary Allan will score his first-ever #1 album next week (meaning the BBQ is on MCA Nashville chief Mike Dungan). The Lumineers, following their SNL appearance, see a nice increase to land at #2. Their self-titled Dualtone release is approaching 900k to date, which would merit an admiring “Ho Hey” even if they weren’t on an indie label. Here’s how things look headed into the weekend….


John Lennon, Yoko Ono Catalogs Sign With Downtown Music Publishing

Downtown Music Publishing today announced the signing of publishing administration agreements for the U.S. with Lenono Music and Ono Music, home to the song catalogs of John Lennon and Yoko Ono respectively. Under the terms of the agreement, which is in effect immediately, DMP will represent Lennon’s solo works — including “Imagine,” “Instant Karma (We…