Month: February 2013

Beat Thang Tips – Sequencing a beat with MIDI controller input

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVXQ0EI8fBo] Just a quick video showing the workflow of Beat Thang with a MIDI controller hooked up for recording melodies and chords.


Waka Flocka Again On Breakfast Club

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5djRru171k]


Eminem To Release Next Album After Memorial Day

Granted, “post Memorial Day” is not the most concrete of dates but hey, it’s been three years since Recovery so any information is something. Paul Rosenberg, president of Shady Records, let it be known that Em is far along in the process of recording his next album and that we can expect to hear it after Memorial…


LA’s First EDM Radio Station

Make way for L.A.’s first EDM station, as Clear Channel Media + Entertainment’s KIIS FM launches the HD Evolution on KIIS HD2 today. The outlet will feature “All Gone Pete Tong,” an exclusive two-hour daily show hosted by the famed DJ and tastemaker, with Pete’s Essential New Tune of the Week, as well as the hottest tracks from the global Top…


Grammy Sales Bumps: Retailers Banking on Mumford, Black Keys, Frank Ocean, Sheeran

While retail’s money is still riding on Mumford & Sons to get the biggest sales gain after Sunday night’s Grammy Awards, now that the lineup is more complete than when we last checked in a couple of weeks ago, they see a slew of other potential sales gainers. “We will see at least two or three influential…


Sonic TALK 300 – Happy Birthday

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gMpxvHla0M] 300 episodes – makes roughly 12 and a half days of listening should you choose to tackle it. First show in June 2006 and here we are. Joining me in the studio to mark this milestone are Dave and Chris plus a couple of bottles of bubbly – thanks guys! On the line…


Top 10 Tracks of The Week

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5Otla5157c] Macklemore & Ryan Lewis aren’t just holding onto #1 with their runaway hit “Thrift Shop,” they’re taking off into the stratosphere, picking up another 7% and moving 210k units more than the #2 track, will.i.am’s “Scream & Shout” featuring Britney Spears. The next hottest track is the second single from Bruno Mars’ Unorthodox…


Tim McGraw Heading for 15th Top 10 Album on Next Week’s Billboard 200 Chart

Country superstar Tim McGraw is on course for his 15th top 10 album on the Billboard 200 chart with his new set, “Two Lanes of Freedom.” Industry sources say the effort is set for a No. 2 bow and could sell 100,000 copies by the end of the tracking week on Feb. 10. The album…


David Massey Named President of Island Records

David Massey has been named president of Island Records, in what is described in a press release as a “further expansion of the Island Def Jam Music Group’s A&R and creative initiatives.” The appointment, which was announced by Barry Weiss, Chairman & CEO of the East Coast Label Group, is effective immediately. Massey will continue…


Billboard Reveals the 2013 Power 100

View the top 10 honorees for free — to see Nos. 11-100, subscribe to Billboard right here. 1. Lucian Grainge 2. Coran Capshaw 3. Martin Bandier 4. Michael Rapino 5. Doug Morris 6. Len Blavatnik 7. Rob Light 8. Tim Leiweke 9. Marc Geiger 10. Jimmy Iovine 11. Eddy Cue/ Robert Kondrk 12. Bob Pittman 13….