Month: March 2013

Maschine in Ableton Live 9 installing the new controller template

Showing how to install the new Maschine controller template for Ableton Live 9.


Top 10 Tracks of The Week

Last week’s top four sellers are this week’s top four sellers, as Rihanna and Baauer trade slots, the latter now looking somewhat less long-legged than the last viral dance-move sensation from that Korean dude. New to the leaderboard are the third single from P!nk’s latest LP, this one featuring Fun.’s Nate Ruess, zipping upward from #25 a week earlier; Pitbull’s pairing with Christina Aguilera,…


How Justin Timberlake’s ‘The 20/20 Experience’ Already Changed the Music Business

With the everchanging state of the music indusrty, even established artists are being forced to think of new and creative ways to get heard.  In this article High Snobiety shows one way JT thought to stand out among the masses. [AlLindstrom] Justin Timberlake’s forthcoming third solo album The 20/20 Experiencemarks not only the falsetto crooner’s first album since 2006’sFutureSex/LoveSounds, but a…


Clear Channel Launches Evolution 93.5 In Miami

What with Ultra Music Festival and everything, I was always under the impression that Miami got as much EDM as any city could handle. Well, apparently it wasn’t enough. Clear Channel is launching Evolution 93.5 in Miami, an all EDM channel that got its start in Boston but now that it has moved to Miami,…


AEG Will Not Be Sold After All, Tim Leiweke Leaving Company

Anschutz Entertainment Group owner Phillip Anschutz has taken the company off of the market and president/CEO Tim Leiweke will leave the company, according to a statement released today. Leiweke will be replaced in his roles by CFO Dan Beckerman. Anschutz will take on a more active role in the company. “From the very beginning of…


Five Questions with Live Nation Labs’ Eric Garland at SXSW

Eric Garland doesn’t attend many industry conferences now that he’s GM of Live Nation Labs, but he came to SXSW 2013 to see family and friends, talked on a panel about artist revenue streams and ended with a good story about two industry veterans. Billboard.biz talked to Garland about that pre-panel moment in the green…


David Bowie vs. Bon Jovi For No. 1 on Next Week’s Billboard 200 Chart

On next week’s Billboard 200 chart, rock legend David Bowie is in the hunt for his first No. 1 album, while veteran group Bon Jovi could nab its fifth chart-topper. The new Billboard 200 chart’s top 10 will be revealed on the morning of Wednesday, March 20. Industry sources suggest Bowie’s The Next Day, released yesterday…


Twitter to Release Its Own Music App, Says CNet

Twitter is about to dive into the world of music discovery. The micro-blogging social network is reportedly about to release an application dubbed Twitter Music designed to help people find new music, according to a report from CNet. The application is being built by We Are Hunted, a small Australian developer that Twitter acquired last…


Amazing Water & Sound Experiment

Ever since I created the first version of this video a year ago I’ve been wanting to try it again with more water and better lighting / footage. This is a really fun project and when you first see the results, chances are your jaw will drop. The main thing to keep in mind for…


Mac Miller & The Most Dope Family Ep. 3