Month: June 2013

Importing Maschine expansions without rescaning the entire library

Showing you how to add third party Maschine expansions to your library without having to wait forever for the long rescan process. [MachineTutorials]


Zoom H6 Digital Recorder

A number of years ago I presented the specifications for a pro level handheld digital recorder I designed to a respected manufacturer of electronic devices. “There’s not a big enough market. Not enough people have a need,” I was told. They should have listened. Flash forward about ten years and the hand-held recorder has become…


Robin Thicke’s ‘Blurred Lines’ Deemed Best Selling, No. 1 For 4th Week In UK

Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” has not only earned a fourth week atop the UK Singles Chart, it has officially become the second best selling single of the year. According to The Official Charts Company, the Pharrell and T.I. assisted song has sold over 700,000 copies to date in the UK, trailing only Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky,” which has sold…


Jamie N Commons Announces Summer 2013 West Coast Tour Dates

U.K. singer/songwriter Jamie N Commons will head back to the U.S. this summer for a string of west coast tour dates. First stop will be a performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live on August 5th (ABC, 11:35pm/10:35c) followed by a show in Denver, CO at Soiled Dove on August 6th (see below for complete itinerary). Jamie…


Imagine Dragons “Radioactive” To Thank For Miami Heat Win?

Could Imagine Dragons be responsible for last week’s Miami Heat NBA championship win? Unlikely. But one thing is certain, the band’s breakout single “Radioactive” helped LeBron James, the point leader in last night’s (June 21) game, to get in the proper headspace needed to take home the win for Miami. James, who anointed himself the team’s…


SESAC Latina Music Awards Honor Barreras, Casal, PSY and More

Casualness and glamour commingled at the annual SESAC Latina Music awards, which took place June 19 at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, and featured performances by regional Mexican up and comers Voz de Mando, Spanish diva Luz Casal and singer/songwriter Robi Draco Rosa. “This is truly la crème de la crème,” said Rosa…


Alex Da Kid on Renman Live!

Watch Alex Da Kid on RenmanMB! Alex talks about Sound Design, Song Writing, Running a Record Label and more! [RenmanMB]


Soul Singer Bobby Bland Passes Away, 83 Yrs Old

BOBBY BLAND [Jan. 27, 1930 – June 23, 2013] was, in his prime, the most powerful blues shouter of all time, though capable as well of a caressing tenderness. “Turn On Your Lovelight” is what the rock world knows, I guess, but the man’s legacy is also in “Ain’t Nothing You Can Do,” “Farther Up the…


Wale & Jerry Seinfeld In The Studio

Wale and Jerry Seinfeld are still prepping their joint project, Album About Nothing. In Wale’s new vlog, gives DJ Drama an update on it’s process and Wale and Jerry record the track, “The Outro About Nothing [Rap Radar]


Spotify CEO Says Machines Will Pick Our Music In the Future

    Right now, apps like iTunes and Spotify revolve around searching, selecting, and assembling the music we like. Sync’ing playlists and creating virtual collections make sense to us. But what if machines did all of that work for us? That’s the future being etched by Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, who argues that the future of…