$35 Million Interscope chair Jimmy Iovine and rapper-producer Dr. Dre each pledged $35 million in May to USC’s School of Social Work to establish the Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation. $25 Million The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will name the theater in its new movie museum after David Geffen, whose April…
The Acoustic Window Innovation
Modern recording studios are much different from the studios of the 60s and 70s. Today, we love to have lots of natural light, which means lots of windows. While glass is a decent insulator, it’s pretty reflective, which causes a whole new set of problems, since the best studios closely control those reflections with absorption….
Prince Paul Recalls Gravediggaz Declining Deal From Ruthless Records
Prince Paul, founding member of ’90s Rap group Gravediggaz, recently spoke about the crew’s debut and why they refused to sign a record deal with Eazy E and Jerry Heller, despite his respect for N.W.A.’s legacy and Eazy’s career. “He’s a real nice guy. It’s funny, I’m thinking N.W.A. is all street and gangsta, but…
Pink Floyd Make a ‘Big Change,’ Pact with Imagem Music U.K.
Pink Floyd have partnered with Imagem Music U.K. for their publishing. Through the deal, announced today, Pink Floyd Music Publishers has struck a deal that will see Imagem Music U.K. administer the songs of David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright in the Pink Floyd catalog. The works of Roger Waters remain with Warner/Chappell. Pink…
Virtones Vpad Puts Your VSTs Into An Effects Pedal
Virtones has announced vPed, a new device that turns your VST/VSTi plugins into a hardware effects pedal. Here are the details: Features: Guitar and XLR mic inputs, that can also be used at the same time. Balanced/unbalanced outputs. MIDI capabilities, to connect a midi keyboard for the use of VSTi virtual instruments. Up to…
Birdman & Mannie Fresh To Reunite
Get More: Birdman, RapFix Live, Full Episodes Could Mannie Fresh now be part of the upcoming Big Tymers project? Maybe. During RapFix Live today, Baby reveals (3:35 mark) that he plans to hit the studio with Mannie in a week or two. “I’ve been talking to Fresh a lot. We talk every other day, we been talking…
Selena Gomez Set for First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart
Selena Gomez, who just celebrated her 21st birthday on July 22, has another reason to party: She’s likely to earn her first No. 1 album next week. Industry sources say her latest release, Stars Dance, should debut atop the Billboard 200 with perhaps 90,000 to 100,000 copies sold in the week ending Sunday, July 28….
@SHAMONEYXL in Shop Talk w/ @IAmJeffSledge and @VEVO
Allindstrom.com has officially partnered with legendary A&R man Jeff Sledge to bring you Shop Talk. In this series, Sledge chops it up with old friends of the industry and talks about the past. His next guest is Sha Money XL. Sha talks about coming up under Jam Master Jay, dealing with hip-hop beef, leaving Def…
Apple iTunes Breaks Sales Records In Q3
Even though iPad sales stumbled in the third quarter, Apple Inc.’s iTunes store continued to rock on, according to the company latest earnings report released Tuesday. The iTunes store “generated record billings of $4.3 billion in the June quarter, culminating in our best month and best week ever for App store billings at the very…
#FACTSONLY Interview with JAY Z Part 2 – The Truth With Elliott Wilson
Get your own valid XHTML YouTube embed code In Part 2 of the #FactsOnly interview, JAY Z gives Elliott Wilson a glimpse into his views on respect and competition within the music world; the shared stories between sports and hip hop; his thoughts on the Trayvon Martin ruling, and his perspective on parenting. [Rap Radar]
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