Just Blaze recently visited Power 105. He spoke on his career, touring, his interest in EDM, Jay-Z’s feature on “Higher”, his absence from Magna Carta Holy Grail, Jay Elec’s delay, Saigon and more.

Google has today launched a pan-European ad campaign for its first music-streaming service, Google Music All Access, as it seeks to take on rivals such as Spotify. The campaign, by Isobar UK, introduces All Access, the new subscription service from Google Play Music, Google’s digital distribution platform for music. The service went live in Europe…

In this Logic Pro X video tutorial, Dubspot course designer Matt Shadetek demonstrates how to create a big, layered synth sound using Logic’s brand new Track Stacks function. [Dubspot]

Steve “Pav” Pavlovic’s smoking hot Australian label Modular Recordings is expanding into the U.K. and Europe with the launch of a London office. The new office is managed by Adam Brooks, who joins Modular from Warp Records, where he helmed the U.K. campaign for Boards of Canada’s recent Top 10 album, and worked with such…

Before St. Louis, Missouri star rapper Nelly found success with Fo’ Reel/Universal Records in the late ’90s, the former minor league baseball player was turned down a reported 10 times by recording labels. After six releases with the New York-based UMG, Nelly recently took time to acknowledge Hip Hop independent Macklemore, who with Ryan Lewis,…

Sony/ATV Music Publishing’s production music arm Extreme Music has partnered with composer Hans Zimmer and his business partner Steve Kofsky to create the joint-venture Bleeding Fingers Custom Music Shop. The Bleeding Fingers Custom Music Shop will focus on creating bespoke show-specific libraries and scores for unscripted, reality, documentary and light drama television productions. Bleeding Fingers,…

For those of you working in post or on archival projects, the latest version of iZotopes’s RX software seems like a dream come true. RX 3 has a newly designed user interface and up to 6 times faster processing that the previous RX 2. RX 3 Advanced now also comes with the new Dereverb and…

With their “Yo! MTV Raps” collection currently available for purchase, streetwear brand Stussy have released an accompanying documentary series detailing both the iconic music video program and the impact fashion has had on the genre of Hip Hop since its inception decades ago. Titled “The Importance Of Yo! MTV Raps,” the first part in the…

English R&B singer/songwriter Estelle has announced the launch of New London Records, an independent label in partnership with BMG, with whom she’s worked as a writer since 2003. Estelle will release the second and third volumes of her three-volume EP Love & Happiness on the new label (the first volume, Love Jones, was released in June),…

Shure Incorporated President and CEO Sandy LaMantia today praised the efforts of Representative Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) in helping to protect wireless microphone users, including Houses of Worship, government facilities, schools and universities, convention centers, theaters and live entertainment venues, and stadiums, from the loss of available spectrum by introducing H.R. 2911, “The Wireless Microphone Users…