Revenge composer iZLER discusses the creative process behind his work on the show. iZLER conducted a 50-piece orchestra each week for the musically driven show, and his dedication to finding the right melody for “Revenge” hasn’t been ignored. Variety described his music as “”smoky, elaborate film noir-inspired compositions,” while Beatweek Magazine praised iZLER for making…

The agency pricing model will live on at the iTunes Store. The judge in the Apple e-book price fixing case said on Tuesday she will limit the focus of her ruling to e-books. U.S. District Judge Denise Cote said her ruling would not give the federal government oversight of all content at Apple’s iTunes store….

Layzie Bone took to Twitter to announce that he will be stepping away from ‘Bone Thugs N Harmony’, to work on building his own brand. He sent out the following tweet, which can be viewed below:…

Atlanta-reared rap group Goodie Mob coined the term “Dirty South.” They were one of the first artists to smartly recruit the talents of a once-fledgling producer named Kanye West. And they ushered the wildly fertile talents of group member Cee Lo Green into light. Now, 14 years after releasing their last album together, Green and…

There’s widespread industry speculation that Neil Young’s dream of a higher quality consumer music service is slowly getting closer, although a launch date is still nowhere in sight. Pono, in which Young is heavily invested, is a high-resolution audio ecosystem consisting of a download service supplying digital audio files transferred from the original audio masters…

ravi$ Scott isn’t slowing downWith Owl Pharaoh recently garnering a BET Hip-Hop Awards nomination for Mixtape Of The Year, and his contributions to Jay Z‘s chart-topping Magna Carta…Holy Grail album, its safe to say Travi$ Scott is enjoying his 2013….

Justin Timberlake yesterday stopped by New York radio station Hot 97, where he defended Miley Cyrus’ controversial performance at MTV’s Video Music Awards and talked about working with Jay Z and Drake on the second half of his 20/20 Experience project. In an extensive chat with host Angie Martinez, Timberlake said receiving the Michael Jackson…

Vulfpeck’s Jack Stratton sent us this cool video he made saying, “[James] Jamerson belongs with Bach, Debussy and Mozart, and that includes graphical scores on Youtube.” We couldn’t agree more. We dig this visual representation of one of Jamerson’s amazing bass lines – one that is best described on the Wikipedia article about Jamerson’s bass…

Houston-based label Rap-A-Lot Records has signed a multi-year agreement with RED Distribution, a Sony Music Entertainment-owned sales and marketing division that handles releases for over 60 independent record labels, for digital and physical distribution in the U.S. and Canada effective on August 15. Previously distributed by INgrooves, Rap-A-Lot Records was founded in 1986 by James…

When it comes to tuning an instrument, we think of the standard A note at 440Hz as the reference standard, but it wasn’t always that way. Prior to 1940 there were a variety of standards, although A=432Hz (also known as “Verdi’s A”) was the one most frequently used. It wasn’t until 1940 that the US…