This video offers a sneak preview of the Electronic Music Works A2 synthesizer module. Details on the EMW A2 synth are to come. [Synthtopia]

Shares of Pandora Media tanked 13 percent Friday, a day after the digital-music company reported its quarterly earnings but disappointing guidance.   Pandora on Thursday reported earning 4 cents a share in the most recent quarter, twice what analysts had projected. The company then said it should earn from 0- 5 cents per share for…

Snoop Dogg talks about people thinking New York is soft, Kendrick Lamar’s music being played all over, Kendrick’s “Control” verse, Kendrick taking the rap game over without him and Dre, being in that same position at the Source Awards & much more! [Real Talk NY]

Kanye West does not appear on Hall of Fame, but things are still G.O.O.D. between Big Sean and his mentor. During his interview with Rap-Up TV, the Detroit MC revealed what Yeezus thought of his sophomore album. “He was jamming to it, he was proud of it,” said Sean. “There’s always some things that we…

After a week where only two albums debuted in the top 10 on the Billboard 200, next week should provide a healthy influx of new releases to the region. The new Billboard 200 chart’s top 10 will be revealed on the morning of Aug. 28. John Mayer’s just-released “Paradise Valley” is aiming to bow at…

Get More: 2013 VMA, Artists.MTV, Music, Talib Kweli Where does the time go? Last Sunday marked 15 years years since the release of Mos Def and Talib Kweli’s collaborative effort, Black Star. While cruising down Flatbush Ave in a dollar van, Kweli reflects on the album and “Definition” video. [Rap Radar]

In this video, via Moog Music, Albert Glinsky, author of Theremin: Ether Music and Espionage offers a brief history of the theremin, covering everything from it’s orignal inception in a Russian chemistry lab to it’s development as a musical instrument. In addition to outlining its rich history Glinsky gives a basic tutorial in playing the Theremin and discusses…

Kid Rock & Rick Rubin Talk About The New Kid Rock Album “Born Free”. http://www.kidrock.de [WarnerMusicDe]

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed suit against the Australian independent label Liberation Music for “misusing copyright law” to scrub from YouTube a Lawrence Lessig lecture. The video at the center of the suit is a June 2010 lecture titled “Open,” which the Harvard Law School professor delivered at a Creative Commons conference in…

Missouri-based independent label Strange Music notches its eighth debut on Rap Albums this year as Stevie Stone’s “2 Birds 1 Stone” opens at No. 9 with 5,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. No other imprint has placed as many titles on the chart so far in 2013. For comparison’s sake, Young Money and Cash Money…