Month: September 2013

Audulus Update Lets You Create Advanced Polyphonic Modular Synth Patches

  Developer Taylor Holliday has released Audulus 2.3 for iPad and Mac, updating the modular synth with new capabilities for creating polyphonic synth patches. “Audulus is the only polyphonic modular synthesizer on iOS,” says Audulus developer Taylor Holliday. “And now with our souped-up polyphonic sub-patches in Audulus 2.3, we’re moving toward being able to express an…


@Nas To Hold Press Conference Covering Harvard Hip Hop Fellowship

“I know I can… Be what I wanna be… If I work hard at it… I’ll be where I wanna be…” More teachers. More Hip Hop. Gotta love it. On September 19th, Nas will called to join Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute and Professor Marcyliena Morgan of the Hip Hop…


Advertising, Horror Films Panels Added at Film and TV Music Conference

The role advertising plays in creating hit songs and the music of horror films will be explored on panels at the 2013 Billboard/Hollywood Reporter Film and TV Music Conference being held Oct. 29 and 30 at the W Hotel in Hollywood. Producer-songwriter Alex Da Kid will discuss his success with the band Imagine Dragons on…


Mixtape Alpha – A $42 Polyphonic Synth

Open Music Labs has announced that it plans to create a limited number of the Mixtape Alpha synthesizer. The Mixtape Alpha is a pocket-sized 8-bit synth, complete with four voices, four effects, five-note polyphony, record, playback, and more. Here’s what they have to say about Mixtape Alpha:…


Here’s Why Warner Music’s Deal with Clear Channel Could be Groundbreaking for the Future of the U.S. Music Biz

There’s been a lot of confusion online about a groundbreaking new partnership between Clear Channel and Warner Music Group (WMG), but here’s what you need to know: Clear Channel is paying artist performance royalties for terrestrial radio to the WMG. It is the first time such a deal has been signed with a major record…


Diddy’s Revolt TV Channel Will Launch In October On Time Warner Cable

Introducing the new music TV channel from Sean Combs. It’s rooted in music, broadcasted live, and socially-connected. Backstage. Behind-the-scenes. Exclusively on Time Warner Cable. Catch the launch on 10/21 in New York and Los Angeles, or nationally in January 2014. MUSIC. NEWS. SOCIAL. LIVE…


Eve Talks Next Album, Nicki Minaj Lyric, & Love for Lil’ Kim

Eve is currently traveling across the country on her first tour in over a decade. Rap-Up TV caught up with the hip-hop icon before she hit the stage at The Roxy in L.A. last week. She chatted about her next album, working with Lil’ Kim and Missy Elliott, and Nicki Minaj’s lyric on “I Be…


Mister Cee Renounces Resignation

After announcing his resignation from Hot 97 yesterday, The Finisher visited Ebro and Flex earlier to explain his actions and admitted to the recent allegations. He also renounced his decision and will be back on-air at noon….


@MikeWillMadeIt Confirms @KanyeWest Ft. @MileyCyrus “Black Skinhead” Remix

The truth is out. Kanye West and Miley Cyrus have recorded a remix of Yeezy’s “Black Skinhead.”  Mike Will Made-It confirmed during a visit to MTV’s RapFix Live, saying that the remix was recorded right after the VMAs and says “It’s about done.”  Well there ya have it.  Watch the clip below….


New Pandora CEO Faces Royalty Fight with Artists

One of the biggest challenges facing Brian McAndrews, the new CEO of Pandora, will be renegotiating the royalty rates the Internet radio giant pays to the music industry. If Pandora doesn’t prevail, the outcome could impede the company’s growth and hamper its ability to compete with services such as Apple’s iTunes Radio, which launches next…