BeatsByDre Receives Reported $500 Million Investment  Beats Electronics, which was founded by Dr.Dre & Jimmy Lovine; has announced that the Caryle Group has agreed to make an investment in the successful audio company. Bloomberg & the Wall Street Journal estimate the private firm’s investment to be around $500 Million. Also, Beats has announced that the…

Ezra Buchla (son of Donald Buchla) and Brian Crabtree (monome) have introduced Aleph – a Linux-based open source sound computer. It can be a synthesizer, sampler, looper or drum machine – or, because it’s open source, anything that you can develop for it. Key Features:…

Dizzee Rascal has admitted he is thankful he was raised in Britain, not America, after seeing some of the problems they have across the pond.The London-born rapper currently resides in Miami, and also regularly spends time in Houston and New York, but says he is glad to have been raised in Britain as he has…

She also demands that unreleased masters be handed over in a lawsuit that follows a company’s purchase of the song catalogue of Death Row Records.Afeni Shakur is demanding more than $1.1 million in royalties from the exploitation of her son’s work….

Pearl Jam have already released two music videos from their new album, “Lightning Bolt,” which is typically two more than they ever release for anything. Perhaps the coolest video they’ve released so far is the aptly-named short film “Lightning Bolt,” which features several celebrities interviewing the band about this new album. Among them, director/producer Judd…

Footage from the video shoot for 2 Chainz’, “Used 2.”…

Miley Cyrus is brilliant. I know you’re probably thinking “Bobby has lost his mind” right about now but hear me out. We’ve just witnessed one of the most complete marketing makeovers in show business history when it comes to Miley. Let me explain why. A little more than a month ago, Ms Cyrus was a…

ative Instruments this week introduced Kinetic Metal, a new instrument to help producers and sound designers create “ethereal sound beds, shifting textures, and delicate, tonal percussion.” Comprised of over 200 multi-layered patches running in NI Kontakt 5*, Kinetic Metal combines sampled “unconventional” metal objects with artificial waveforms. The result is a broad range of atmospheric…

SFX Entertainment, the electronic dance music promotions company founded in 2011, filed details yesterday with the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding its initial public stock offering, which put the company’s market value at $1.1 billion dollars. The plan calls for the company to raise $200 million by offering 16.7 million shares at a price range…

Circumstance might have led R&B musicians Syleena Johnson and Musiq Soulchild to meet, but it was chemistry that got them to record an entire album together. They sat down recently with Tell Me More host Michel Martin, and talked about the spontaneity of the project and the emotional underpinnings beneath the surface. Interview Highlights Syleena…