It wasn’t all that long ago that Scott “Scooter” Braun, the man who would introduce Justin Bieber to the world, hung his reputation on little more than being a successful party promoter in Atlanta. Today, the 32-year-old Greenwich, Connecticut native is the owner of SB Projects, managing more than ten music artists, producing movies and…

For the past seven years, the second-to-last question in any interview with Big Boi or Andre 3000 has inevitably been, “So, um, when are you guys gonna get Outkast back together?” Well, according to Billboard, that eternal dead-end query might finally have an answer: April. The magazine, citing unnamed sources, said that the pair is…

There are a lot of music tech companies with eyes on their big score, commonly known as the IPO. Streaming music service Spotify is likely to be the next music tech company in line for the brass ring, but much depends on Twitter’s stock price over the upcoming months. The influence of Twitter stock over…

Friday night at 1:45 a.m., at least a hundred people were on the main door line for Output, a dance club in Brooklyn that opened near the beginning of the year. They wouldn’t be getting in for a while: the spot had reached capacity a half-hour before, shortly after the night’s headliner, John Digweed, had…

Roc Nation welcomes producer Dijon “DJ Mustard” McFarlane to Roc Nation label. Currently signed to Roc Nation management, DJ Mustard will now serve on the label roster alongside celebrated artists including Rihanna, J. Cole and Rita Ora. Rising to fame within hip hop culture with his signature “ratchet” sound and phrase “Mustard On The Beat…,”…

Many delay plugins today are either trying to directly emulate tape delay or have a tape delay setting. Setting up a tape delay used to be one of the first things you learned how to do when you started in the studio back in the day, since there was no other way to accomplish the…

This video captures a performance by Slawomir Zubrzycki on the Viola Organista – an instrument originally designed by Leonardo da Vinci 500 years ago. The keyboard combines elements of the harpsichord, organ and viola da gamba. The performer pumps a pedal that turns a crankshart. When keys are depressed, turning wheels press against strings, creating…

You saw part 1 yesterday. Now check out the second part of Zane Lowe’s sit down with Eminem. [Al Lindstrom]

Sony Entertainment has hired Bain & Company to look for at least $100 million in cost-savings, the New York Times reported. But early speculation about the move is that it will impact Sony Pictures more than Sony Music Entertainment or Sony/ATV Music Publishing, which fall under the Sony Entertainment umbrella….

Before GQ’s recent cover story of Kendrick Lamar was published by the magazine, the publication released “The Four MCs That Made Kendrick Lamar.” In the article, Lamar named Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Mobb Deep’s Prodigy as his four greatest influences as an emcee. Recently, Prodigy addressed his inclusion in the article….