Ten music teachers from ten cities across eight states have been announced as finalists for the Recording Academy and Grammy Foundation’s first annual Music Educator Award. The finalists were culled from more than 30,000 initial nominations submitted from all 50 states. The Music Educator Award was established to recognize current educators from kindergarten through college…

I hate most iPad and iPhone apps. There, I said it. In this world we live in where jumping on the bandwagon is expected in order to keep up with the competition, every company or artistic project seems to be working on an app. And it’s not a good idea. For one thing there are…

In 1967, 16-year-old Jeff Hyman of Queens, New York was nearly a decade away from inventing punk rock as Joey Ramone. He was already making records. In the late winter of that year, he made an irresistible offer to a neighborhood psychedelic trio, Purple Majesty: He would take them into a proper studio and produce…

he kit includes all of the components you need to build a lo-fi synthesizer/noise generator, including the 556 Integrated Circuit, jumper wires and prototyping breadboard, as well as a speaker to create your very own DIY Synth. Once constructed and the battery is connected, the circuit creates stable square waves. Using two control potentiometers, you…

For the first time in memory, the Grammy dance nomination field didn’t only honor the worthy (which it’s had a tendency of doing these past few years, Al Walser drama notwithstanding): It reflected what America actually grooved to in 2013. Every song in the “Best Dance Recording” category swooped over a crowded festival field this…

This is a documentary film about an elite group of studio session musicians in Los Angeles in the 1960’s who played on hits for the Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra, Sonny and Cher, Jan & Dean, The Monkees, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Mamas and Papas, 5th Dimension, Tijuana Brass, Ricky Nelson, Elvis Presley,…

After vocalizing frustration with Nike, Kanye West says he is sorry. “I really feel honored to have had the chance to blow Yeezy [sneakers] up with Nike,” West said in an interview with I Am Tall Boy. “I really appreciate everything they did for me. I’m not knocking them on the way out or burning…

This year’s Grammy nominations — unveiled live Friday night (Dec. 6) during the “Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music’s Biggest night” show in Los Angeles — included a whole lot of expected names; let’s just say that no one leapt out of their chair when Taylor Swift, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Daft…

Great synopsis of the production side of NIN. You never know if things will work out until they do. Lots of Alessandro and Justin cameos….

KIDinaKORNER Artists Imagine Dragons have been nominated for bot Record of the Year and Best Rock Performance Grammys. The rest of the nominations can be seen below: The time is upon us; check out the R&B/Hip-Hop list below:…