Month: February 2014

Sonic TALK 346 – NAMM 2014, AIRA, RYTM, Keytars and Guitars

Post NAMM we talk to Gaz Williams, our very own Richard Beech – guitars editor and Corry Banks from BBoyTechReport about what we found at NAMM2 2014 [SonicState]


Soundelux Co-Founder Lon Bender Jumps to Formosa Group

Soundelux co-founder Lon Bender has left that company to join aggressive upstart the Formosa Group. Bender is an Oscar winning supervising sound editor and sound designer. He is the twelfth artist to join Formosa Group since the company was launched in 2013 and began luring talent. Among them are the team of Karen Baker Landers…


Interview With Teenage Engineering Founder Jens Rudberg

In the first episode of Mutewatch’s entrepreneurial web series, Peeps, host Anastasia Vesterberg talks with Jens Rudberg, one of the founders of Teenage Engineering. Rudberg offers his thoughts on how to run a successful business, based on his own interests. The video above is the final episode. Below, you can see the unedited interview:…


Renman U Week #4: Treating Your Music Career As a Business

The best advice you can get for success in the music business is to think like an entrepreneur and treat your career as a business. Here are a the highlights from session # 4 of Renman U. If you’re serious about music as a career – not just a hobby – than this clip is…


Grammy’s 2014 Tour and P&E Wing Party – Pensado’s Place #149

Pensado’s Place takes a special backstage technical tour of the 2014 GRAMMY Awards w/ engineer and correspondent Billy Flores to learn all about how the GRAMMY awards are put on. Also, Dave and Herb visit with multiple guests at the P&E wing party which included the likes of Alan Parsons, Dave Matthews, Neil Young, Jeff…


French Montana To Executive Produce New Diddy Album

If a caption rapper French Montana added to a video posted on Instagram this week is true, then the Moroccan-born emcee will soon serve as executive producer on an upcoming album from Bad Boy Records’ helmsman, Diddy. In the video, which was posted on French Montana’s official Instagram page, Diddy can be seen dancing in…


Giorgio Moroder: Daft Punk’s Disco Don Reflects on His Remarkable Re-Emergence

Producer Giorgio Moroder, who helped invent disco in the 1970s with Donna Summer (“I Feel Love,” “Love to Love You Baby”) before conjuring the ’80s synth sound of film soundtracks (Scarface, American Gigolo, Flashdance), disappeared from pop culture for two decades. Catapulted back into the spotlight with an unexpected starring role on Daft Punk’s 2013…


SCHOOLBOY Q vs DJ WHOO KID on the WHOOLYWOOD SHUFFLE

SCHOOLBOY Q stops by the WHOOLYWOOD SHUFFLE on SHADE 45 with DJ WHOO KID to discuss the details of his long awaited debut album, OXYMORON, his relationship and work with artists like Alchemist and A$AP Rocky plus the meaning behind his album cover, the role his daughter played in the whole creative process and influences…


Executive Turntable: Squar, Adams Fox Promoted at ADA; Rose Slanic Named GM, North America for Eleven Seven Music Group; More

Squar, Adams Fox Promoted at ADA Brandon Square has been promoted to senior vice president of digital strategy and revenue at ADA Worldwide, while Tatia Adams Fox has been named senior vice president of marketing for ADA. Based in New York, both will report to ADA president David Orleans. With these appointments, Warner Music Group’s…


J Prince Checks In With The Breakfast Club

[The Breakfast Club]