Before the scheduled February 25 release of ScHoolboy Q’s new album, Oxymoron, the TDE rapper spoke with Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club about his upcoming LP, being a member of Black Hippy, and more. As a Top Dawg Entertainment signee, Q was asked how competitive those at TDE are. The Los Angeles rapper revealed that…

Machine Shop is a collaboration between percussionist Karen Stackpole and engineer and electronic music artist Drew Webster. Stackpole coaxes otherworldly vibrations from her wall of gongs with an arsenal of implements while Webster amplifies and augments the complex harmonics coaxed from this amazing metal with a passel of microphones, a couple of mixers, a laptop,…

In this vintage 1985 full-length tutorial video, Steve DiFuria explains the secrets of analog and digital synthesis. There a lot of good information in the video, along with some truly bizarre things. We’re talking incomprehensible voodoo-doll nipple torture bizarre. Luckily, Difuria spends most of his time demonstrating synthesis concepts on what are now classic synthesizers….

STASHED talks to Translation founder and author of “The Tanning Of America,” Steve Stoute, on what to expect from the VH1 premiere of his docu-series. Nas also talks about “Illmatic” turning 20 and Dapper Dan speaks on the beginnings of urban streetwear. [Real Talk NY]

Behind every music tour — from Beyonce’s Vegas-styled extravaganzas to Phish’s weed-and-‘shroom-fueled odysseys — is an unsung individual who’s equal parts field marshal, political fixer, armchair psychoanalyst and bag man. The tour manager on a major artist’s outing is often responsible for shepherding more than 100 musicians, gaffers, carpenters, lighting technicians and accountants on voyages…

Eminem and Dr. Dre had their first session in the former N.W.A producer’s Los Angeles, California home studio. Paul Rosenberg, Eminem’s longtime manager, recently told XXL that this day was an important one for the success of the Detroit, Michigan rapper’s debut album, The Slim Shady LP, which was released 15 years ago, on February…

Get your hands on it first and Pre-Order Now! Drops digitally Friday March 7th, 2013 Hi-Tek needs no introduction! The Cincinnati based producer has literally set the bar for what hip hop drums “should sound like”. Tek’s production catalog is nothing short of impressive, having crafted bangers for Talib Kweli, Common, 50 Cent, Snoop Dog,…

Date Venue Location Tickets Mar 03 Bell Centre Montreal, Canada Tickets RSVP Mar 04 Air Canada Centre Toronto, Canada Tickets RSVP Apr 03 Bootleg Theater Los Angeles, CA Tickets RSVP Apr 08 The Bug Jar Rochester, NY Tickets RSVP Apr 09 Great Scott **SOLD OUT, 2nd show added at The Sinclair** Boston, MA Tickets RSVP…

Hip-Hop Producer and Engineer Noah ’40’ Shebib (Drake, Lil Wayne, Beyonce, Alicia Keys, and Jamie Foxx) join Dave and Herb on the 151st episode of Pensado’s Place! [Pensados Place]

In this video, via sonicstate, Ableton Live certified trainer Mike Greig demonstrates how you can use the new Ableton Push controller to work quickly with Live, using it as the only interface. In the video, Greig shows how to build the basics of a track in 10 minutes with Ableton Push. [Synthtopia]