An interesting twist on the Stage Piano from Casio – with the Privia Pro PX-5S you get the 88 Key weighted keyboard – made from some sort of plastic that doesn’t have the shine of an ivory feel, but certainly seems to play well and weighs a LOT less – at 24.47lbs so easily luggable…

In this series, we explore the exciting tools and features of Bitwig Studio with Dubspot’s James Bernard. Head over to our blog for more info: http://bit.ly/1pBraHu [Dubspot]

  This week marks the nineteenth anniversary of Eazy-E’s death due to complications from AIDS. The Compton, California-based Gangster Rap and Rap business pioneer set the stage for many of West Coast rap’s prominent releases of the 1980s and 1990s with his Ruthless Records. “There’s no West Coast rap, there’s no me sitting here, there’s…

Whenever photographer Chuck Stewart was hired by a record company to document a recording session, he would shoot during the rehearsal takes, playback and downtime. The company would take what it needed, the remainder likely never to be developed, much less published. After decades in the photography business, and thousands of album covers to his…

A security guard for Ultra Music Festival was hospitalized with severe brain hemorrhaging after being trampled by fans crashing the fences around the Miami event on Friday night. The Miami Herald reports that the 28-year-old private guard is in “extremely critical” condition. “A mob of people came and started rushing the gate and started pushing…

Should Drake respond to Jay Z’s, “Mrs. Drizzy,” line? I think Drake was out of line for his Rolling Stone comments and shouldn’t respond. [Real Talk NY]    

Justin Bieber and Usher have prevailed in a lawsuit that claimed the two had stolen the 2010 song, “Somebody to Love.” The plaintiffs in the case were Devin “the Dude” Copeland and Mareio Overton, who alleged in a Virginia federal courtroom they had authored a similarly titled song in 2008 that shared some of the…

Papoose says that he is the best rapper. “Nobody is better than me — Jay-Z, nobody,” Papoose says during an interview with the Daily News. “None are more lyrically inclined than me. None of them. I’m definitely the King of New York. I am the greatest out of New York. “More power to him,” Papoose…

Developer Taylor Holliday has announced that he’s submitted Audulus for iPhone to Apple for approval. Audulus is already available for iPad and Mac OS X. Official details are to come for Audulus for iPhone, but we expect it to be patch-compatible with the existing versions. When we talked with Holliday at NAMM, he noted that…

Dutch DJ Tiesto, one of the world’s most popular purveyors of dance music, says he is canceling a show in Caracas because “it’s no time to party.” Venezuela has been rocked by anti-government protests for nearly three months. Earlier this week, the Italian singer Jovanotti announced that he was canceling an April show because of…