Month: June 2014

Yahoo To Introduce Its Own Version Of YouTube

There are 62 video sharing sites worldwide at the moment, and of course the largest by far is YouTube, which now garners more than 17% of all Internet traffic. That’s why you have to wonder why a company would even think about launching a new platform in this already crowded field dominated by an 8,000…


New Music Gear Monday: Eventide DDL-500 Delay Module

We all love 500 series racks and modules. They’re portable, and the mix and match factor can’t be beat. Most modules have fallen into the mic pre, EQ or compressor categories, however, until now. Eventide has introduced its DDL-500 module, which finally puts a delay into a 500 rack space. Eventide has a long history…


50 Cent: “I Don’t Snatch Chains”

50 Cent has responded to allegations that he was involved in a recent chain snatching of Slowbucks at New York radio station Hot 97’s Summer Jam on June 1. “Stop telling TMZ I can keep your chain Boy. I don’t snatch chains,This don’t make no sense.#smsaudio #animalambition,” 50 says in the caption of an Instagram post. 50 elaborates…


Alan Splet Award by the Berkeley Film Foundation

Alan was a well-known and extremely admired sound designer who collaborated with David Lynch, Phil Kaufman, Peter Weir, Carroll Ballard, Frank Oz and numerous other filmmakers. Many Bay Area editors worked with Alan on Blue Velvet, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Henry & June, The Elephant Man, Rising Sun, The Black Stallion, Wind, Dirty Rotten…


Charlamagne Tha God Says 50 Cent Has Reached His Peak

During an interview with Vlad TV, Power 105.1 on-air personality Charlamagne Tha God was asked if 50 Cent has the ability to bring his career back to where it was when he first came out. According to Charlamagne, not only does 50 Cent not have the ability to reach his peak again, no artist has…


You Asked, They Listened: Moog Music Releases Limited Edition Werkstatt-01 Synth Kit

Moog Music today announced that it is releasing the Moog Werkstatt – originally designed for a hands-on workshop during Moogfest 2014 – as a limited edition hackable synthesizer. During Moogfest, the comppany facilitated a two-day workshop, in which Moog engineers assisted 125 participants in building Werkstatt, an educational, patchable analog synthesizer designed specifically for the…


Battlefield:Hardline

Today Electronic Arts announced its NEW ‘Battlefield:Hardline’ game, featuring ‘Jungle’ by Jamie N Commons feat. X Ambassadors. [Electronic Arts]


Jimmy Iovine’s ‘Secret iPod’: How ‘Jungle’ Became the New Beats Song

While Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj and a dizzying array of the globe’s biggest soccer stars are featured in the new Beats promotional film short entitled “The Game Before the Game” released today, the real star of the clip, as is the case with most Beats promotional spots, is the song. The film’s powerful opening sequence…


Google Offered $15 Million to Buy Songza

Google has offered $15 million to acquire curated playlist site Songza, according to the New York Post. The deal would give the search giant company a new music property that could improve its Google Play Music All Access subscription service or a future YouTube product, as the Mountain View, Calif.-based company maneuvers against Apple, Spotify…


Harvey Mason Jr Talks Plugins, Production Tips and Jimmy Iovine

http://channeldynamic.com – Harvey Mason Jr. discusses Jimmy Iovine, production tips and plugins. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Visit our website for more music industry interviews [Channel Dynamic]