How the Black Eyed Pea started Beats and cashed-in on the Apple deal with his mentor “So I was with will.i.am one day and he says, “You know the record business is all screwed up, we’re losing, Jimmy.  Jimmy, hardware.’” “So I said, ‘Will, what are you talking about hardware?’” “He says ‘Hardware.’” So I…

Music: “Jungle” by X Ambassadors & Jamie N Commons, available at http://beats.is/1owNRx7 and http://smarturl.it/JungleSOTW Before the goals, before the glory, there is an unseen game played in the locker room. Watch how the best prepare for greatness with Beats SOLO2 and Studio. This is how the game is won. Featuring: Neymar Jr., Bacary Sagna, Bastian…

Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. 14-Year-Old Justin Bieber — Sings Parody ‘One Less Lonely N*****’ And About Joining Ku Klux Klan – Watch More Celebrity Videos or Subscribe Following a video release of the singer using the n-word as a 15-year-old and his subsequent apology, another video of Justin Bieber using the n-word…

  Things happen in the course of a recording session. Knobs get turned, switches get flipped, plugins are bypassed and then forgotten about later, which can result in something sounding not quite right. A big problem when recording drums is phase cancellation because there are so many mics normally used. Here’s an excerpt from the…

During a recent interview with New York radio station Hot 97, Lupe Fiasco was asked about young emcees he respects. Fiasco names Young Thug and Big K.R.I.T. When he is asked if Kendrick Lamar makes the list by host Peter Rosenberg, he says, “I’ve always been a fan of Kendrick. I’m not a nut-hugger like…

As country music fans from all over the globe prepare to make their annual pilgrimage to Nashville for CMA Music Fest, taking place June 5-8, Music City is bracing for the onslaught of fan club parties, charity benefits, autograph sessions and concerts that make it Country Music’s biggest party. Launched in 1972 as Fan Fair,…

Swizz Beatz talks with Power 105′s, The Breakfast Club. Swizz Beatz speaks on going to Harvard, his business ventures, a possible DMX comeback and more. [RealTalkNY]

Given that he was behind two of Twitter’s all-time greatest tweets, it should come as no surprise that 50 Cent‘s Reddit AMA contains some real gold. Compared to some AMAs, 50′s was a relatively short session, but we still got to find out his favourite TV shows growing up (“the benny hill show. he was…

RealiTone has released Realivox Blue – a new vocal synthesizer that can translate words you type into vocals. Realivox Blue is based on 12,000 samples, carefully edited to allow individual sounds to be composited into words and phrases. Here’s a collection of audio demos:…

The industry body that represents independent music labels worldwide says it has had enough of YouTube’s aggressive negotiating tactics and will bring its case to the European Commission for review. The Worldwide Independent Network (WIN), which represents the interests of the global independent music community, says YouTube has been approaching independent labels directly with a…