At the annual VidCon confabulation in Anaheim, California yesterday, YouTube’s Susan Wojcicki unveiled a number of additions and features that the site will be adding over the coming months, including links to creators’ crowdfunding projects, its own donation option, and a repository of music the site has licensed and will make available to creators for…

Eminem was banned from playing a day festival in Hyde Park due to his lyrics being deemed “offensive” and “unsuitable”. The rapper had agreed terms with Barclaycard British Summer Time promoters AEG, but a Freedom Of Information request by The Daily Mirror shows the agreement was vetoed by Royal Parks, the body that runs Hyde…

“I’ve got a Bill Murray story,” Questlove says, in all seriousness. It was just discussed that only two stories go viral these days: those about Kanye West or the Ghostbusters star. “Bill Murray strangely followed my DJ tours, like three of them in three random spots in Brooklyn. I didn’t believe it was actually Bill…

First, he accuses 50 Cent of snitching on him and his Murder Inc. cohort Irv Gotti following the infamous 2000 attack that left 50 with nine gunshot wounds (50 previously claimed that he never cooperated with the police over the case). “When they (the feds) asked him who he thought had shot him, it would…

Sam Smith has made US chart history with his debut album ‘In The Lonely Hour’. The British singer’s LP scored the the best-selling week of any UK male singer since Soundscan started tracking sales data 23 years ago, selling 166,000 copies. His album however didn’t make the Number One spot in the Billboard chart, which…

The Supreme Court dealt Internet startup Aereo a major setback on Wednesday in ruling that the television-over-the-Internet service operates much like a cable TV company. As a result, the service violates copyright law unless Aereo pays broadcasters licensing fees for offering TV stations to customers’ tablets, phones and other gadgets. Aereo was still operating Wednesday…

It seems like a lot of you enjoy reading what kind of gear I like to use, as evidenced by the views for my top 10 mics, mic preamps, EQs and compressors. I’m going to continue the series with my “Top 10 Most Used Plugins.” Keep in mind that I use a lot of other…

Oliver El-Khatib rarely gives interviews. The October’s Very Own (OVO) founder and Drake co-manager, who has helped turn OVO into a global brand, isn’t aloof or inarticulate — he’s just a busy guy who prefers the spotlight to be on the artist. “The craziest thing about the business is just the consistency,” he said at…

Andre 3000 is slated to produce four songs on Aretha Franklin’s forthcoming divas cover album, according to Billboard. “I’m pretty sure it’s going to be fun working with [Andre 3000], just watching his videos and things,” Franklin says during an interview with Billboard. “It should be fun. And, of course, they all come with great music,…

This video, via Make Noise, takes a look at using an MPC to control a modular synthesizer. Technical details: The MPC is loaded with a .wav file that is used to create trigger signals that can be played or sequenced by the MPC. Individual audio outputs on the MPC can be used to trigger multiple…