Christian Marclay’s massively popular artwork “The Clock” is comprised of thousands of preexisting film clips strung together into a 24-hour minute-by-minute cycle. It’s been widely celebrated, attended by crowds around the globe. Critical praise has been heaped upon it: The New York Times hailed the piece as the ultimate work of appropriation art, and it…

It’s really hard to create a guitar product that’s completely new and not just evolutionary. We see this every NAMM show where we hope to find something new and cool, but are usually disappointed. The Hammer Jammer is different though, as it’s both new and evolutionary at the same time, and will definitely give you…

Good news for music fans who love Shazam but hate having to jump ship to hear complete tracks. The popular music discovery app has released an update to its iOS version that allows users who Shazam a tune to go “beyond the preview” with full song playback. The new feature is powered by streaming service…

Image-Line has released a 64-bit version of FL Studio as a free option for new and existing customers. The new version lets you access up to 512 GB RAM, use 32- and 64-bit plugins and even use FL Studio itself as a VST in other 64-bit plugin hosts. FL Studio 64 Bit Features: Access up to…

People are still buying albums — millions of them each week — but new releases are accounting for a smaller percentage of those sales. Looking at the last five years of album sales, current release sales have fallen 38.1% while catalog sales have dropped 22.4%, according to Billboard analysis of Nielsen SoundScan. This disparity in…

While at the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival Saturday (July 12), Jay Electronica says that he’s recovered from substance abuse. “I backslid for a while,” Jay Electronica says during an interview posted on REVOLT. “Got into druggin’ and drinkin’ and smokin’, but now I’m back, reformed. All praises due to Allah.” During his performance at the…

Taking a break from harassing the man outside his home in the wee hours of the morning, TMZ have unearthed this clip of Kanye West in a pilot for a failed reality TV show from 2010. The series looked to spotlight Brett Goetsch, self-proclaimed “ultimate travel agent to the stars,” including Common, Keyshia Cole and,…

A recent guest post by Craig Havighurst on Billboard.biz offered six suggestions for not screwing up copyright reform. While some of the suggestions were on point, it included an idea that is perhaps the best way to screw up copyright reform – ongoing or even increased government intervention in dictating to songwriters how much they should be paid…

Entrepreneurs are of a different breed, adn they want their work to succeed at all costs. Here are 14 qualities that Entrepreneurs must have in order to be exceptional. 1. They hate playing politics. Entrepreneurs can’t stand playing politics–and to some degree, people who play politics. They don’t care about jockeying for promotions or trying to be…

Eminem’s legacy in battle rap has been cemented. After making his name in the battle circuit before crafting one of the most successful careers in hip-hop history, Eminem established his respect for battle culture with 8 Mile, a semi-autobiographical film which focused on the rapper’s growth through battle rap. But Eminem didn’t stop there. Recently,…