Roland today announced updates to its entire Aira line, delivering features requested by users from around the globe. The Aira Update includes enhancements for the whole line, such as backup and restore facilities and better overall MIDI management. In addition, there are product-specific enhancements, like external MIDI pitch control for VT-3, tuning control for TB-3, and…

As the founder of Young Money Entertainment, Lil Wayne has proven he can put together a roster: Drake and Nicki Minaj both won Rookie of the Year honors, Tyga provides speed off the bench and Lil Twist fills the ridiculous hair requirement. In fact, while the Cash Money mothership has morphed into a Steinbrenner-ian ode…

Recording artist, songwriter, label founder, producer, author, actor: David Byrne, 62, has seen the entertainment business from many sides during his four-decade career. Amid hearings on copyright and music licensing before the House Judiciary Committee, Billboard reached out to Byrne — a member of the newly formed Content Creators Coalition, a group of musicians, authors…

There’s noting like listening to a great rhythm section and the original Van Halen duo of drummer Alex Van Halen and bassist Michael Anthony has proven to be one of the best in rock. Listen to them do their thing in isolation on “Beautiful Girls” from 1979’s Van Halen II. The song, which was originally…

An assortment of entertainment industry executives and business leaders, as well as Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis, attended a roundtable discussion Thursday morning with President Barack Obama at the Mandeville Canyon home of Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino, sources told The Hollywood Reporter. The event’s 25 attendees paid $32,400 per person to spend about an…

Chronic sufferers of tinnitus, that buzz-killing condition which can arise from overexposure to loud, repetitive beats, will know that there is no straightforward cure for the ailment. While some scientists have suggested that MDMA could reduce the symptoms (seriously), a more significant breakthrough has recently been made by US medical company MicroTransponder, which specialises in…

Global Music Rights, the boutique performance rights organization being built by Irving Azoff and Randy Grimmett under the Azoff MSG Entertainment banner, has just signed another big name songwriter/producer/ artist in Pharrell Williams, sources have confirmed….

Motivation continues from day 1 till the end. There are times some people get weary, tired, and discouraged. But here are 21 ways to keep the motivation going for days, months, and years to come. 1. Necessity.  This one is incredibly underrated which is why I put it first. You have bills that have to…

A Rational Conversation” is a column by writer in which he gets on iChat or Gchat or the phone with a special guest to examine a music-related subject that’s entered the pop culture consciousness. One of the biggest and developing stories in hip-hop is the success of Los Angeles label . At the center of…

Berlin-based Nagual Sounds has developed a new gestural musical instrument, Nagual Dance, based on the Microsoft Kinect. The system is based on two main components: Control data – from sensors, cameras, files and all kinds of sources – is used to turn gestures and movement into sounds; and The Soundscape -an interactive piece of music that…