In 1985, Prince released a single called Paisley Park, the first to be taken from his psychedelic opus, Around the World In a Day. It’s one of several Prince songs that describe a location that’s a kind of mystical utopia….

Today (March 9) marks 19 years since The Notorious B.I.G.‘s untimely death, but the celebrated MC continues to live on through his music. You can hear his influence on nearly every other rapper in the game. And Biggie not only left a mark on fans and fellow hip-hip artists, but also on the Billboard charts. In…

Are you a songwriter or publisher with a catalog that you have received advances against from any third-party company and/or investor?  Or, are you considering deals with entities involving upfront payments in exchange for downstream licensing rights?…

Here at Future Music Producer we use a lot of tools in the studio, compressors are one of our most used processors and it is extremely important that we use the best we can find. This is of course subjective but we have listed below what we consider to be the 5 best compressor plugins in…

The two largest music subscription services continue to grow at impressive rates. Spotify now has nearly 30 million subscribers around the world. While a company representative declined to comment on both the subscriber count and what constitutes “nearly” 30 million, Billboard has confirmed through a source that the information in a Financial Times‘ article published today (Feb. 16) is generally…

Here at the Future Music Producer we like to think we know a little bit about mixing & mastering. With over 15 years of experience we have picked up a lot of useful workflow techniques that we are very happy to share with our customers and followers. Below are some mastering tips that will help both beginners and…

Kendrick Lamar‘s surprise project, untitled unmastered., arrived out of nowhere last Friday (Mar. 4), sparking an internet firestorm that centered on what, if anything, it all meant….

The names read like a list of Grammy performers or A-list festival headliners: Beyonce, U2, Jay Z, Radiohead, Drake, Eric Church, David Bowie, Frank Ocean, D’Angelo, Skrillex, Kid Cudi and Kendrick Lamar — all artists who have embraced the surprise album release strategy….

Tidal is coming under fire again, this time over one of the company’s central tenets: royalty payments to artists. In a class action lawsuit filed Saturday (Feb. 27) by The American Dollar percussionist and keyboard player John Emanuele and the band’s publisher Yesh Music in New York’s Eastern District court, plaintiffs sued Tidal parent company…

Spotify is said to be advancing in an effort to raise another $500 million — and possibly $1 billion — for its war chest. A report at Sky News says the digital service is in talks with private equity firm TPG Capital for $500 million in convertible debt financing and could raise the funding round…