Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via Alba Ecstasy, demos his patch library for theTeenage Engineering OP-1 synthesizer. “If you think as I did, before putting my hands on a OP-1, that this is an expensive toy, you’re right only about the price,” he notes. “Because OP-1 is nothing but a monster synth inside of a small…

Everyone wants punchy drums. This simple tutorial will show you how to get extra punch out of your kicks, or your kicks and snares for you breakbeaters, rockers, junglists, and dubstep badmen!…

Are streaming services helping the music industry grow, or having a harmful impact? Streaming services are now enjoying unprecedented growth, though it’s been non-stop warfare with the music industry.  At the dawn of Apple Music in July of last year, Taylor Swift pulled her music based on a high-profile disagreement over payment.  Adele flatly refused to license Apple Music and Spotify….

Subscribers are eventually going to get access to new music before free listeners, Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton said Thursday at the Code/Media conference….

After splitting with Interscope Records in 2015, American Idol season 13 winner Caleb Johnson is moving on to the next chapter with the launch of a new PledgeMusic campaign….

The past decade has rendered the music industry unrecognizable. Digital music is king and songs are purchased (and created) in the cloud. Faster computer processing and affordable hardware allow professional recording tools to be available to all. Artificial intelligence has produced albums, scored films, and generated mood music in games. So where does a historic…

The most beloved rock band in history and one of the most persistent holdouts in the digital age of music listening — The Beatles — is set to finally arrive on streaming services, according to Billboard sources with knowledge of the negotiations….

The long-awaited on-sale for Adele‘s tour in support of her blockbuster album 25was greeted with “unprecedented” demand, creating frustration for fans unable to snag tickets but not, as was reported, swamping Ticketmaster’s system….

The fate of record labels and artists everywhere has been resting in the hands of three US judges for the past year. This trio of lawmakers comprise the country’s Copyright Royalty Board, which has just delivered a crucial decision on the statutory per-stream rate paid out to recorded music rightsholders by non-interactive digital ‘radio’ platforms…

In what amounts to the greatest arena engagement of all time, Billy Joel has sold out his 30th show in a run of monthly dates at Madison Square Garden in New York City….