Audio Power Tools Evolves, Expands Brooklyn Retail Experience
In March, an intensive microphone comparison served notice that NYC-based Audio Power Tools was transitioning from a rep service into a retail operation. That metamorphosis is now complete, with the...
View ArticleSkyzoo’s A Dream Deferred Produced By Illmind in Brooklyn
Brooklyn rapper Skyzoo will put out his sophomore LP, A Dream Deferred, on October 2 via his newly established label, The Faculty – distributed through Brooklyn-based Duck Down Music, Inc. (Pharoahe...
View ArticleNARM, digitalmusic.org to Bring Entertainment & Technology Law Conference to...
Like it or not, lawyers and today’s music business go together like peanut butter and jelly. Underscoring that fact is the return of the Entertainment Music business association NARM (National...
View ArticleThe Quirky Habits of Great Mixers
Anyone who has worked on enough records knows that it’s not the tools that make a great mix, but the way that they’re used. And in a day and age where great-sounding gear has become something of a...
View ArticleBrooklyn Electronic Duo Beacon Signs with Ghostly International
The always ahead-of-the-curve label Ghostly International has swooped into NYC once again, this time signing the Brooklyn electronic duo known as Beacon. Beacon, from Brooklyn, attracted the attention...
View ArticleMCDSP Updates AAX Public Beta for PT 10 Users
Life keeps getting a little better for Pro Tools 10 users — proof positive is the expanding MCDSP AAX Public Beta. Shaping the user experience never felt so gol’ darn good! Visitors to this agile...
View ArticlePedal Review: Source Audio Soundblox 2 Multiwave Bass Distortion
Delicious Audio recently did a short review of Source Audio’s Soundblox 2 Multiwave Bass Distortion pedal. Click to read the review in its entirety, and see an excerpt below… Soundblox 2 Multiwave Bass...
View ArticlePedal Review: TC Electronic Spark Booster
Delicious Audio took the TC Electronic Spark Booster for a spin. Read an excerpt of their review below and/or click here for the full review. TC Electronic Spark At first glance the TC Electronic Spark...
View ArticleSecret Road Music Services Names Joshua Sarubin Head of A&R/Publishing
The LA-based music licensing, publishing and management company Secret Road announced this week that Joshua Sarubin has been named head of A&R/Publishing. Joshua Sarubin’s path has led him to...
View ArticleSnowmine: Recording In The Bat Cave & Beyond
Delicious Audio recently interviewed Brooklyn indie-rock band Snowmine about their recording process – they self-produced their debut EP, Laminate Pet Animal. They also, more recently, recorded at...
View ArticleIsland Def Jam Partners With NYC-Based Photo Finish Records, Taps Matt Galle...
Island Def Jam Music Group has entered into a worldwide joint-venture partnership with Matt Galle’s Photo Finish Records. Matt Galle Additionally, Galle – who’s also the co-founder of the Bamboozle...
View ArticleCentipeak Launches Drum Experience – Deep New Drum Sampler
Centipeak wants to take drum samplers to the next level with Drum Experience. Swedish software developer Centipeak has launched an advanced new drum sampler called Drum Experience. Centipeak put a huge...
View ArticleLine 6 Is Shipping StageScape M20d, Smart Mixing System for Live Sound
Back in January, SonicScoop got psyched about the first showing of the Line 6 StageScape M20d, which debuted at NAMM but wasn’t quite yet ready for prime time. StageScape brings a host of intuitive...
View ArticleJohn King is Baack! Chung King Studios Returns
MIDTOWN, MANHATTAN: There is something afoot on West 37thStreet. Taking a stroll down this intensely bustling block, those in the know may see a sudden influx of familiar faces – a producer, an...
View ArticleClear Channel Media to Purchase NYC’s WOR 710 AM
Although Clear Channel Media already owns five FM stations in the NYC market — 103.5 KTU, Q104.3, Z100, 106.7 Lite fm and Power 105.1 – a presence on the AM side of the dial was clearly important to...
View ArticleImagem Music & Cantora Records Launch Joint Publishing Venture
NYC-based Imagem Music USA – the pop music division of Imagem Music Group – and Brooklyn record label Cantora Records (MGMT, Bear Hands) have launched a new publishing joint venture. Imagem U.S. will...
View ArticleSound Smack! By AfroDJMac – Resampling Part III: Deja Delay & Reversed Reverb
Over the past few months we have discussed how resampling can rejuvenate your tracks and breathe new life into old gear (see Part 1 and Part 2in this series). Over the next few installments, I want to...
View ArticleCo-Founders Jeff Price and Peter Wells Gone from Tunecore
One of New York City’s most prominent music business disruptors has suddenly had his own career disrupted: Jeff Price, Tunecore’s CEO/President, announced that he is no longer with the company that he...
View ArticleEngine Room Recordings Presents…Pinkerton, Part 3 – Dinosaur Feathers
LOWER MANHATTAN: Next up in our video series documenting the making of Engine Room Recordings‘ Pinkerton tribute album is…Brooklyn indie-rock band Dinosaur Feathers doing “Tired of Sex”. This is the...
View ArticleProducers Weigh In On Kickstarter Recording Budgets
Over the past two years, crowdfunding – whether it’s through Kickstarter, Indiegogo, PledgeMusic, or a custom page on an artist’s website – has grown at a rate that’s impossible to ignore. At the...
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