LOS ANGELES, Calif. (MuseWire) — With an entire album of family-friendly tunes, Ruth Roberts Music is ready to help keep everyone singing through the November holidays with “Thanksgiving Songs That Tickle Your Funny Bone,” now available on iTunes. “This wonderful season means family gatherings, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (MuseWire) – The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced today that the American Music Abroad program, an international exchange program that uses music as a means to engage underserved audiences worldwide, is now accepting applications for American musicians for the 2013-2014 season. Candidates may apply at www.americanvoice.org/ama. The […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (MuseWire) – Audinate, the inventors of the award winning, patented, digital media networking solution Dante(TM), are pleased to announce that Dante Controller v3.2.9.2 has been released for both Windows and Mac. This update now supports Yamaha HA Remote mode toggling for supported devices and also supports Mac OS X 10.8 for Mac. Audinate’s […]
WALTHAM, Mass. (MuseWire) – Announced today by Kurzweil Music Systems, the new Kurzweil KORE 64(TM) ROM option represents a complete expansion and reimagining of the PC3 and PC3K’s sonic potential. Pushing the limits of V.A.S.T. synthesis for both realistic and experimental electronic sounds, KORE 64 adds over 300 new programs, including stunning new Synths, Electric […]
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (MuseWire) — Qvole Collective, an independent artist management and development company, announces today West Coast photographer, filmmaker, hip-hop scholar and Mochilla founder, Brian (B+) Cross shot and directed the new video ‘Joven Navegante’ for L.A.’s psych/tropical/soul act Chicano Batman. The video was premiered two separate times at 8:45 and 10:15 on Friday, October 12 at Highland Park’s newly opened ‘record gallery’ Strictly Grooves.
Surry Hills NSW, Australia (MuseWire) – RØDE Microphones has announced the release of a new edition of their ground-breaking Soundbooth online application, extending the functionality so that users can hear and compare the complete range of RØDE broadcast and video microphones. Released almost a year ago, the original Soundbooth was the very first online application […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (MuseWire) – The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, in partnership with American Voices, announced that the Boston, Massachusetts-based Bluegrass/Americana group The Boston Boys will tour Morocco, Israel, Egypt, Cyprus, and Saudi Arabia this fall as part of the American Music Abroad series. Tour activities will include public concerts, […]
BERLIN, Germany (MuseWire) – Native Instruments today introduced ACTION STRINGS – a phrase-based instrument featuring a 60-piece string orchestra. Running in KONTAKT 5 or the free KONTAKT PLAYER, ACTION STRINGS delivers driving string phrases and short motifs with an extremely natural and expansive sound. The flexible instrument provides producers of all skill levels with a […]
BERLIN, Germany (MuseWire) – Native Instruments today announced TRAKTOR KONTROL Z2, the world’s first 2+2 control mixer combining the industry’s leading DJ controller design with a high-quality soundcard and a host of new features, all housed inside an aircraft-grade aluminum chassis. New creative features inside the acclaimed TRAKTOR PRO software expand creative possibilities while premium-quality […]
Shizuoka, Japan (MuseWire) – The Audinate Dante-MY16-AUD Mini-YGDAI interface card marketed by Yamaha Corporation has been updated to allow remote head amp control. The updated version allows the head amps in the Rio3224-D and Rio1608-D I/O rack units to be remotely controlled from an M7CL or LS9 digital mixing console. The Dante network audio protocol […]
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (MuseWire) — Showing love for one of the world’s most respected songwriters, Danielle Egnew has recorded “Play Some Merle,” a fast-paced country-rock song that demonstrates how performing a little music by The Hag will improve almost any situation, including calming hot […]
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NEW YORK, N.Y. (MuseWire) – You can now receive royalties when your music is performed live at venues of all sizes throughout the country. Just provide the basic details of the performance and which of your songs were performed and you’ll receive an OnStage payment with your normal ASCAP distribution. It’s that simple. ASCAP pays […]
NEW YORK, N.Y. (MuseWire) — The Pit Stop Players, a fourteen-member instrumental ensemble composed of veteran Broadway pit musicians, launch their fourth season with a concert of creepy classics and petrifying premieres at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music on Monday, October 29 at 7:30 p.m.
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (MuseWire) — For kids of all ages, Halloween is a spooktacular time of year and parents can easily create hours of good safe entertainment with the album called “Halloween Songs That Tickle Your Funny Bone.” From the pen of songwriter Ruth […]
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Pfinztal, Germany (MuseWire) – Transform your voice into a choir with up to four voices using Harmony Voice from VirSyn, a pitch shifter and harmonizer with professional features including automatic tuning correction. A realtime visual intonation-display gives you feedback of the tunes you sing. You can sing and Harmony voice will add up to four […]
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (MuseWire) — Songwriters from California, New York, and Nashville join in a country music tradition at the legendary Bluebird Cafe for “Jane Bach and Friends” on Saturday night, October 6. “This will be a fun evening featuring songs that were hits […]
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BOSTON, Mass. (MuseWire) – Introducing SONAR X2 Producer- now available: From getting a great tone to releasing the final mix, today’s musicians must master every element of the music production process. SONAR X2 is there every step of the way and takes each element to the next level of power and usability. And thanks to […]
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (MuseWire) — Getting to hear great songs is the whole point of a Nashville-style songwriter’s “round” and that opportunity comes to Hollywood at Genghis Cohen on Monday, September 24. “This is a great location for a songwriter’s round,” notes Jane Bach, […]
MELVILLE, N.Y. (MuseWire) – Korg announces the availability of seven additional expansion libraries and sample sound libraries for the Korg Kronos Music Workstation. These expansion libraries include: EXs64 KARO Ethno World and EXs67 KARO Upright Piano by KARO, as well as new titles from Korg’s newest third party sound developers, Irish Acts and Kid Nepro. […]
BERLIN, Germany (MuseWire) – SKYLIFE has announced an updated cross platform version of their premier sampling suite, now available for both Mac OSX and for Windows OS. SampleRobot Pro and Multi-X are now upated to version 4.25 with optimized cross-platform support for Mac OS X and Windows 7. Furthermore an updated operation manual is included. […]
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (MuseWire) — Music videos are not usually as emotional as the latest one from Shady Hill Records artist Sandra Piller but in this case, “There is no way I can watch this without tears,” says the singer as she reflects on her […]
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (MuseWire) — Audrey Magazine presents ‘Audrey’s Night Out 2012,’ the 5th annual Fashion Show and Music Showcase at the historic Barker Hangar, located inside the Santa Monica airport. Audrey Magazine continues its long tradition of bringing together a diverse community and industry from Music, Fashion and Film. Barker Hangar has hosted numerous Award and Televised Events. This showcase includes musical performances, hosted bar, and celebrity guests on the red carpet inside the iconic transformed Barker Hangar.
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (MuseWire) — Dance floors fill up when “Breakdown” is played, so now a new artist is being welcomed to the club scene. Her name is Cristelle and her recording, dancing and modeling careers are moving forward at 180BPM. Okay, that’s “beats per […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (MuseWire) – The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, in partnership with American Voices, announced today that the Birmingham, Alabama-based Acoustic Rock/Americana group Act of Congress will tour Asia this fall as part of the American Music Abroad series. Act of Congress will tour Thailand (September 2-10), the Philippines […]
High Wycombe, Bucks, UK (MuseWire) – Novation today announced the new addition to their synthesizer keyboard line-up, the MiniNova. As described by the company, it is “is a compact, super-cool performance synth with the same sound engine as it’s big brother: the UltraNova. It comes with 256 huge onboard sounds which you can tweak with […]
BERLIN, Germany (MuseWire) – As expected, due to the recent major price drop on the original and popular MASCHINE, today Native Instruments has announced the new generation of MASCHINE, its critically acclaimed groove production studio. Coming October 1, 2012, both MASCHINE and MASCHINE MIKRO will receive a major overhaul with new updates to hardware and […]
REVIEW: It’s not uncommon for software publishers to, at some point, bundle together various previously released products into a newly birthed bundle-of-joy, and SONiVOX has done just this with their recently birthed Dubstep Destruction Tools box set. The bundle, or toolkit as they call it, combines four products: Wobble, the Dubstep Grime Generator; TWIST, the […]
MIDDLETON, Wisc. (MuseWire) – Sony Creative Software have announced their venerable sound editing tool, Sound Forge Pro, will very soon be coming to Apple’s OS X platform. As the company describes it, the product has been “re-thought, re-imagined and re-invented” presumably for the Mac userbase and more audio-friendly aspects of Apple’s platform (issues with Mountain […]
SEATTLE, Wash. (MuseWire) – Symetrix recently announced the Radius 12×8, a Dante-networkable, fixed I/O, open-architecture digital signal processor expanding the innovative SymNet platform. Radius may be installed as a standalone processor or used in conjunction with SymNet Edge or third party Dante(TM) network enabled devices to achieve the scalability and flexibility needed to meet the […]
BERLIN, Germany (MuseWire) – Native Instruments today introduced CONANT GARDENS, a new MASCHINE Expansion that reflects the soulful side of Detroit – covering hip-hop, funk, afrobeat and deep house. Named after the district of Detroit renowned as the birthplace of many African American musicians and artists, this expansion explores the distinctive sound of the neighborhood […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (MuseWire) — Attracting Nashville’s finest songwriters, the Douglas Corner Cafe is a legendary site for great performances in country music. “It’s always an honor playing Douglas Corner Cafe,” states Jane Bach, who will be leading a writer’s round in the famous venue […]
ASBURY PARK, N.J. (MuseWire) — Move For Hunger presents the Fourth Annual Surfside Food Drive and Concert Series to benefit the Food Bank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties. While hunger may not be on people’s minds during the summer holidays, hunger takes no vacations. The summer months can be some of the most difficult for food banks and struggling families as children who receive subsidized lunches are home from school.
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (MuseWire) — Global music industry partners the Music Business Registry and Symbiotic Nation have joined forces to present the MUBUTV Insider Video Series, featuring interviews with some of today’s leading music industry professionals in the areas of A&R, music supervision, legal affairs, […]
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (MuseWire) – EASTWEST founder and producer Doug Rogers is pulling out all of the stops to celebrate the company’s 25th Anniversary in 2013. Only a handful of music software companies can claim a quarter-century of longevity and success, and EASTWEST has been an industry leader from the beginning. Rogers has signed several industry […]
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (MuseWire) – Dave Smith this week introduced his newest analog synth treat, the 4-voice polyphonic Mopho x4 keyboard. According to the company, Dave Smith Instruments (DSI), “Mopho x4 is the newest addition to DSI’s revered line of analog subtractive synthesizers. Building upon the same award winning voice architecture of the Mopho and […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (MuseWire) – Members of the Grammy(R)-winning rock band Linkin Park met with U.S. Ambassador Carlos Pascual, Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy Rick Duke this week to discuss efforts to provide access to modern energy to the more than 1.3 billion people currently without access […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (MuseWire) – SoundExchange, a music industry non-profit focused on distributing digital performance royalties to recording artists and record labels, and BandPage, a leading solution for musicians to manage their presence online, recently teamed up to notify recording artists of unclaimed royalties with SoundExchange. Together the two groups identified more than $2 million in […]
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (MuseWire) — Keyboard wizard Kevin Toney is about to kick the temperature up in August several more degrees with a series of exciting ‘California Concerts.’ With the July 24 release of his classical jazz concept album ‘New American Suite’ by his new trio, The Kevin Toney 3, the acclaimed pianist will be showcased at The Ultimate Jazz Festival in Ontario, Calif. on August 5, followed at the end of the month by the official CD launch party/concert at Vitello’s in Studio City.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (MuseWire) — Shady Hill Records is celebrating the release of Sandra Piller’s new six-song EP, “Love Goes On.” Following on the heels of her full length album, “Days Like These,” the new recording is dedicated to her late husband, Michael. Michael […]
MODENA, Italy (MuseWire) – IK Multimedia, a leading music technology company, in collaboration with Audyssey(R), a leader in consumer and professional audio products, this past week announced Version 2 of ARC – Advanced Room Correction System – for Mac/PC DAWs (Digital Audio Workstations). ARC is the first acoustic correction system that combines a measurement microphone, […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (MuseWire) – Last month millions turned out in London, England, to mark Queen Elizabeth’s 60 years on the throne. Not since Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee 1897, has Great Britain celebrated a monarch’s 60th anniversary. Needless to say an event of this magnitude required a reliable and flexible networking transport, and Audinate’s award winning […]
LONDON, U.K. (MuseWire) – The sample and sound design wizards at Zero-G Limited have released a new sound library, “Sax Supreme,” featuring the warmth natural sound of a real vintage soprano saxophone. With its straightforward and easy-to-use interface and Advanced Kontakt Scripting is allows for highly expressive playing. According to the company, the new product […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (MuseWire) – SoundExchange announced today, in conjunction with the American Federation of Musicians (AFM), SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) and The AFM and AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund (“The AFM and AFTRA Fund”), that the organizations have signed four multilateral reciprocal agreements for collection of […]
Berlin, Germany (MuseWire) – Native Instruments today introduced RAW VOLTAGE, a new MASCHINE Expansion which captures the sound of a huge modular synthesizer system. For instant use with MASCHINE or MASCHINE MIKRO, RAW VOLTAGE contains kits, instruments and patterns that share the unique, rich and organic sound characteristics of analog synthesis. A compact version of […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (MuseWire) – Last week, SoundExchange announced the appointment of three new members to its Board of Directors: Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, Ray Hair and Paul Robinson will bring their collective knowledge and fresh perspectives garnered from their work across and within the music industry to the SoundExchange board. Crabtree-Ireland, Hair and Robinson will fill the […]
MADISON, Wis. (MuseWire) – Sony Creative Software, a leading global provider of professional editing and authoring applications, today released SpectraLayers PRO, the newest addition to its line of award-winning software for audio and video production. An intelligent audio editing program, SpectraLayers operates directly on waveform spectra using a wide variety of smart editing tools. Through […]
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (MuseWire) — The intimate setting of Hollywood’s Genghis Cohen is an ideal place to enjoy the lyrics and melodies of terrific songs and this will be especially true on Tuesday night, July 24, as the club hosts a Nashville-style songwriter’s round. […]
Paris, France (MuseWire) – New from UNIVERS SONS (UVI), Emulation One is the sequel prequel to the now famous Emulation 2, presents you with the unbridled sonic imprint of this “nearly affordable and compact” sampler from 1981. Used by greats such as Vangelis, Herbie Hancock, David Bowie, Depeche Mode, Genesis, Kitaro, Jean-Michel Jarre, Stevie Wonder, […]
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (MuseWire) – Haken Audio announced this week an update to the Continuum Fingerboard OS and sound engine, bringing the firmware to version 5.20. Enhancements expand the mathematical language of the EaganMatrix, providing even more sonic design possibilities. This release also includes 10 new sound designs by Edmund Eagan that highlight the sonic versatility […]
VIDEO: Recently I found myself bemoaning the lack of walk-through “here are some demo patches” videos for a number of synths, keyboards and other music gear I own, so the obvious thing to do was start doing them myself and stop whining about it. So, with a new Nikon DSLR with HD video capability in hand, I thought I would start off this video review series with a fairly rare beast known as the John Bowen SOLARIS. (Chris’ Synth Show 2012)