The House must approve the bill once again before it’s signed into law by President Trump By Dani Deahl@danideahl Sep 18, 2018, 7:08pm EDT SHARE United States Senate The US Senate has approved the Music Modernization Act of 2018, S.2334, with unanimous consent, bringing the first reform for music licensing in 20 years on [...]
Toolroom Records Lisa KocayContributori I believe in good food, good wine and good music Toolroom Records, a label by renowned DJ and producer Mark Knight, is helping to combat the gender imbalance in the music industry through a new platform dubbed #WeAreListening. #WeAreListening connects female DJs and producers through free production and mentoring [...]
Spotify The game really did just change. Spotify has today launched a new feature which will enable independent artists to upload tracks to the service directly – without any requirement for a third-party aggregator or record label. The feature currently remains in invite-only beta mode – with a few hundred US [...]
LEAH GREENBLATT September 13, 2018 at 11:56 AM EDT It feels safe to say that the last half-century of pop history would sound a lot different without Nile Rodgers. The 65-year-old songwriter, guitarist, and superproducer behind seminal albums from the likes of Diana Ross, David Bowie, Grace Jones, Madonna, Duran Duran, and Daft Punk made [...]
Almost two decades ago, we created DJ software designed for the club. Since then, it’s filled sound systems and dancefloors across the world. We’ve used your input over the years to create a platform for every DJ, no matter what their style, or where they play. October 18, 2018 will see the release of TRAKTOR [...]
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LAST UPDATED 6 SEPTEMBER, 2018 Native Instruments has just announced a whole boatload of fresh new gear and software for DJ/producers. As part of its line-up of new products, Native Instruments has just announced a host of fresh software updates as well as slick new hardware aimed at DJ/producers and music makers. [...]
LAST UPDATED 10 SEPTEMBER, 2018 Rekordbox Traffic Light Pioneer DJ recently launched an update to its Rekordbox software. Now at version 5.4, the update includes support for the XDJ-RR standalone system as well as the new Traffic Light feature for key mixing. The way it works is it highlights songs in your collection [...]
Album tracks combined responsible for over 40 chart positions. Kiss FM Aus debuts Jerry C. King Psalm 23 at number 3 and invites CoCreators for special guest mix planned for Aug 24. Florida, Australia, Peru (PRUnderground) August 20th, 2018 The last 6 months have been a whirlwind for Love Vibration Nation (LVN) artists andlabel bosses, [...]
By Jon Pareles Sept 1st, 2018 DETROIT — Everybody wants a piece of Aretha Franklin’s artistic legacy. Church, state, activism, tradition, innovation and celebrity all vied for recognition in back-to-back marathon homages to the universally admired “Queen of Soul,” here in her longtime hometown. Ms. Franklin belonged to the gospel church; she belonged to the pop public; [...]
