Minds of the Music Biz: Ted Cohen
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 – 01:53:34 +0000 UTC | No Comment

Music Industry Newswire COLUMN: Ted Cohen is considered a visionary in music and technology, and I agree. After all, he played an important role in devising the licensing agreements that helped create the Rhapsody subscription …

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Best Service Announces Galaxy II K4 Piano Instrument
Mon, 14 Jun 2010 – 15:43:47 +0000 UTC | No Comment

DENMARK /Music Industry Newswire/ — Best Service has announced an enahanced, all-new version of Galaxy II powered by Kontakt Player. According to the company, “The highly rated Galaxy II Grand Piano Collection has been …

WhiteOut Edition of 61-key Access Virus Ti Keyboard Announced
Sat, 12 Jun 2010 – 19:45:50 +0000 UTC | No Comment
WhiteOut Edition of 61-key Access Virus Ti Keyboard Announced

Recklinghausen, Germany /Music Industry Newswire/ — Access Music has announced their latest “special edition” keyboard, “The WhiteOut Keyboard” limited edition, which will only be produced as 150 units with laser engraved serial number. If your …

Open Labs Shows Off Open RiFF 2.0 – Now with Sequencing and External MIDI Hardware Support
Fri, 11 Jun 2010 – 19:59:59 +0000 UTC | No Comment
Open Labs Shows Off Open RiFF 2.0 – Now with Sequencing and External MIDI Hardware Support

COLUMN: — Open Labs yesterday announced and demonstrated their new software application, a ground up reboot of their Open RiFF, now at version 2.0. This new version of RiFF introduced last year brings a huge …

How To Market & License Music For Film & TV – NARIP Event in Houston, June 17, 2010
Tue, 08 Jun 2010 – 21:28:18 +0000 UTC | No Comment
How To Market & License Music For Film & TV – NARIP Event in Houston, June 17, 2010

HOUSTON, Texas /Music Industry Newswire/ — With declining record sales, the focus on placing music in film, TV and other media has skyrocketed. Placements are the new coin of the realm, and in this latest …

Eleventh Percentile Entertainment announces Kyle Gass of Tenacious D to perform at ‘Prop 6-Pack’ Wedding of Beer and Buck ‘F’ Naked
Tue, 08 Jun 2010 – 21:14:20 +0000 UTC | No Comment
Eleventh Percentile Entertainment announces Kyle Gass of Tenacious D to perform at ‘Prop 6-Pack’ Wedding of Beer and Buck ‘F’ Naked

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /Music Industry Newswire/ — Eleventh Percentile Entertainment is proud to announce the addition of Kyle Gass & Friends to the entertainment portion of The Beer-Naked Wedding and Rock ‘N’ Roll Reception to …

Paula Franceschi Releases EP: Songs for Singles
Tue, 08 Jun 2010 – 17:05:43 +0000 UTC | No Comment
Paula Franceschi Releases EP: Songs for Singles

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /Music Industry Newswire/ — While most artists want you to think about their music, Paula Franceschi wants you to think about images when playing her new EP, “Songs for Singles” (Valjean Music). …

Alexander Publishing releases The Spectrotone Chart – colorized reference guide to arranging, composing, and mixing
Tue, 08 Jun 2010 – 16:12:29 +0000 UTC | No Comment

Petersburg, Va. /Music Industry Newswire/ — ­ Alexander Publishing, a leading publisher of professional music training and production tools that have been endorsed by winners of the Academy®, Grammy® and Emmy® Awards, has released The …

iZotope Technology Licensing Offers Audio Solutions for Mobile Devices
Mon, 07 Jun 2010 – 19:09:09 +0000 UTC | No Comment

Cambridge, Mass. /Music Industry Newswire/ — iZotope, Inc., a research-driven audio signal processing company born out of MIT, is offering high quality DSP to mobile application developers through their extensive licensing program.
For nearly a decade …

V-Plugs Releases the Uranium compressor
Tue, 25 May 2010 – 17:21:14 +0000 UTC | No Comment

Haifa, Israel /Music Industry Newswire/ — V-Plugs is proud to announce the release of the Uranium compressor. Based on V-Plugs new “Smart Dynamic Control” technology (SDC), Uranium presents an alternative to classic compressors with new …

Audiofile Engineering Launches MIDI Surface for iPhone OS
Thu, 20 May 2010 – 15:19:06 +0000 UTC | No Comment

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. /Music Industry Newswire/ — ­ Musicians and music lovers who use MIDI technology have a remarkable new way to create, control and connect with their instruments. Audiofile Engineering, a leading developer of audio …

Open Labs Announces New Gen6 and Q-Series PC-Powered Keyboard Workstations
Wed, 19 May 2010 – 22:08:26 +0000 UTC | No Comment
Open Labs Announces New Gen6 and Q-Series PC-Powered Keyboard Workstations

LIVE NEWS: Open Labs announced today that they have refreshed their product line to their new generation 6 (“Gen 6″). The standard Miko and NeKo series have been upgraded from the prior Core 2 Intel …

Native Instruments Introduces DEEP FREQ
Wed, 19 May 2010 – 17:41:02 +0000 UTC | No Comment

Berlin, Germany /Music Industry Newswire/ — Native Instruments today introduced DEEP FREQ, a powerful effects processing suite for use with KORE 2 and the free KORE PLAYER. Complementing the acclaimed DEEP RECONSTRUCTIONS and DEEP TRANSFORMATIONS …

Euphonix MC Control v2 for Artist Series – Now Shipping
Mon, 17 May 2010 – 21:23:02 +0000 UTC | No Comment
Euphonix MC Control v2 for Artist Series – Now Shipping

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. /Music Industry Newswire/ — Euphonix, now part of Avid, announced last month their new v2 edition of the MC Control, popular with users of Apple Logic, MOTU Digital Performer, and Steinberg Cubase …

Arturia Announces New update for BRASS 2.0
Mon, 17 May 2010 – 19:24:36 +0000 UTC | No Comment

MEYLAN, France /Music Industry Newswire/ — Arturia has announced today their latest release version of Brass. Version 2.05 makes this unique and highly regarded software even better, according to the company. The update features various …

Roland Announces FG Connects Live Download for Fantom G
Thu, 13 May 2010 – 22:10:04 +0000 UTC | No Comment

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /Music Industry Newswire/ — Made exclusively for the Roland’s Fantom-G Series Workstations, this FREE “FG Connects Live” download emphasizes the powerful live performance potential of your Fantom-G, adding new patches, live sets, …

Soft Sampler Deal of the Decade: Xpansion Tank 2, New Sounds for SampleTank ‘Group Buy’ Promo is now 5 for the Price of 1!
Mon, 10 May 2010 – 23:48:00 +0000 UTC | No Comment

MODENA, Italy /Music Industry Newswire/ — IK Multimedia is proud to announce that the “XT 2 Group Buy Promotion” on the newly released Xpansion Tank 2 Titles is now FIVE for the price of ONE! …

Dave Smith Mopho Keyboard Analog Synth is Now Shipping
Sat, 08 May 2010 – 00:08:21 +0000 UTC | No Comment
Dave Smith Mopho Keyboard Analog Synth is Now Shipping

Half Moon Bay, Calif. /Music Industry Newswire/ — Dave Smith Instruments has released a keyboard version of Mopho, DSI’s popular desktop synthesizer module. The Mopho Keyboard is a monophonic synthesizer with an all-analog signal path, …

Chely Wright 1 – Country Music 0: Is Country Too Staid to Go Gay?
Tue, 04 May 2010 – 22:38:11 +0000 UTC | 12 Comments
Chely Wright 1 – Country Music 0: Is Country Too Staid to Go Gay?

COLUMN: It’s official. Doomsday Fundamentalists will most certainly herald the forthcoming of the End of Days. They’ve been given a sign. What sign would that be, you may ask? Well, of course, I’m referring to …

Omnisphere and Trilian v1.3 Updates now available
Sun, 02 May 2010 – 22:44:06 +0000 UTC | No Comment

BURBANK, Calif. /Music Industry Newswire/ — Originally announced at Musikmesse 2010 where Eric Persing demonstrated some of the new features, Spectrasonics this weekend announced that the latest v1.3 update for Omnisphere and Trilian are now …

Arizona Wine and Music Festival hosted by Kief-Joshua Vineyards
Fri, 30 Apr 2010 – 16:50:36 +0000 UTC | No Comment
Arizona Wine and Music Festival hosted by Kief-Joshua Vineyards

SONOITA, Ariz. /Music Industry Newswire/ — Kief-Joshua Vineyards is celebrating their Second Annual Arizona Wine and Music Festival with the release of three new wines on May 1 and 2, from 11 a.m. to 5 …

Professional musical calculator for iPhone and iPod touch adds new features
Fri, 30 Apr 2010 – 16:41:18 +0000 UTC | No Comment

Minneapolis, Minn. /Music Industry Newswire/ — ­ Audiofile Engineering, a leading audio software developer for Mac, has released Backline Calc 2.0, an update to their professional music calculator app for Apple iPhone and iPod touch. …

Camel Audio Announces Updated Sound Sets for Alchemy, Ends Development of Chameleon 5000
Thu, 29 Apr 2010 – 16:38:31 +0000 UTC | No Comment

Worcestershire, U.K. /Music Industry Newswire/ — Camel Audio announces Luftrum: Ambient is “a journey between worlds, from summer afternoons to the icy depths of space.” With dense washes of warm, shimmering pads and soundscapes, gentle …

Himalaya: Antiquity for DCAM Synth Squad
Wed, 28 Apr 2010 – 16:02:50 +0000 UTC | No Comment

LONDON, U.K. /Music Industry Newswire/ — FXpansion & Electric Himalaya are proud to present Himalaya: Antiquity, a collection of all-new presets for DCAM: Synth Squad. The scope of Antiquity’s chunky, vintage sounds is breathtaking, and …

ASK Video Announces Cubase 5 Level 3 Tutorial
Tue, 27 Apr 2010 – 18:30:06 +0000 UTC | No Comment

ONTARIO, Canada /Music Industry Newswire/ — ASK Video Interactive Media, a leading creator of software tutorials on DVD, announces the Cubase 5 Level 3 DVD tutorial. This third installment in a four-part series will ship …

Toontrack announces the Music City USA SDX
Tue, 27 Apr 2010 – 17:22:11 +0000 UTC | No Comment

Sweden /Music Industry Newswire/ — Like it, love it or leave it, Nashville Tennessee is Music City USA. With more labels, publishers, writers, producers, musicians and artists per capita than any other city in North …

The Artist’s Guide to Success in the Music Business
Mon, 26 Apr 2010 – 22:47:32 +0000 UTC | No Comment
The Artist’s Guide to Success in the Music Business

SEATTLE, Wash. /Music Industry Newswire/ — “The Artist’s Guide to Success in the Music Business” (ISBN: 978-1-935359-33-3) was just released by author Loren Weisman. The book is a detailed analysis of the subjects that all …