Native Instruments Introduces PARANORMAL SPECTRUMS
BERLIN (MuseWire) – Â Native Instruments today introduced PARANORMAL SPECTRUMS, a new KORE-powered instrument that creates mysterious and unsettling sonic atmospheres. For use with KORE 2 and the free KORE PLAYER, PARANORMAL SPECTRUMS is a powerful resource for suspenseful film and game scores in the horror, thriller and mystery domain, and is also suitable for […]
Toontrack Music releases EZmix
Sweden (MuseWire) – Toontrack Music has released the next product in the Toontrack Software Tools line, EZmix. For all the track and songwriters with tight deadlines and a mobile work situation out there, Toontrack, in collaboration with DSP developers par excellence Overloud, has developed EZmix. EZmix is a simple (EZ), yet powerful, mixing tool that […]
Open Labs has announced new version of rackmount instrument system, the SoundSlate FW
AUSTIN, Texas (MuseWire) – Introducing Open Labs’ SoundSlateâ„¢ FW, the ultimate virtual instrument player and hardware DAW for your keyboard workstation or FireWire (1394) audio interface, contained in a sexy 1U rackmountable case for $1999 SRP. SoundSlateâ„¢ redefines music production and performance by incorporating Open Labs’ music operating environment including the critically acclaimed virtual instrument […]
Songs from the ICU: The Whispy (GASP) Pop Vocal Style (GASP) Take-Over
COLUMN: There's nothing sexier than a soft whisper in your ear. I mean, right up close to your ear. Something sensual, and something inviting, and — GASP — backed by a (GASP) wall of mid-tempo down-stroked electric guitars. Gasp. I am, of course, referring to the trending pop female vocal style that has ruled the […]
Best Service announces new version and a dramatically reduced price for Elastique Pitch by Zplane
Muenchen, Germany (MuseWire) – Elastique Pitch is a professional Plug-In for Real Time Pitch Shifting with an interface designed to allow quick and intuitive interaction with all parameters. Elastique is designed to be the optimal plug-in for pitch correction in film and video conversion applications, for sound design and for adjusting pitch in recording and […]
Mysterious Musician Jonny Harmonic Shines on New Album from Golosio
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (MuseWire) – Sleek beats and eerie melodies highlight ‘We All Love Bright Shiny Things,’ the new album from Jonny Harmonic, now on iTunes from Golosio Publishing (www.golosio.com). Harmonic is a mystifying musician no one has ever seen. “The guy comes in to record whenever no one else is present,” states John Scott […]
Record Producer and L.A. Radio Personality Danielle Egnew Joins Music Industry Newswire as Editor
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (MuseWire) – Online-based recording industry publication adds noted music producer, recording artist, and on-air radio personality Danielle Egnew to its editorial staff. Egnew will contribute expertise on issues related to the business of music, album production, and independent film. MuseWire(TM) is a publication of Neotrope(R) Entertainment, established in California in 1983. “We’re […]
Justin Timberlake Joins ASCAP ‘I Create Music’ EXPO Lineup for One-on-One Conversation with Bill Withers
NEW YORK, N.Y. (MuseWire) – Music superstar Justin Timberlake has joined the ASCAP “I Create Music” EXPO lineup to be part of a first-ever feature for the conference, a One-on-One Conversation between two Grammy Award-winning music creators, when he engages in a conversation with legendary singer-songwriter Bill Withers. Justin Timberlake is a songwriter, performer, producer, […]
So, How DID Taylor Swift Ever Land a Career as a Singer, When, Well… Ouch
COLUMN: Well, grab some milk and cookies and your most comfy feetie pajamas — it’s story time with Auntie Danielle. Once upon a time, in the early 2000’s, the record companies were starting to feel the leak of what would eventually CRACK them in two and bankrupt them, financially, in 2004 — the mp3. For […]
You really think you are ready for management?
COLUMN: So you have the music, the show, the look … and you figure that all the business stuff just needs to be handled by someone else. I mean, you are just that good. All you need now is the management, the agent or the label to make it happen. That’s how it works, right? […]
Night River Records announces UK debut of Eagles Platinum Songwriter Jack Tempchin
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (MuseWire) – Jack Tempchin, a pioneering co-architect of the Southern California Sound, a classic country-rock movement popularized in the 1970s by The Eagles, will play his Diamond* platinum hits live for three nights in the United Kingdom on April 28th, 29th and 30th, 2010, Night River Records announced today. Forming the soundtrack […]
Capitol-EMI’s Early Management – with Comments on Moral Hazard and the Fading Diva Syndrome
COLUMN: Johnny Mercer was Capitol’s first president. Glen Wallichs succeeded Mercer in 1947. Alan Livingston succeeded Wallichs in 1961. One of Livingston’s main accomplishments was creating the cartoon character Bozo the Clown. Livingston got fired in July 1968 and was succeeded by Stanley Gortikov. Gortikov also succeeded Wallichs as president of Capitol Industries in 1969. […]
Darius Rucker Partners with Sparkart for Web – New Site is Now Live
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (MuseWire) – Sparkart Group, Inc., an Oakland-based full-service independent digital agency, is on board to develop, design, and manage the official website of Capitol recording artist, Darius Rucker. The official new site is now live at www.dariusrucker.com . Rucker joins Sparkart’s roster of notable music clients which includes Jason Aldean, Brooks & Dunn, […]
Jazz at the Opera: Special Guests Bill Grimes and Willis Delony join Opera Louisiane and All That Jazz at Manship Theatre
BATON ROUGE, La. (MuseWire) – On Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 7:30 p.m., Opera Louisiane welcomes Spring with special guests jazz greats Bill Grimes and Willis Delony, as they join Robert Grayson and members of Opera Louisiane’s Young Artists to present a new twist on both opera and jazz in the intimate setting of the […]
Moog Puts Realism Back into Vocal Performance – Remove T-Pain from Tracks
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (MuseWire) – Do the vocals on your favorite song sound like a vocoded chipmunk? Yes? Did you use extreme auto-tune settings in the sensitive ballad you wrote for your girlfriend, who then dumped you because, as Jay Z said, “Auto-tune is Dead.” Never fear, you can now recapture the emotive intensity of your […]