Oscar winners Damien Chazelle and Justin Hurwitz are expected to take part in the 'Lionsgate Live! A Night at the Movies' event that will benefit the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation.

The 'Killing Eve' actress and the 'Spectre' actor have reportedly landed major roles in the upcoming big-screen adaptation of the classic stage show inspired by Roald Dahl's book.

NASA's administrator confirms the 'Mission: Impossible' actor is having discussions about shooting a film at the International Space Station with Musk's SpaceX.

The Tesla boss ticks his baby mama off as the new mother explains the inspirations behind their newborn son's moniker which left so many people confused.

Focusing on the social distancing practice amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the visual features many famous friends, including Kendall and Kylie Jenner, and a special cameo from Dalton Gomez.

Aside from sharing the behind-the-scenes story, the 'Leave (Get Out)' singer promotes her new song featuring Tory Lanez and 30 Roc as one that oozes the 'sexy time playlist' vibe.

The couple previously revealed the meaning of the unique name, and now the singer, who shares her first child with the tech mogul, has returned to Instagram to explain how to pronounce the name.

Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, and Jade Thirlwall are hosting a show called 'Good Morning Break Up' in a music video for their latest single.

The 'Fefe' rapper releases a visual for his brand new single a little over one month after he got an early release from jail because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Back in 2004, the 'Iron Man' actress generated a pop culture phenomenon when she and then-husband Chris Martin shared with the world the name they chose for their daughter.

Back in 2004, the 'Iron Man' actress generated a pop culture phenomenon when she and then-husband Chris Martin shared with the world the name they chose for their daughter.

The ABC has launched a $5 million development fund to support independent Australian producers and safeguard local content and creativity across multiple genres, including drama, comedy, children's, factual, music and the arts. Out of the five production streams (see further down) of the Fresh Start Fund, of particular interest is the Australian Music Fund, which supports independent Australian artists and musicians across all ABC music networks, including by commissioning new works for ABC Classic and ABC Jazz.

Ten Australian composers are the recipients of the latest grants from APRA AMCOS and Australian Music Centre's Art Music Fund, taking the all-time funding total to more than $500,000 over five years. This year's $100,000 allocation will support a range of new projects as they come to life, including urban art installations, video and sound works and an a cappella collaboration. The 2020 Art Music Fund recipients are: Kristin Berardi, Leah Blankendaal, Olivia Davies, Aviva Endean, Madeleine Flynn & Tim Humphrey, Thomas Meadowcroft, Maria Moles, Jodi Rose and Jon Rose.

A panel of appeals court judges has ordered Suffolk County Police to release the 911 call that led authorities to discover 11 bodies near Gilgo Beach a decade ago.

How Welsh National Opera is helping city music students

Showcase for skills, talent and learning.

Sixty young musicians to demonstrate music’s power to unite with performance at European Parliament.

140,000 West Midlands children expected to take part in regional celebration.

Display inspired by Glastonbury anniversary.

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A musical rainbow in the Cotswolds.

Artificial intelligence may be used to reveal secrets behind traditional folk music dating back thousands of years.

The sound of Brooklyn, New York coming to Kings Heath

Local heroes to appear in acclaimed production.

Fans queue around the block to be the first to see The Book of Mormon.

Gay activist Saima Razzaq gives her opinion of the Birmingham schools protest controversy.

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Ampify is the name behind the iOS apps Launchpad, Blocs Wave and Groovebox, which have together amassed over 15 million downloads. Ampify now brings you its latest music-making software, Ampify Studio, available for free on MacOS and Windows. After announcing Ampify Studio at NAMM 2020 in LA and releasing as public beta software, Ampify Studio […]

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No Dough Music has announced its new online House/Techno/Electronic music production hub The Archive, which features content from all of No Dough’s current sample packs repackaged with loads of new features. The Archive will offer sound packs, Ableton projects, production technique and how to blogs, podcasts, interviews, and video content. Available now, Underground Electronics is […]

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COVID-19 has deeply impacted the livelihoods of countless musicians all over the world, causing them to cancel performances and lose other sources of income. To help offset this hardship, Polyverse Music has created a platform for supporting and raising financial aid for performing artists. Polyverse.TV is a livestream-powered fundraising initiative to support independent artists impacted […]

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Music-Society has announced the release of Doremi, a free software synthesizer instrument by Beatassist.eu. Doremi features 2 oscillators, the 2nd oscillator can be used in 3 modes. Both oscillators have their own ADSR, volume and sub-oscillator. Noise oscillator with its own filter with resonance and ADSR. 2 filters with 4 modes and ADSR. Saturation on/off. […]

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Function Loops has announced the launch of its Production Contest 2020 with prizes including a collaboration with 22Bullets, premium bundles, and much more. Edvin from Function Loops: “We decided to create this production challenge, to find out who is the best producer in our community! Completely free to enter. The grand winner will get a […]

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Audio Plugin Deals has published an article that breaks down the two fundamental uses of side chain processing. Side chain is both music production and mixing stages is a useful tool. It can be used for a stylistic purpose such as pumping the bass and add new rhythmic elements to a section or all of […]

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Dabro Music’s latest sample pack Melodic Deep Techno by Ras Algethi brings a collection of loops and samples inspired by Adriatique, Sevendoors, Stephan Bodzin, N’to, Artbat, Yotto, and more. The pack includes bass, drums, music loops, fx, synth hits, and Kontakt sampler patches. The sample pack contains Melodic Techno, Deep House, Progressive House sounds for […]

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Joué has announced the launch of a Kickstarter campaign for its next-generation Joué Play expressive music instrument that aims to enable anyone to start making music. Joué Play builds on the MIDI controller that was released three years ago. Four pads are available for the Joué Play, which come with professional sound banks ranging from […]

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Wally Cescato is offering a collection of 640 patches for the Trans Computer Maschine VST instrument as a free download to help you in these difficult times of lockdown. They are intended for normal keyboard playing, without using the sequencer section and most of them use just two oscillators. That’s because they date back to […]

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GowlerMusic has announced its latest free sample pack Lo-Fi Guitars, a collection of unique guitar lines and chord progressions with a lo-fi vibe. If you are looking to add that old-school, hazy vibe to your beats, then look no further. Lo-Fi Guitars features a collection of unique guitar lines and chord progressions. All the samples […]

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Impact Soundworks’ Andrew Aversa has published the second video in the Music Business 101 series of tutorial videos, taking a look at how you can make money with your music. The video is part of the Impact Soundworks Academy, which delivers lessons and tutorials on a wide range of music production, composition, and business topics, […]

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iZotope has launched the limited time Music Maker’s Bundle, offering a collection of 8 creative and innovative plugins at 96% off the regular price. The Music Maker’s Bundle contains every iZotope Elements product for music as well as a huge selection of their most creative and innovative plugins. Kick start your creative toolbox and get […]

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MusicDevelopments has announced the release of Melodya, an advanced motive editor and melody generator plugin for Windows and macOS. Melodya separates shape and rhythm and includes several melodic and rhythmic transformations. Melodya is an advanced motive editor and melody generator which is simple to use but at the same time it offers many detailed settings […]

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Serato Studio pays homage to the classic 1990’s arcade fighter games with BeatFighter, letting you compete with beatmakers from across the world for ultimate victory in a global online tournament. Interactive, public judging via Instagram is to decide who takes the grand prize each month. “BeatFighter is a really epic combination of gaming and music […]

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Robert Crumb is best known as an underground cartoonist, whose work, including Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural, remains controversial. But Crumb is also a collector and celebrator of old blues records. Jerry Zolten is a professor of communication arts and sciences and integrative arts at Penn State Altoona. His work includes the book “Great God A’Mighty! The Dixie Hummingbirds: Celebrating the Rise of Soul Gospel Music.” WPSU's Anne Danahy spoke with Crumb and Zolten about their love of old blues music and records.

Duke University Press, ISBN-13: 978-0822368687, English, 288 pages, 2019, USA

Eidsheim starts this book by introducing ‘the acousmatic question’ (“who’s this, who’s speaking?”) to discuss the dichotomy between a sound and its source before and →

Harsh Noise Wally, is a sophisticated mashup mixing strips of Wally, the lazy and cynic colleague of Dilbert with some epic noise music extreme attitudes. Well conceived and assembled.

The value of craft after software sounds rampant sometimes, expressing the freedom of escaping repetitive taps and clicks to accomplish some assumed tasks. Mixing media, electricity, electronics, mechanics and inert objects Graham Dunning has realised a structured track/performance/open script in →

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The Rockford Area Convention and Visitor's Bureau (RACVB) wants you to stay home and write songs. "Stay Home Songs" is a community song writing contest that is open to all ages and all types of musicians. There is no fee to enter and all genres of music are welcome. Musicians who live in Winnebago County and may enter one original song that is less than three minutes long. Nick Povalitis is the vice president of marketing and sports development for the RACVB. He believes this contest creates an engaging way for people to stay together during Governor J.B. Pritzker's stay-at-home order. "We want to do our part to tell stories and connect people," Povalitis said. "Musicians are some of our best creators and there are a lot of talented musicians within Winnebago County and the Rockford region." This includes the contest judges. Jodi Beach, Vince Chiarelli, Duntai Mathews, Miles Nielsen, and Antonio Ramirez will select the winning songwriter. The winner will receive a $200 gift card to a