Woodland Hills, CA. American Music and Sound announce the launch of the VCI-380 $100 cash or Serato Video Special Edition rebate promotion. The rebate runs from February 15 thru April 30 2013. Program details and downloadable rebate submission form can be found at http://www.americanmusicandsound.com/VCI-380 Rebate The DJ scene and the [...]
There’s irony in Ultra Music Festival holding a club tour. Celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, Ultra stands for everything modern (and occasionally reviled by purists) about electronic dance music: the hottest artists put front and center in the lineup, the biggest singles remixed in regular rotation, and sets no [...]
Just look at record sales – it’s no secret that record companies and the traditional approach to making and promoting music are becoming obsolescent. In place are digital technologies, with multiple properties working together: Facebook and Twitter to build the fanbase, Soundcloud (and Myspace, at one point) to get the [...]
Miami Music Week, which, for 2013, includes the Winter Music Conference and two weekends of the Ultra Music Festival, is less than a month away. Although WMC’s schedule is up, the major artists present at the week have their own events planned, and announcements are coming in. What’s in store [...]
Getting Hands-On If you've ever used any other DAW or performance software, you’ll know how valuable a MIDI controller can be in creating fluidity and style when controlling your instruments. Because Ableton is meant for Live use, the addition of a MIDI controller can completely transform your Live performances. It’s possible to [...]
2013 is not only Ultra Music Festival’s 15th anniversary, it’s also the first time this electronic dance music festival is expanding to two weekends. Aside from this change, Ultra introduced a new concept for 2013: a pre-festival club tour. Called ‘Road to Ultra: A Long Way from Home,’ the tour [...]
Plenty of new releases came out or were announced over the past week, ranging from progressive house to more trap. What can you expect? For new material that’s already out, Juicy J and The Weeknd collaborated on “One of Those Nights”. Meanwhile, Cedric Gervais makes Lana Del Rey more listenable [...]
How many times as a DJ or producer have you heard, “But you’re not making real music!” The Association for Electronic Music (AFEM), announced on January 28 at the Midem music convention, strives to combat such widespread assumptions. According to Music Week’s initial report, the not-for-profit advocacy and lobbying organization [...]
The latest EDM subgenre with expanding diasporas is dubstep. Previously, we covered the changing sound of the genre known as “post-dubstep,” but outside sounds are mingling with the latest incarnation of bass music. When lasers, robotic samples, and synths end up in the mix, it’s called “robostep,” which recently came [...]
In case you lived under a rock, the Grammys just happened this Sunday, February 11. The good news? Former Eurodance member and current music industry scammer Al Walser didn’t win – although he did draw attention by showing up in a space suit. The (sort of) bad news? Skrillex won [...]