Music production

Music production

Roger Linn is a legend in the world of musical instruments. He's been at the cutting edge of music technology for decades. He created the LM-1, the first drum machine to use samples, and its successor, the LinnDrum, is one of the most iconic drum machines of all time. They were used on countless records in the 1980s, including hits by Tom Petty, Queen, and Tears for Fears.

Hamilton has been one of the hottest Broadway musicals for over a decade, and while the movie has yet to be adapted into a feature film, you can catch it on Blu-ray. The musical historical drama is getting a new Collector's Edition on 4K Blu-ray, and you can preorder it now through Amazon and Walmart for $80 ahead of its June 16 release.

Aike 3000 creates raw, reduced pop music that blends indie, RnB, and electronic influences. The songs revolve around themes of failure, loss, and emotional fractures, all while maintaining a sense of beauty. From broken images, intimacy, and clear melodies, a unique form of Broken Pop emerges.

When you first press play on Álvaro Díaz's "Omakase," you are immediately transported into the kitchen. A stove flickers on. A knife hits the cutting board. Chants of "¡Sí, chef!" ring out like a dubbed episode of "The Bear." Then, before the listener can fully settle in, the Puerto Rican rapper and singer fires off bars claiming that Grammys were stolen from him and details his many nights spent sleeping on the floor to his new normal of earning $500,000 per show.

It took four years to write and record its seven songs, which were spurred by the Radiohead guitarist's experience of falling into a deep depression and navigating decades of emotional trauma exacerbated by the pandemic lockdowns. O'Brien learned that being immersed in nature is where he felt the strongest - the title Blue Morpho refers to a rare species of butterfly he encountered with his family. "Part of my healing journey was walking in the trees and in the river, feeling the light, and recalibrating there," he explains. "My cathedral is in the woods."

Runners try to hack their own pace by crafting playlists of songs with a specific number of beats per minute, hoping the tempo will coax their gait to a matching speed. High school marching bands employ crisp brass fanfares to help lock their steps into time with one another. People with Parkinson's disease, who suffer from a faltering, unsteady gait, can lock into a smoother, more regular gait when prompted with highly rhythmic music.

“I like to be silly,” she said. “I also wanted an artist name that felt lucky. I'm a Sagittarius rising, which means my chart is ruled by Jupiter, the planet of luck. When I started making music, I was anxious all the time. The name helped me feel confident enough to keep pursuing it. I also like the work of bell hooks, a feminist writer and social critic, who uses lowercase to decenter identity and challenge hierarchy.”

In recent weeks, Olivia Rodrigo and Charli xcx have been the targets of "open letters" from their respective fans, which go beyond expressing disappointment over their new singles. In Rodrigo's case, one fan complained that her song "drop dead" had too many "similarities to other artists" without providing evidence, and criticized her for blocking country artist Ella Langley from the top of the Billboard charts (despite her currently being number one). Meanwhile, another fan demanded a "proper rock album," as if she hadn't done rock-inspired fare for her entire career.

Wagner Ribeiro de Souza wasn't carrying much in his backpack. A local compilation of techno, house and jungle hits, a couple of news clippings and a VHS tape with footage from the club where he played weekly: small fragments of a music scene that he, under the moniker DJ Patife, and some friends were building in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It was 1998. He had travelled to London to talk his way into the office of Movement, one of Britain's most important drum'n'bass nights, with a single goal: pitching an edition of the party in Brazil.

It comes in the final 10 minutes. It's 2023: a euphoric high point in Kylie's career. Padam Padam, the first single from Kylie's 16th album, Tension, has just been released. Then the words One More Thing flash across a black screen. Cut to present-day Kylie arriving at the studio, singing songs from Tension with her longstanding team of British songwriters.

Turning 80 is probably not something Cher places much importance on after all, conventions and expectations have never mattered much to her. Her fearlessness has made her one of the greatest icons in pop music history. Alongside her unique contralto voice, instantly recognizable to generations of listeners, it is above all her versatility and willingness to try new things that have led artists like Lady Gaga and Beyonce to cite her as an inspiration.

UNTER STRØM debuts with “Orynth,” an exhilarating track released through the renegade label Breathing Records. The duo, comprised of seasoned artists Alex Gonzales (known for his work as Matte Blvck) and John Kunkel (of The New Division and John Grand fame), seeks to broaden the horizons of techno, melodic house, and industrial music.

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