Plugin of The Week: Arturia Oberheim SEM V

For this edition of our Plugin of the Week feature, regular plugin test-dummy Carly Hordern is joined by Sound Design instructor Paul Ressel to pick apart Arturia’s Oberheim SEM V. Paul teaches Sound Design as a part of our BA (Hons) Music Production & Sound Engineering Degree. The SEM was Oberheim’s first analogue synth, a keyboardless […]

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Watch The New Neill Blomkamp Directed Sci-Fi movie Rakka For Free Here!

Watch The New Neill Blomkamp Directed Sci-Fi movie Rakka For Free Here! Feat. Sigourney Weaver! RAKKA is the story of broken humanity following the invasion […]

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Watch: Slowdive: NPR Music Field Recordings

Watch: Slowdive: NPR Music Field Recordings Before a month-and-change ago, Slowdive hadn’t released an album in 22 years. So you’d be forgiven for watching the […]

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Austin Jones Faces Dismissal from Vans Warped Tour

Despite his denials, online posters correctly predicted Austin Jones’ current mess. Yesterday, federal authorities arrested popular YouTube singing sensation Austin Jones.  They charged the 24-year-old Bloomingdale, Illinois star on two counts of child pornography.  Jones admitted to having sexually explicit chats with females he knew to be underage.  However, change.org posters may have correctly foreshadowed […]

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Merlin is paying out the equivalent of nearly $1m a day to independent labels

Payouts grow 52% over past year – but online ‘value gap’ is dragging these numbers down
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Indie Labels Say Spotify Is Paying 3X Better Than YouTube

Merlin Network makes it clear: No, YouTube doesn’t pay out artists equally, but Spotify does. YouTube has long been considered the bane of the music industry.  Thanks in part to exploiting DMCA safe harbor loopholes, the video platform can pay out major labels and artists the bare minimum.  As it pushes ahead with its IPO […]

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