A$AP Ferg has recruited an all-star team of collaborators for his upcoming Always Strive and Prosper, the follow-up to his breakout 2013 LP Trap Lord. Among the artists appearing on the Harlem rapper’s new album is Skrillex, who provides the buoyant, skittish beat on “Hungry Ham,” an ode to Ferg’s Hamilton…
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Hear Cheap Trick Drummer’s New Song With Guided by Voices’ Robert Pollard
Cheap Trick are all set to celebrate their history at tonight’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, where the Illinois power-pop legends will take the stage to play a few of their classic songs. If all goes as planned, the performance will feature a reunion with drummer Bun E. Carlos — who hasn’t toured with the…
Executive Shuffles: Sony/ATV, UMG, Maverick Music…
The latest executive shuffles… Sony/ATV Music Publishing has elevated Jorge Mejía to President of Latin America and U.S. Latin. Mejía has been working with Sony/ATV Publishing for over 19 years. Universal Music Group is letting Francis Keeling go. Keeling was UMG’s Global Head of Digital Business and has worked for the label for 10 and a half years. Keeling’s […]
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Why You’re Afraid To Write Your Book (And How To Beat Fear)
Master these fears and begin writing that manuscript you’ve been wanting to create for a long time.
Here’s What You Need to Know About Elon Musk
We all know he’s a genius, but here are seven other things you may not have known about the tech pioneer.
On Composing Music [Excerpt From "Songwriting: Get Your Black Belt In Music & Lyrics"]
In this excerpt from Songwriting: Get Your Black Belt In Music & Lyrics, we look at how the musical composition process, and how the use of different scales can effect the feel and mood of a piece of music, as demonstrated by the California thrash metal band referenced here. _________________________________…
Amazon Now Has 3 CEOs
You know Jeff Bezos. Now meet the others.
Uber Agrees to Cough Up $10 Million to Settle California Suit on Misleading Customers
‘It sends a clear message to all businesses, and to startups in particular, that in the quest to quickly obtain market share laws designed to protect consumers cannot be ignored,’ San Francisco DA says.
Maxwell Teases New LP With Suave Ballad ‘Lake by the Ocean’
“All I see is just / Everything is lust,” Maxwell croons on “Lake by the Ocean,” his seductive first single from the upcoming LP, blackSUMMERS’night. The album, out July 1st via Columbia Records, is the second installment in a musical trilogy, following 2009’s BLACKsummers’night.
“Ocean” finds the neo-soul veteran promising a…
10 Insanely Great Guns N’ Roses Songs Only Hardcore Fans Know
When classic-era Guns N’ Roses members Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan kicked off a massive stadium tour with an explosive L.A. gig last week – their first together in decades – it marked the reunion of some of hard rock’s best (and most dangerous) hit makers. Even in the band’s earliest days in 1985,…