Wendy Carlos, a giant of electronic music composition, should at last get a complete, well-deserved biography. The book is set to be published next month. Michigan-based musicologist Amanda Sewell is set to profile the music legend in a debut title published by Oxford University Press, in a 264-page hardcover edition (and ebook) due on March […]
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UK’s 2021 work visa for European DJs, musicians poses challenge to cultural exchange
Europe’s cultural integration has made it an oasis for electronic music and music exchange. That makes new hard-line British policy a potential setback.
Here’s how to update KORG’s wireless nano controller, and use it with iOS 13 (and more)
In case you missed it, in November, KORG fixed issues with their portable Bluetooth MIDI controllers/keyboards and iOS 13. Wireless operation works with desktop OSes, too – and it’s really cool.
Strokes is a powerful Euclidean drum sequencer, inspired by a real-life master drummer
The latest pattern tool for Ableton Live and Max for Live is a source of complex rhythms, new ideas, and performance tools. And it all started with a good read about a real drummer.
SoundCloud mobile app is now an equal citizen – including enabling uploads
SoundCloud have been gradually adding or restoring features to mobile users – and now uploading is available on iOS (and soon, Android).
Bionic synthesis: artists make music with a prosthetic arm, eye motion
Accessibility in music can mean expanding expression beyond what is normally physically possible. For one artist, that means jacking a prosthesis as CV – for another, overcoming paralysis to make music with eyes alone. Bertolt Meyer was already producing and DJing, even with a birth condition that left him without the lower portion of one […]
Bandcamp is an ecosystem; this guide explains how that can help your music grow
Bandcamp can work best when you’re both an artist and a fan on the platform. And if you care about actually connected with people, that’s a big deal.
Prototypes are free, open-source plug-ins – use them for sound, or to learn Csound
Get a free algorithmic bass drum generator, a lo-fi modulator, a massive granular workstation, for free – and that’s just the beginning.
Someone made a Pomodoro timer for Ableton Live, so you can stay productive, take breaks
Productivity engineering has come to music production. A popular method for timeboxing is now available as a free Live add-on.
In quarantined China, concerts and clubs are going online as a safe place to meet
Even in the capital Beijing, once-crowded streets are now empty, as the 2019-nCoV coronavirus outbreak forces people at home. The solution for live musicians: turn to streaming.