Pioneering house music label Strictly Rhythm is back from the dead. Strictly Rhythm, founded in 1989, released material by such artists as Roger Sanchez, the Vengaboys, Planet Soul, George Morel, DJ Pierre, Todd Terry, Masters At Work, Reel 2 Real, Josh Wink, Ultra Naté, and Armand Van Helden. Unfortunately, they crashed and burned in 2002… Read More Strictly Rhythm Returns
Ambient artist Robert Rich sends news of his latest tour and some news CDs. If you’re into ambient electronica and you’ve never seen Rich in concert, you should definitely try to make one of these dates. He’s performing some of his latest work, along with the video piece Atlas Dei. 2007 Tour Dates – May… Read More Robert Rich News
Cakewalk has published a new resource, the Vista for Musicians’ Resource Page, that is designed to provide information on Windows Vista and the benefits it provides to the audio community. Their timing is good, because it seems like a lot of musicians are bailing on Windows and moving to Macs. Cakewalk has put together a… Read More Music On Vista A Cakewalk
ASK Video Interactive Media has begun shipping Sibelius Tutorial DVD Level 2, the second installment in a series of DVD courses designed to train composers, musicians, students, and educators on Sibelius. Host Kelly Demoline returns from the first DVD in the series, covering MIDI Files, Manuscripts, Drum Notation, Playback, Score Layout, Internet Publishing, and more.… Read More ASK Video Now Shipping Sibelius Level 2 Tutorial DVD
M-Audio has published a series of 31 free video tutorials designed to help users master every aspect of the company’s Torq DJ software. The Torq Tutorial video series encompasses a diverse array of topics to support users of all levels. The first videos explain Torq Conectiv and Torq Xponent setup, the Torq Browser, Auto BPM… Read More M-Audio Announces Free Torq Tutorial Videos
Kansas City Kansas Community College, Lewis University and the Conservatory of Music and Dance-University of Missouri at Kansas City have announced a call for scores for the Electronic Music Midwest Festival, to be held October 11-13, 2007 at Kansas City Kansas Community College. Each concert will feature an 8.1 speaker diffusion system. Any composer regardless… Read More Midwest Universities Want You To Score
At the Wall Street Journal’s D: All Things Digital conference, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled Microsoft Surface, the first in a new category of surface computing products from Microsoft. Surface turns a tabletop into a dynamic surface that provides interaction with all forms of digital content through gestures, touch and physical objects. While no… Read More Microsoft Launches Surface Computing User Interface
If you’ve seen images of Monolake performing, you may have wondered about the unique instrument he uses, the Monodeck II: In this video, Monolake jams with the Monodeck II: Monolake, aka Robert Henke, uses a custom MIDI controller, along with Max, to control Ableton Live. He calls the Monodeck II “an industrial grade prototype.” Here’s… Read More Monolake’s Awesome Monodeck
Andrew Hasenpflug sent word about a new music composition contest, the Kunstgegen Foundation 2007 Music for Modern Dance Performance Competition. Here are the details: The Kunstgegen Foundation 2007 Music for Modern Dance Performance Competition will go to the work that most exemplifies the qualities of interest, emotion, intellect, and compatibility with modern dance choreography. The… Read More Contest Offers $$’s For Music For Modern Dance
Apple today launched iTunes Plus, offering DRM-free music tracks with 256 kbps AAC encoding, for audio quality almost as good as the original recordings, for just $1.29 per song. iTunes Plus is launching with EMI’s digital catalog of recordings, including singles and albums from Coldplay, The Rolling Stones, Norah Jones, Frank Sinatra, Joss Stone, Pink… Read More Apple Launches iTunes Plus; DRM-Free MP3s Now Available
