Synthtopia is running a GarageBand tutorial. The document is a sneak-peak into a full length PDF tutorial that the site is selling for five dollars.
If you were ever a fan of KISS, you’ll be excited to hear that AcidPlanet is hosting a Gene Simmons remix contest. Contest ends October 5th, 2004.
There’s a nice Instamatic interview over at Twenty Questions. For those of you in the San Francisco Bay Area, he’ll be appearing at Bootie on September 11th, 2004. He’ll be debuting his ‘Boot in 60 Seconds’ at this appearance — something which I’m personally looking forward to!
My KRAFTWERK vs EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL bootleg has received a lot of great attention the past week or two on the web and beyond. Pick Me Up featured the mix in issue #6, saying “it’s like bringing a lovely, piping cup of tea into a cold, dark, empty room.” A very British analogy, I [...]
GYBO bootleg artists take over the remix world once again, this time with Prodigy Remixed. The site appears to be a bit slammed but I’m sure some kind soul will mirror it. It’s also circulating as a torrent. Here’s the track listing: 1. Spitfire (FakeIDs Evolution) (6:32) 2. Girls (idiotech Remix) (5:12) 3. Jungle Bells [...]
Saw this on DJ Martian’s blog, who saw the announcement on the Piccadilly Records mailing list: Soulwax – Any Minute Now Soulwax are back with their second studio album, following up their phenomenal “2 Many DJs” mash up CD, which went on to sell 148k copies in the UK, by word of mouth alone! “Any [...]
Victor over at Virtual Turntable has discovered a great DJ mix contest super-site. You’ll find more DJ mix contests than you can shake a tonearm at over there …
AcidPlanet is hosting another remix contest — this time a rework of a Miles Davis’ classic. Entries must be submitted by Tuesday, September 28th, 2004.
In today’s music industry, claims Pixies front-man Charles Thompson, music labels are optional. Instead of pursuing traditional revenue through record sales, Thompson focuses on “selling tickets, T-Shirts and CDs mass-produced on site at the venues.” “The record business is really bad right now,” Thompson, aka Black Francis, said in an interview after performing recently at [...]
One million free and legal music tracks? The Red Ferret Journal aims to help you fill your iPod legally without donating a dime to the RIAA.