Legacy Work With over 20 years as an artist and music executive, Jacq Becker—under her moniker Mama B—is releasing a second children’s album, following the success of 2021’s collaboration, Zoology (which amassed 50+ million digital and 14+ million YouTube streams). Having performed as a pop artist at Los Angeles’ Hotel Café, The Mint, Harvelle’s, Room 5, etc., and shows in Sweden, Nashville, and the Caribbean, Becker has placements in major TV and film (including Top 5, Pretty Little Liars and Seven Days in Utopia), and leads prominent songwriter and publishing teams, helping artists develop t ..read more

On March 27, 2024, a federal court in Texas ruled in favor of Sony Music in a copyright infringement case against 20-year-old rapper Trefuego. The case concerned Trefuego’s Tik Tok hit titled "90mh" which had over 170 million Spotify streams. In the lawsuit Sony contended that “Trefuego simply stole Hinata’s musical composition and sound recording, using them without asking and without permission, all in flagrant violation of United States Copyright Laws.” The court ruled last year that Trefuego was liable for copyright infringement., The March 27 ruling determined the amount of damages. The c ..read more

Australia-born Los Angeles artist Dolly Dagger started on her musical journey in high school, taking vocal and guitar lessons, until she starts skipping classes to spend time in the music room. “I didn’t start looking at it as a career or take it too seriously until I had my first real band with people that also wanted to do a bit more than just jam in the garage, and we realized that it takes a little more than just playing a few shows and bothering your friends,” Dagger says.  Dagger says that she and guitarist Jesse McInturff have landed on a doom and groove sound. “I think genre-wise ..read more

Songwriting Topic: "Come Together" BURL Audio is proud to announce our songwriting contest for 2024. We will be giving away over $9,500 worth of prizes for the best three songs! Submitted recordings must be new, all original songs that contain the line "Come Together" somewhere in the lyrics. Songs must be submitted by May 1, 2024. Songs will be judged by BURL Audio's panel of music industry professionals. Winners will be announced by June 1, 2024. GRAND PRIZE: High End Home Recording Solution B16 Mothership, with choice of Motherboard / B4 Mic Pre ADC and B22 DAC and Control Room Monitor. $6 ..read more

CEO Seeker Music Years with Company: 4 Address: Frogtown, Los Angeles, CA Web: seekermusic.com Email: info@seekermusic.com Publicity: Hannah Schwartz, Shore Fire Media - hschwartz@shorefire.com Clients: Christopher Cross, John Ryan, Phil Plested, Charlotte Caffey, Run the Jewels, Jon Bellion BACKGROUND Evan Bogart has held many roles in the music industry, among them producer, A&R scout, manager and award-winning songwriter. With Seeker Music, he used all those experiences to create a unique record company that includes publishing, label services, and a song catalog with around 14,000 copy ..read more

BMI is excited to announce that hit songwriter, producer and artist benny blanco will be honored with the BMI President’s Award at the 2024 BMI Pop Awards. The evening will celebrate the multi-hyphenate creator’s prolific career which has produced countless songs that resonate with fans worldwide. BMI’s Pop Song of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Publisher of the Year and BMI’s 50 most-performed pop songs in the U.S. of the previous year will also be named. The private event, hosted by BMI President & CEO Mike O’Neill and V ..read more

Roland announces FANTOM EX, a new flagship synthesizer series for professional musicians and producers. Updating and expanding the popular FANTOM platform with the latest Roland technologies, the next-generation FANTOM EX delivers a complete creative ecosystem for sound design, sequencing, and performance. In addition to the FANTOM 6 EX, FANTOM 7 EX, and FANTOM 8 EX models available to new purchasers, current FANTOM owners can expand their instruments with all EX sounds and features through the FANTOM EX Upgrade for sale on Roland Cloud.    Introduc ..read more

   On April 23, 1971 Sticky Fingers was commercially released.     I purchased the LP at the world famous Wallachs Music City in Hollywood. It also featured artwork by Andy Warhol with its working zip on the front.    Sticky Fingers showcased the ever more inventive song writing of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and formidable guitar licks from Mick Taylor, and bassist Bill Wyman, Jack Nitzsche’s piano work is heard on “Sister Morphine,” but I wished they spelled his last name correctly in the musician credits.        Veteran mus ..read more

At 15, Grammy-nominated jazz guitarist and producer Jeff “Gitty” Gitelman attended Berklee College of Music for a five-week summer program. Later he completed his undergraduate degree at the same institution. Post-college, he landed the touring guitarist gig with fellow Berklee alum Lauryn Hill and went on to jam on the road with Alicia Keys, Chance the Rapper and David Bowie, among others. While still a teenager, he craved even greater challenges and added songwriting and production to his repertoire. His talents won him work with artists such as Jennifer Lopez, Jessie Murph and Victoria Mon ..read more

imaginando.pt From Touch Technology to Music and Beat-Making: In the late 2000s, Portugal-based software developer Nuno Santos was engaged in a fascinating dual life—serving on a team that developed touch technology to interact with digital content in public places like museums while gigging as a DJ using Native Instruments Traktor and using Ableton Live for music production. In 2014, merging his passions for music and technology, he launched Imaginando, a startup dedicated to creating original products that would make music production accessible to more people, centered around dynamic audio-v ..read more