GRENOBLE, France /Music Industry Newswire/ — ARTURIA has announced its fourth and most sophisticated keyboard in the Analog Experience series: Analog Experience THE LABORATORY 61 keys, is now shipping. Analog Experience THE LABORATORY 61 is a 61-note MIDI keyboard with velocity and aftertouch-sensitive keys that [...]

ASHEVILLE, N.C. /Music Industry Newswire/ — Throughout Moogfest weekend (October 28-30), The Bob Moog Foundation will provide a hub for Moog history and education at the festival’s Moogaplex, located in the heart of downtown Asheville in the Haywood Park Hotel. In addition to hosting panels [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. /Music Industry Newswire/ — The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced today the 2011 late fall tour schedule for The Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad in partnership with Jazz at Lincoln Center. Using music and culture as diplomatic [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. /Music Industry Newswire/ — SoundExchange announced on Tuesday that it has distributed nearly $88 million to more than 18,300 payees designated by recording artists and labels during the third quarter of 2011. SoundExchange is the non-profit performance rights organization (PRO) that was appointed [...]

SAN DIEGO, Calif. /Music Industry Newswire/ — The Rack Gizmo is the new flagship switching product of the RJM Music line. For years now, professional and amateur players alike have been relying on RJM Music Technology effect switching systems to be the core of their [...]

BERLIN, Germany /Music Industry Newswire/ — Native Instruments has just launched a special offer for its acclaimed MASCHINE groove production systems. From October 27th to December 31st, every new purchase of the regular MASCHINE version will include two MASCHINE Expansions of choice as a free [...]

Grenoble, France /Music Industry Newswire/ — Ahead of the official release, planned for December 2011, Arturia has exposed the detailed features, graphic interface and the first exclusive sound demos on its website. Not only the Oberheim SEM V, powered by the latest innovations in Arturia’s [...]

NEWS /Music Industry Newswire/ — KV331 Audio announces the release of version 2.5 of their semi-modular synthesizer and effect plug-in SynthMaster – finally out of BETA. With version 2.5, SynthMaster becomes a cross-platform plug-in running on Windows (32/64 bits) and Mac OSX (32 bits) operating [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. /Music Industry Newswire/ — SoundExchange, the non-profit performance rights organization authorized to collect royalties for the digital performance of sound recordings, and CD Baby, the online music store and digital distributor, recently announced a reprise of their initiative to notify hundreds of recording [...]

DENVER, Colo. /Music Industry Newswire/ — Singer/author Dee Dee Phelps is now performing in Doo Wop Shows nationally. “Dick and Dee Dee” will appear at the Denver Paramount Theatre as part of the Ultimate Doo Wop Show on October 29, 2011 at 8 p.m. Also [...]

Sydney, Australia /Music Industry Newswire/ — To commemorate the Classic and Classic II tube microphones, RØDE has announced a custom edition of its Classic II, exclusively limited to an edition of 500 worldwide. The release of this microphone coincides with RØDE’s decision to retire the [...]

Barbados and New York /Music Industry Newswire/ — Korg Kronos Volume #1 – Vintage Synths – is the first collection of sounds for the Kronos HD-1 Sound Engine from Kid Nepro, described as: “An amazing assortment of fully KARMA-fied Programs and Combis perfect for producers [...]

Berlin, Germany /Music Industry Newswire/ — Native Instruments today announced DAMAGE, a new instrument that provides hard-hitting cinematic percussion for professional movie scoring and high-impact music production. Created by premier sound design house Heavyocity and powered by the latest KONTAKT 5 engine, this unique sonic [...]

Grenoble, France /Music Industry Newswire/ — Arturia announces the upcoming release of the “Oberheim SEM V.” After years without any addition to their Synthesizer Anthology series, Arturia will bring back to life in software format one of the world’s most sough-after synthesizers. The Oberheim SEM [...]

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /Music Industry Newswire/ — The Songwriters Hall of Fame, in association with the GRAMMY Museum, will be presenting a Songwriting Legends-in-the-Round event at the Museum’s Clive Davis Theater. Before an intimate audience of 200, hear a stellar gathering of Songwriters Hall of [...]

Sacramento, Calif. /Music Industry Newswire/ — Calif. Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 550 (Padilla) on Sunday. The new law will help reduce music and movie piracy by allowing inspections and verification to ensure that large-scale disc replicating plants are complying with California anti-piracy laws. The [...]