Category Archives: Music

Hit Talk Interviews Far East Movement, Offers Uploads

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Planet-Musician

Hit Talk, a music production website, teaching aspiring musicians how to produce hit singles just released it’s latest interview with Interscope/Cherrytree recording artists Far East Movement out of Hollywood, CA.

This in-depth Hit Talk interview reveals and discusses the music business strategies and promotional strategies Far East Movement used to achieve such impressive musical feats as touring with Lady GaGa, N.E.R.D., Jay-Z, and the Black Eyed Peas, plus landing major features for their debuting album: Lil Jon and Snoop Dogg.

In addition to rare industry insights from FM’s music interview, Hit Talk also offers a chance to connect directly with the band by inviting aspiring musicians to upload their best musical works for Far East Movement and their management to consider first-hand for possible collaboration.

To read the exclusive Hit Talk interview with Far East Movement, plus upload your music for an chance to connect with the band, visit: www.modernbeats.com/hit-talk/far-east-movement-music-interview/

Posted in Industry, Music

The Australian Pink Floyd Show announces 2011 Greatest hits World Tour

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Planet-Musician

The Australian Pink Floyd Show, fresh from the success of a sell out tour in 2010 will be back in Europe in 2011 with an even bigger and better show. Beginning in January, the 2011 tour starts in Poland and brings with it not only the trademark lighting and laser show, but a brand new quadraphonic sound system and cinema quality 3D visuals.

The band is very proud of and excited about the new show which includes for the first time 3D stereographic video. This technology is the same as used in 3D cinemas, where the audience wears 3D polarized glasses to create the illusion of images reaching out. The new technology combined with the quadraphonic sound system will give fans a truly amazing spine tingling concert experience not to be missed!

Steve Mac, singer and guitarist with The Australian Pink Floyd, said “we can’t wait to get back on the road. This show is the biggest and best yet. With the state of the art 3D effects and the amazing quadraphonic sound we have some real surprises planned for our fans. We have never been so strong”.

Their upcoming Pink Floyd Greatest Hits World Tour 2011 showcases the most spectacular Floyd tribute of all time. With over two hours of the absolute best of Floyd live, it is the sort of spectacularly ostentatious setting that all true Floyd fans will relish.

The first tour dates confirmed and on-sale now are as follows:

  • Poland: 22 January 2011, City: Rzeszow , Venue: Na Podpromiu
  • Poland: 23 January 2011, City: Plock , Venue: Orlen Arena
  • Poland: 24 January 2011, City: Gdansk , Venue: Hala Sportowo – Widowiskowa
  • Poland: 25 January 2011, City: Bydgoszcz , Venue: Luczniczka
  • Poland: 27 January 2011, City: Warszawa, Venue: Torwar
  • Poland: 28 January 2011, City: Lublin , Venue: Globus
  • Poland: 29 January 2011, City: Katowice , Venue: Spodek

The Australian Pink Floyd Show takes the Pink Floyd tribute experience to a new level.

More UK and European tour dates will be announced very shortly so please check for further information the bands website on www.aussiefloyd.com.

Posted in Events, Music

Modern Beats launches ‘Song Submit’ music-forwarding service

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Planet-Musician

Song Submit is Modern Beats’ new music-forwarding service that connects musicians to major Record Labels, Recording Artists, Music Producers, and Film/TV Music Supervisors who are seeking music to sign and place on projects. Musicians aiming to make connections and get their music noticed can upload their music to Song Submit placement opportunities to have their music reviewed, considered, and selected for forwarding to a variety of music executives.

Recent Song Submit opportunities include:

  • Island Def Jam needs R&B Beats
  • Shady Records needs Rap Beats
  • Britney Spears needs Pop Songs
  • Kelly Rowland needs R&B Songs
  • Jesse McCartney needs Dance Beats
  • Beats needed for MTV’s Jersey Shore
  • Beats needed for NBC’s Last Comic Standing

Musicians subscribing to Song Submit’s music-forwarding service receive the following benefits when uploading their music:

  1. Each song uploaded is guaranteed review with detailed feedback.
  2. Selected music is guaranteed to be considered by music executives.
  3. Musicians can check the status of songs 24/7 and are notified of their songs final status at the closing of each opportunity.
  4. Musicians can upload as many songs as desired, plus receive a $20 Off Modern Beats coupon for each opportunity uploaded to.

For more information about Song Submit and its success stories, visit: www.modernbeats.com/song-submit/.

Posted in Music, Promotion, Special Offers

ModernBeats Releases ‘Ethnic Music Chopz 2′ Samples

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Planet-Musician

Featuring over 840 24-bit samples of rare ethnic instruments from around the world, ModernBeats releases the “Ethnic Music Chopz 2″ soundset. The sample library includes hundreds of live performance samples of 10 rare ethnic instruments including hooks, riffs, and licks specially designed for modern urban and pop music production.

The ‘Ethnic Chopz 2′ Sample Library was recorded at 4 tempos (87 BPM, 92 BPM, 97 BPM, & 102 BPM) and in 4 key signatures (A minor, C minor, E minor, & G minor). A total of 40 software sampler presets are included that auto-load all ethnic samples into your software sampler of choice: Reason NN-XT (.SXT), EXS24 (.EXS), Kontakt (.NKI), Battery (.KIT), Halion (.FXP), Soundfont (.SF2), and WAV (.WAV).

A list of ethnic instruments included:

  • Arabian Rababah
  • Balinese Gobijen
  • Turkish Cumbus
  • Moroccan Gimbri
  • Greek Bouzouki
  • Arabian Mizmar
  • Aztec Slit-drum
  • Japanese Koto
  • Egyptian Ney
  • African Udu

Ethnic Music Chopz Volumes 1 & 2 are offered as a download and priced at just $39.95 each. For more information and audio demos, visit: www.modernbeats.com/soundsets.php.

Posted in Audio, Loops, Music, Samples

Motion Samples Releases Trance Melody Sessions vol. 2

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Planet-Musician

Trance Melody Sessions vol. 2 $50 Wav Files

Trance Melody Sessions vol2 is back with an all new series of even more expressive sounds and songs for producing melodic progressive trance music. Inside contains 350 quality loops of the latest trance sounds including big verby leads, stacked synths, digital bass lines, multi-effected plucks, side-chain pads, chord progressions, piano, guitar, fx and plenty more. All sounds are sorted into 25 session folders so it’s in key, on tempo and easy to create your own melodies just by layering loops together. If you’re a fan of volume 1 then you’re gonna’ love this one too!

Visit www.motionsamples.com for more information and audio demos.

Posted in Audio, Loops, Music, Samples

RiffBook – Organization for Musical Ideas

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Planet-Musician

Apparatus Company, Inc. announces the release of their new music software product for Macintosh called RiffBook. RiffBook is a computer “notebook” for music where riffs can be quickly recorded in the form of audio, video, music notation, tablature, and text notes.

RiffBook has come about because so many musicians have lost some of their best works because they couldn’t remember that neat riff that they’ve played the day before. Eventually musicians began taping their sessions, only to end up with a dubious pile of unlabeled tapes with little hope of finding anything again. With RiffBook, musicians can quickly record a piece of music using their computer’s built-in microphone or, with the Professional Edition, record a video with their computer’s iSight camera. With RiffBook, it is not about getting pristine, production-quality recordings; it’s about capturing the moment quickly without the hassles of equipment setup.

Transcriptions and tablature may be entered by dragging and dropping notes onto the staff. Text notes can be added to for just about any purpose such as describing performance notes or to include song lyrics. External document files from other programs may also be linked to a riff. When a file is linked with RiffBook, RiffBook makes an “Open” button that allows for quick opening of the file with the application that created it. This is great for linking files such as Logic Pro recording sessions where with one click, the document opens in Logic Pro. Using linked files in RiffBook, all of a musician’s work can be brought together and organized in one place.

RiffBook is great for storing and cataloging riffs that a musician really likes, but has no use for yet in a song. Over time, the riff library in RiffBook will grow so that later, during the songwriting process, RiffBook can be used to search for riffs that meet certain criteria such as chord progression or style. The riff library can also be browsed in order to generate song ideas. Riffs can be organized into song folders within RiffBook in order to group them and to designate them as being already used. This management of in-process work allows musicians to keep track of where they are in the songwriting process.

RiffBook is available in two editions: Standard and Professional. The Professional Edition adds the ability to record video riffs and provides a handy metronome feature. RiffBook Standard is priced at $49.99 while the Professional Edition is $79.99. A full-featured, 30-day demo is available for download at www.alienapparatus.com/RiffBook.html.

Alien Apparatus Company, Inc. has been providing show control systems and on-stage products to musicians since 2003. Alien Apparatus Company’s mission is to develop innovative solutions for live music performance, making shows more spectacular, easier, and more fun!

Posted in Audio, Music, Sheet Music, Tab, Technology

Motion Samples Releases SoulTown Samples vol.2

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Planet-Musician

SoulTown Samples vol.2 $40 Wav Files

SoulTown is back! A new series of classic 70’s soul and Motown samples dedicated to all you Hip Hop lovers diggin’ for those vintage melodies and sounds for your beat factory. Vol.2 now features even longer sample lengths and more instrumentation of live guitars, bass, rhodes, organs, pianos, vibraphone, bells, string ensembles and many more classic instruments. All samples are pre-chopped, arranged into multi-samples and mixed to replicate that classic sound. Consider this collection like finding an old crate of unreleased records and don’t forget it’s royalty-free!

Visit www.motionsamples.com for more information and audio demos.

Posted in Audio, Loops, Music, Samples

Motion Samples Releases Galactic Atmosphere

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Planet-Musician

Galactic Atmosphere. $35 Wav Files

Motion Samples presents the sounds of Galactic Atmosphere featuring 36 scores of synthesizer strings and pads created for film scoring projects in the themes of space, mystery, psychedelic, science, technology, electronic and other enigmatic themes. The scores are arranged by tempo from 60-100 bpm and duration times from 40 sec to 2 min, providing a wide selection of ideas to fit you scene. This collection is also great for creating electronic and world music.

Visit www.motionsamples.com for more information and audio demos.

Posted in Audio, Loops, Music, Samples

iPlayMusic Announces New Music Lesson Programs

Posted on August 30, 2006 by Planet-Musician

IPlayMusic enables students to easily incorporate active music making into their daily lives, with the ability to export lessons onto the iPod.

By combining audio, video, animation and interactive technologies, iPlayMusic’s beginner guitar lessons put the fun into learning guitar by teaching users to play actual songs by popular recording artists.

What’s more, iPlayMusic provides a less-expensive and time-sensitive alternative to traditional music study. There is no need to drive back and forth to lessons or purchase costly sheet music. There is no ramp up time as students can purchase their guitar, bring it home and immediately have fun playing songs.

For a sneak peak of iPlayMusic’s suite of music leaning products, visit the site at www.iplaymusic.com for free demos. The following products are currently available for children and adults:

Beginner Guitar Lessons Interactive DVD; Levels 1 and 2
Each lesson presents four on-screen panels that demonstrate a basic guitar skill or technique from different angles. To help beginners master a song or to enable a “karaoke-style” sing-along, a guitar, vocal or scrolling text sections can be easily added or removed.

Beginner Guitar Lessons Level 1 introduces the musician to guitar basics and musical styles. Guitar anatomy, chords, strumming patterns and transitions are demonstrated, as is an introduction to various musical styles, including rock, blues, country and more.

Level 2 presents the next step in content for players interested in mastering the guitar. They are introduced to riffs, licks and tricks that expand on the rock, blues and country styles initiated in Level 1. In addition, musicians are introduced to new styles like reggae and 12 bar-blues.

Beginning Guitar Lessons, Level 1 and 2 are available on www.iplaymusic.com, eBay and Amazon. Each is available for $24.95 as a DVD or for download.

Beginner Guitar Lessons Mac Software
iPlayMusic Beginner Guitar Lessons for the Mac takes advantage of iLife applications including GarageBand, iTunes and iWeb. Aspiring musicians have everything they need to learn guitar, play and sing popular songs and easily create their own performances, which can then be downloaded to iTunes to share with friends.

The software includes more than four hours of video, presented in 140 individual lessons featuring iPlayMusic’s multi-angle video learning method. Users can learn to play more than 25 popular songs made famous by artists like The Beatles and Eric Clapton. Song lessons include guitar chord videos, scrolling lyrics for sing-along, and tips on riffs, transitions, strumming and more.

Beginner Guitar Lessons for the Mac is available for $49.95 at www.iplaymusic.com and carried in select retail stores. A PC version of the product will be available this September.

Play Music Together Interactive DVD Video and Mac Software
Play Music Together, a new Mac software and DVD video product, help preschoolers develop their musical skills and encourages families to learn to play the guitar together.

The interactive learning product features scrolling chords and lyrics, close-ups of the left and right hands and looping features that enables children to learn songs by playing or singing along at their own pace. Capo the puppet models fun songs and activities, so youngsters develop an understanding and appreciation of musical elements including rhythm, tempo and pattern, while parents, teachers or caregivers play along and join in the fun. After just a few basic lessons, children can play and sing-along with six popular family songs including If You’re Happy and You Know It and The Wheels on the Bus.

Play Music Together for the Macintosh is available for $39.95. The video-only DVD version is sold separately for $24.95. The PC version of Play Music Together will be available in September.

For more information, visit their web site at www.iplaymusic.com.

Posted in Computer, Education, Music

Nucleus SoundLab Introduces The Musical Genome Project Sample Series For Wusikstation, Reason 3, And SF2/SFZ

Posted on August 28, 2006 by Planet-Musician

The Musical Genome Project is a new sampleset series by Nucleus SoundLab for Wusikstation, Reason 3 and SF2/SFZ. MGP concentrates on inexpensive, sub-$30 libraries focused around specific musical themes. The goal of MGP is high-quality sounds everyone can afford.

ChordWaves I is the first sampleset in the Musical Genome Project series. ChordWaves I contains a variety of synth chords programmed on modular synthesizers – which are ideal as song-starters for all forms of electronica. They also make excellent atmospheric textures when run through appropriate effects.

The Wusikstation version contains:

  • Over 450mb (32-bit) of raw samples
  • 16 multisamples comprised of nearly 150 waveforms
  • 100+ Wusikstation v3 presets by a variety of professional sound designers

The Reason 3 Refill contains:

  • The same samples as above, compressed into a 150mb Refill
  • 24 Custom Combinator Patches
  • 16 NN-XT Patches

ChordWaves I is now available for the low price of $14.95 (single-format), $19.95 (all formats – Wusik/SF2/SFZ/Reason) or shipped on DVD for $24.95.

For more information, visit their web site at www.nucleus-soundlab.com.

Posted in Audio, Computer, Loops, Music, Recording, Samples