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Pearl Jam is an American rock band fronted by Eddie Vedder. They are from Seattle, Washington. They have been making music for over 30 years. Their new upcoming studio album is called Dark Matter. It will be released in April. The album is different from their previous work. It is more urgent...

How can I reduce the harshness of a bass guitar that sounds "strident" in the mix? The bass sounds fine in a live situation, but it comes across as almost too aggressive on the recording. I have tried various plugins, but I am open to any suggestions you may have. The rest of the recording...

Iglooghost, (i.e., Seamus Rawles Malliagh's alias), announces the arrival of another new studio album in May. Entitled Tidal Memory Exo (2024), the LP project on the LuckyMe record label features 13 new tracks, including the latest, "Coral Mimic". Unlike anything the Irish artist has previously...

As announced in February, the members of American indie rock band, Warpaint, have decided to celebrate the band's two-decade anniversary with a double single release on vinyl and digital format. Right off the bat, the Californian group breathed life into the unreleased track "Common Blue," a...

Maya Ray Thurman Hawke's third LP album, Chaos Angel (2024), will be released at the end of May by the Mom + Pop Music record label and is co-produced by Christian Lee Hutson. As a precursor to the material's arrival, the record unveiled the previously unreleased track "Missing Out" to her music...

Even at 70, Kim Althea Gordon is as provocative and socially aware as ever. Her first LP in five years, The Collective (2024, Matador), is a culmination of her observations and experiences in today's society. The songs delve into the effects of social media overload, using distortion to dissect...

Beyonce unveiled the cover for her highly anticipated upcoming album, "Cowboy Carter," and Maren Morris showed her support after the "Texas Hold 'Em" singer revealed she didn’t feel welcome in the country music world.

Shakira is one of the hottest Latin artists in the world and her Billboard chart history proves it in honor of the release of her upcoming album "Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran."

In the "Between Two Waters" panel, the most powerful executives and managers in the Latin music industry analyze what it takes to succeed on both sides of the Atlantic.

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What are your thoughts on the future of music and generative artificial intelligence? It's concerning that gen AI could potentially replace certain aspects of music production. We already see this with Apple Logic Pro's AI Mastering Assistant plugin. However, perhaps we can learn to work with...

When using the Avid Pro Tools signal generator sound effect to create a sine wave, such as 20 Hz or 100 Hz, why does the resulting waveform not have zero crossings at integer seconds? Or in other words, how precise is the frequency of the PT signal generator?

Wizard Chan (Fuayefika Maxwell), a reggae and hip-hop recording artist, has released the music video for his latest single "Loner", featuring Joeboy. The song is produced by 01Frnch and PumbaMix and marks Wizard Chan's first release of the year. Director Pink directed the video.

Many people now offer cheap audio mastering services, with some in the UK claiming to master tracks for as low as £30. However, the quality of service at this price point is unclear, which can lead to misunderstandings and a negative perception of the audio post-production industry...

Bryson Djuan Tiller season is upon us! On "Tiller Tuesday" (March 19), Bryson Tiller announced his self-titled fourth studio album will be released on April 5th under RCA Records. It's been four years since his last full-length or long-playing project, Anniversary, which dropped on the fifth...

What does success mean to you as a music producer?

Kizz Daniel (Oluwatobiloba Anidugbe), the Nigerian singer and songwriter behind the hit "Twe Twe," is back with a new track about love. The song, "Showa," is a slow jam that will get you in your feelings. It's part of a 4-track EP called TZA (Thankz Alot), and Azuka Ayzed Akaeze produced it...

What's the one thing that makes Avid Pro Tools stand out from other digital audio workstations or sound editing programs, and why do you keep coming back to it?

In pop choruses, when you got like two or more vocal tracks going on (think Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe"), what's the deal? Do they just pan them hard left and right, or do they keep them both center but mess with the timing a bit, like one slightly delayed left and the other right? There...

Been using the Waves VU meter plugin to keep an eye on my levels. It's set to -18 by default, which apparently works well for most analog stuff. But, my online mixing class mentioned leaving -6 dB headroom for mastering. So, shouldn't I just bump the Waves audio software plugin to 6 instead of...