Rita Ora Signs with Range Media Partners For ManagementRange Media Partners has announced the signing of global superstar Rita Ora, whom the company will represent in all areas, including music, film/TV, endorsements, and more.

Ora has accumulated more than 10 billion global streams and scored 13 top 10 U.K. singles, four of which have gone #1. She recently released the single “Ask & You Shall Receive,” which Forbes called “a summery floor filler.” 

Ora is also beginning her second season as a panelist on The Masked Singer, which premiered Sept. 25 on FOX. She recently starred in Descendants: Rise of Red, which broke records and became Disney Branded Television’s most-viewed Disney Channel Original Movie premiere ever on Disney+, amassing almost 7M views within its first three days of streaming.

“Rita is an incredibly talented global star with such creative & artistic integrity in everything she does from music to film, television, and everything else she puts her energy towards,” stated Melissa Ruderman, Range Music Managing Partner, and Michael Cooper, Founding Partner of Range Media Partners, in a joint quote. The pair continued, “We built Range explicitly for true multi-hyphenate talent like Rita, a once-in-a-generation artist."

“I’m very excited to be working with Range Media Partners,” adds Ora. “I’ve always approached my career with a 360 viewpoint on the industry. It’s been an integral part of my vision, and it was essential to partner with a team that is fully aligned and experts across music, film/TV, and branding. We have been off to an immediate great start, and I’m really looking forward to all the things we will do together.”

As a multi-talented industry leader across TV, culture, and fashion, with partnerships in key sectors, Ora has continuously grown her worldwide brand. She recently launched the performance-led haircare brand TYPEBEA alongside Anna Lahey and just celebrated the one-year anniversary of her multi-season Primark collaboration with the release of the Rita Ora x Primark Autumn/Winter 2024 collection.

Ora’s film and television credits include co-hosting Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve and the MTV EMAs; serving as a judge on The Voice Australia; and starring in Fifty Shades of Grey franchise, Pokémon Detective Pikachu, Twist and Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight. She will soon appear in the highly anticipated films Tin Soldier and He Bled Neon.

The artist’s latest album, You & I, landed the coveted #1 spot on the U.K’s. Official Independent Albums Chart, and was hailed by Rolling Stone as “a collection of stunning love songs.”

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Alicia Arauzo and Luis Fernández appointed Co-Managing Directors of Universal Music SpainMadrid-based execs will report directly to Jesús López, Chairman/CEO of Universal Music Latin America & Iberian Peninsula
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TikTok: We shut down Merlin negotiation over fears about streaming fraudTikTok recently scrapped re-licensing discussions with Merlin
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2024 SAO Contest: We’ve Got SAOs for your SAOsSo, we heard you like SAOs. How about some SAOs for your SAO? That’s exactly what’s going on here with [davedarko]’s SAOAO — introducing the Supercon Add-On Add-On standard, which is inspired by another minibadge standard by [lukejenkins]. At most, an SAOAO is 19×19 mm and features a 1.27 mm 3-pin header. As [davedarko] says, no pressure to do I²C, just bring the vibes.
All SAOAOs use the Yo Dawg SAO baseplate, which has room for three SAOAOs. Because six pins is often too many to make a few LEDs light up, the SAOAO standard uses a mere three pins. Not only are SAOAOs easier to route, the pins can’t even be mirrored accidentally because VCC is in the middle, and both outside pins are grounds.
Want to get your hands on some of these bad boys? [davedarko] is bringing 100 Yo Dawg SAO baseplates and 200 SAOAOs to Supercon. But if you want to make your own, you are more than welcome to do so.

How to make generative beats using Logic Pro’s Scripter pluginLogic Pro’s Scripter plugin is often overlooked and unexplored. But generative music pioneers like Brian Eno have used this powerful tool to make evolving soundscapes and unconventional melodies.

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In a nutshell, it allows anyone with coding knowledge to write custom MIDI plugins and test them out in real-time, right there inside Logic Pro. But the best thing is that you don’t really have to be a programmer to use it. You can leap over the code and reach for one of the many presets available directly in Logic.
One of Scripter’s most useful features is how easily it can add some chance and randomness to your workflow. Normally, when working on a percussion part for example, you might start with a repeating four-bar beat and manually tweak the pattern over time to keep things interesting. Using Scripter, you can automate a lot of this, making ever-evolving drum loops with minimal effort.

Load Scripter’s Probability Gate
Start with placing the Scripter plugin on each track. It’s tucked away in the MIDI FX menu that appears on any MIDI channel strip. When you open the plugin, you will see a Script Editor window with some code. As promised, you don’t need to worry about any programming! So go ahead and close the Script Editor, and load Probability Gate from the preset menu.
What Probability Gate does is randomly hold back some MIDI notes. The practical result is that your MIDI pattern is always changing; thinning or thickening the texture. Varying the probability is all it takes to generate an evolving beat that will sound different each time you hit play.
You can grab any four-bar drum beat to try this technique. Make sure each instrument in the beat is an individual track and loop the beat several times.

Automate the probability
The key to this technique is to automate the probability slider.
At 100 per cent, every note will pass through and the beat will sound just as you’ve written it. Anything below this and there’s a probability that some notes will sound and some won’t. We’ll apply probability to each instrument.
In the main window, open the automation view and choose Probability from the list of parameters. To get a sense of what’s actually changing when you vary the probability, leave the first four bars at 100 per cent so that you can hear the original pattern. Change the values in the following bars and have a listen. Some notes won’t be played, subtly shifting the feel of the beat.
Unless you want to create a chaotic beat with no repetitions at all, it’s best to only change the probability for a few instruments at a time, rather than everything all at once.

Record and comp your generative beat
With your beat generator setup and running, the possibilities are endless. It’s not going to sound slick on every playthrough, but sometimes you might catch something magic. An effective way to get more hands-on control is to loop record your beat to create a playlist of different takes. Then you can narrow down the possibilities and comp together the best bits.
You can do this by creating a send from your MIDI tracks and recording the output to a new Audio track. Set the loop region for the length of the beat, then hit record. By default, your session should create a new take in a folder each time the recording loops. If not, you can check the recording settings.

With a few versions recorded, you can go through and comp the sections you like, arranging the original beat with the different versions of the beat you generated using the Scripter plugin. Beats aren’t the only thing you can try this technique on either. It’s another creative way to experiment with a melody or any other MIDI part in your production.

If you know a bit about coding in Javascript, then the possibilities are even wilder. Scripter opens the doors to all kinds of hobby plugin developers and, moving beyond Logic’s built-in preset library, there are lots of open-source scripts you can scoop up online and add to your production toolkit.
So, if you’re feeling creatively stuck, or you just don’t want to do detailed drum editing, then adding a bit of generative chaos with Scripter can be a creative way to break the deadlock and put some surprise into your workflow.
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Song Athletics release Ruiner plug-in Song Athletics have introduced Ruiner, a versatile ‘sound destruction’ plug-in designed to give users a variety of creative controls to manipulate audio.

TikTok may block millions of independent artists by late OctoberTikTok may block millions of independent artists in late October after walking away from negotiations with indie trade group Merlin. Merlin represents about 15% of the global music market. It’s. Continue reading
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“I’ve played to millions of people in my lifetime and I wouldn’t know how to contact them”: James Blake bemoans artists’ lack of ownership of fan dataIt’s no secret that unless you’re a big name artist, you’re going to have a hard time making ends meet by releasing music alone. Music sales figures are in the toilet – and quite frankly, aren’t coming back – thanks to the rise of streaming services, which themselves don’t exactly offer strong payout figures.
And it’s a commonly issued response that artists can still rely on touring and live performance to generate revenue, but it’s never that simple. Touring is an expensive game, and as venues, staffing and planning have to be booked ahead of time, it can be a gamble which results in losses if ticket sales are poor.

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And that’s not even mentioning some of the other factors at play in 2024, like Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing, for example, which put a rather big dampener on Oasis’s recent reunion tour announcement. Or the fact that, in general, live music is still controlled by a monopoly of bigger companies.
In a long Instagram post last week, singer-songwriter and producer James Blake shone a light on the decreasing viability of touring for many musicians, and how large companies taking ownership of fan data is playing a big part in that decline.
“If you are a fan and you wanna see me perform, please sign up for free at the link in bio cause otherwise you might never hear about any of my shows,” the post reads. “I’m not going through the monopolies any more. I’m not having my fans and myself be ripped off by people who don’t care the way we do about live music. They own all of our mailing lists and won’t let us use them to reach our fans.”
Blake, who is now an independent artist, says he’s less able to get the word out about his upcoming shows without data he has relied on previously, which is owned by ticketing companies, promoters and labels.
“Every show I’ve ever done for 13 years, a company has taken the data,” he writes. “I didn’t know how important that was at the time.”

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Now, since his post went viral – amassing over 135,000 likes at the time of writing – Blake has appeared on BBC News to discuss the issue of big companies withholding artist and fan data.
“I’d like to see more transparency from ticketing companies,” he says [via MusicRadar]. “I’d also like to see artists building their own audiences and owning their own data; data is a very important part of this…
“For the last decade we’ve seen companies harvest our fan data, which means phone numbers and emails of people who come to see us. I’ve played to millions of people in my lifetime and I wouldn’t know how to contact them to tell them I’ve got a show coming up.
“I’d liken it to a heist. Over the years, a lot of musicians haven’t understood the importance of gathering fan data in order to market to your fans. It’s such an important part of it, in the sense of, if I’m a fan I’m going to want to hear when my favourite band is in town. I’m not going to hear that if I don’t even see their posts. Musicians are in the hands of the people who own their data, ultimately.”

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5 Key Strategies for Promoting MusicPromoting music requires a fresh approach to stand out in a competitive landscape. Discover five key strategies for promoting music that every artist needs to know. 5 Key Strategies for. Continue reading
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Become the Musician Every Band Wants to HireBreaking into the music industry is tough, with only 71,000 of 1.3 million new artists in 2023 making it to a “career” stage. Learn how to build your personal brand and become the musician every band want to hire.
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Chris Liepe releases FREE Vocal Menace all-in-one vocal processor
Chris Liepe has released Vocal Menace – an all-in-one vocal effects processing plugin. Chris Liepe is a vocalist and educator whose videos have amassed tens of millions of views on YouTube. As well as his YouTube channel, online courses, and private tuition, you can hear Chris Liepe’s voice on many commercial projects, from theme songs [...]
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HEDD Audio unveil HEDDphone TWO GT HEDD Audio unveil the HEDDphone TWO GT, a premium upgrade to their acclaimed HEDDphone TWO.

Audiocube release free software expansion Audiocube's library includes a variety of sound types, such as drums and percussion, acoustic instruments, synthesizers and raw waveforms.

AlphaTheta’s new HDJ-F10 wireless DJ headphones are designed with a “meticulous focus on sound quality”AlphaTheta, the parent company of Pioneer DJ, has unveiled its latest flagship professional wireless DJ headphones, the HDJ-F10. Featuring a newly developed driver, superb sound isolation and ultra-low latency wireless communication via the brand’s proprietary SonicLink technology, these cans are designed with a “meticulous focus on sound quality” and are suitable for a wide range of environments, from DJing live sets to music production in the studio.

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For those new to SonicLink, the technology is “engineered specifically for professional DJs to deliver wireless audio seamlessly to your ears”. SonicLink transmits sound with just 9 milliseconds of latency – 20 times faster than the commonly used Bluetooth SBC codec – enabling accurate monitoring and mixing. All you have to do is connect the dedicated HP-TX01 transmitter (sold separately) to a DJ mixer, and you’re ready to go.
As far as sound quality is concerned, “you’ll hear everything loud and clear” when using the HDJ-F10, says AlphaTheta. The all-new 40mm driver features a PEEK-PU-PEEK composite film diaphragm made from two different materials, delivering a high-resolution sound across a wide range of frequencies.
Not only do the headphones provide high-quality sound reproduction at high volumes, they also feature all-new earpads and housing structures that offer superb sound insulation, surpassing even the Pioneer DDJ flagship HDJ-X10 model. All this means you can now monitor crisp, punchy kick sounds, even while in a noisy DJ booth.
And with the inclusion of Active Noise Cancelling and Transparency modes, it’s easy to switch between your music and outside conversations as and when you like.
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AlphaTheta’s new flagship headphones are also built to withstand life on the road. They’re highly durable, having passed the stringent US Military Standard MIL-STD-810g shock test so you can enjoy lasting durability.
As for battery life, a full charge on the HDJ-F10 gives you up to 30 hours of playback when using Bluetooth, or 9 hours of use when SonicLink is engaged. You can also play your set with a wired connection using the included cable.
The HDJ-F10 professional wireless DJ headphones is priced at $389 excluding tax, while the HP-TX01 transmitter will cost you $129 excluding tax. The full set is available at $499.

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