This “Artist Manager” on LinkedIn Doesn’t Have a ClueThis so-called industry insight on LinkedIn isn’t just wrong — it’s harmful to artists.

Apple Music adds a Musicians hub, Replay, Apple Radio specialsTo mark its 10th anniversary Apple Music adds a musicians hub and new features to mark its 10th anniversary. The creative campus and studio will open this summer in Los Angeles.
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Live Music News Roundup: NIVA, new Maine Ticket Law, ScalpersThis latest live music news roundup includes 2025's NIVA conference news, a tough new law in Maine, scalper financing and more.
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Qu-Bit announce the Bloom v2 The latest version of Qu-Bit's Bloom sequencer comes kitted out with a whole host of new features including per-step clock-sync’d ratchets, new random variation functions, additional channel outputs and more. 

SlapAsSound VoXoV vol.19Human vocal VST - VoXoV vol.19 has landed. And this time, CAT is at the controls. You'll find VoXoV vol.19 for free inside the VoXoV BNDL Chill. From our CAT to your speakers – enjoy, get inspired, and keep creating. Read More

Growing dissatisfaction among young people to drive BTC price: AnalystJordi Visser argued that growing dissatisfaction among those 25 and younger with the current financial system will increase BTC adoption.

OpenAI reportedly ‘recalibrating’ compensation in response to Meta hiresWith Meta successfully poaching a number of its senior researchers, an OpenAI executive reportedly reassured team members Saturday that company leadership has not “been standing idly by.”

Windows 95 on PlayStation 2 Works as Well as You ExpectedWhen you hear “PS2” and “Windows 95,” you probably think someone forgot a slash and are talking about peripherals, but no — this hack is very much about the Sony PlayStation 2, the best-selling game console of all time. [MeraByte] walks us through the possibly ridiculous task of installing Windows 95 on the last hardware anyone at Microsoft would ever endorse in a video you can watch below.
Obviously, the MIPS-based Emotion Engine at the heart of the PS2 is not going to be able to handle x86 instructions Win95 is expecting, but that’s all solved by the magic of emulation. [MeraByte] is running a version of Bochs, an x86 emulator that has been built for PS/2 after trying and failing to install Windows (both 3.1 and 95) to an experimental DOSBox build.
As expected, it is not a smooth journey for [MeraByte], but the flailing about and troubleshooting make for entertaining viewing. Once loaded, it works surprisingly well, in that anything works at all. Unfortunately, neither the mouse nor Ultimate Doom 95 worked. We suppose that ultimately means that this hack fails since even Doom can run Doom. The mouse thing is also important, probably.
If you have a PlayStation 2, maybe skip Windows 95 and try running GoLang.  If you do have DOOM running on the PlayStation 2, send us a tip. There was never an official release for PS2, but after 26 years, someone must have done it by now.

New Music Critique: New Middle ClassContact: info@newmiddleclass.comWeb: newmiddleclass.com/arguingSeeking: Review, Film/TVStyle: Acoustic Pop-RockNew Middle Class is a duo with a distinct sound, but one voice clearly outshines the other—making for a tricky balance. The standout track, “Oh, Lord! (A Vision),” leans into funky, off-kilter production that’s minimal but bold. Barbara Borok’s vocals don’t quite rise to meet the moment like her counterpart, Mike Borok, resulting in a contrast that makes it hard to rate the pair as a cohesive unit. Still, there’s charm here, especially on the playful “Tenth Commandment.” With tighter vocal balance and more synergy between voice and production, they could carve a sharper silhouette in the indie-pop landscape.The post New Music Critique: New Middle Class first appeared on Music Connection Magazine.

zazz Manual FlangerThis plugin features a time-based delay line without any LFO modulation. Instead of a traditional time knob, a Frequency control sets the delay time by defining the frequency of the first notch (dip) in the resulting comb filter. This approach allows for intuitive shaping of the comb filtering effect through frequency targeting. Please note: At higher frequency settings, the position of the first dip may become slightly inaccurate relative to the value set on the Frequency knob, due to internal resolution limitations. Read More

Roland introduce the Mood Pan Inspired by acoustic handpans, the latest arrival to the Roland range produces a wide range of tranquil tones, and features a simple design that requires no previous musical skills. 

New Music Critique: MOTOContact: mpdrpic@gmail.comWeb: instagram.com/motomusiclandSeeking: Radio, Film/TVStyle: Americana RockMOTO brings gritty, raspy vocals that nod to classic rock ‘n’ roll; however, on the breakneck “Immortal,” it’s more growling than singing—energetic, sure, but lacking nuance. “The Jist” slows things down for a more narrative feel, but the production and vocals don’t quite carry the weight, leaving the track feeling a bit flat. They clearly aim for that raw, old-school feel, but without the chops, it’s difficult to really make it pop. With sharper focus and stronger delivery, they could own that vintage energy—but for now, they’re still carving out their place, with glimmers of promise that haven’t yet cut through the retro noise.The post New Music Critique: MOTO first appeared on Music Connection Magazine.

Authors call on publishers to limit their use of AIAn open letter from authors including Lauren Groff, Lev Grossman, R.F. Kuang, Dennis Lehane, and Geoffrey Maguire calls on book publishers to pledge to limit their use of AI tools, for example by committing to only hire human audiobook narrators.

Few Bitcoin treasury companies will survive 'death spiral': VC ReportBitcoin treasury companies have become a major trend in 2025; however, only the most seasoned and disciplined firms are likely to survive.

Making Optical Glass from Ceran StovetopsThe Ceran discs, freshly cut from the old stovetop and awaiting polishing. (Credit: Huygens Optics)
Ceran is a name brand for a type of glass ceramic that has a very low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE). This is useful for stovetops, but it is also a highly desirable property for optical glass. The natural question: Can an old ceramic stovetop be upcycled into something visually striking? This is the topic of the most recent video in [Huygens Optics]’s series on glass ceramics.
Interestingly, by baking sections of the Ceran glass ceramic for 10 minutes at 961 °C, the CTE can be lowered by another five times, from 0.5 ppm / °C to a mere 0.1 ppm / °C. Following baking, you need a lot of grinding and polishing to remove any warping, existing textures, and printing. After polishing with 220 grit by hand for a few minutes, most of these issues were fixed, but for subsequent polishing, you want to use a machine to get the required nanometer-level precision, as well as to survive the six to eight hours of polishing.
Following this final polishing, the discs were ground into mirrors for a Newtonian telescope. This raised a small issue of the Ceran being only 4 mm thick, which requires doubling up two of the discs using a very thin layer of epoxy. After careful drilling, dodging cracked glass, and more polishing, this produced the world’s first ceramic stovetop upcycled into a telescope. We think it was the first, anyway. All that’s left is to coat the discs with a more reflective coating and install them into a telescope frame, but even in their raw state, they show the potential of this kind of material.
If you decide to try this, and you’ve already cut up your stove, you might as well attack some kitchen bowls, too.