An Iranian Refugee Became a Hit Producer and Now Finds Humanity with Global CollabsThis week, Ari is joined by alt-pop singer, rapper & multi-hyphenate Noga Erez to discuss the creative process and working with labels.

Snoop Dogg to Close Out 'Amazon Music Live' Season 3 LineupAmazon Music announced 16x GRAMMY-nominated music legend, actor, author and entertainment titan, Snoop Dogg will headline the season finale of Amazon Music Live (AML) after Black Friday Football on November 29. Sponsored by the all-new 2025 Nissan Kicks, the series brings together football and music fans for can’t-miss performances from today’s most exciting artists, playing their latest and greatest hits after the biggest games of the week.Airing on Prime Video and Twitch at 7 p.m. EST, the West Coast icon will bring his expansive catalog to the Amazon Music Live stage, performing chart-topping hits and beloved deep cuts. Fans can expect to hear fan-favorite tracks from one of the world’s most celebrated artists, as well as a sneak peek at new songs off Snoop Dogg’s upcoming album Missionary, out next month.To celebrate his upcoming performance, fans can listen to REDISCOVER Snoop Dogg on Amazon Music. The playlist features the Hip-Hop icon’s genre-defining hits and influential gems. Amazon Music customers can listen to the playlist here.Season Three kicked off earlier this fall with a one-of-a-kind performance from country music superstar Jelly Roll, who put on an epic performance that included songs like “Winning Streak,” “Get By,” and “Liar” off his new album, Beautifully Broken. Jelly Roll’s set also included a series of genre-spanning surprise guests, including Keith Urban, Skylar Grey, and Machine Gun Kelly. Big Sean followed celebrating his new album Better Me Than You with a tribute to Homecoming celebrations at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Accompanied by the band and choir from renowned HBCU North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Big Sean ripped through a set of his biggest hits.The cross genre multihyphenate, Halsey took the stage for a special Halloween episode, captivating the audience with tracks from her recently released fifth studio album, The Great Impersonator. She delivered powerful performances of “Panic Attack” “Lonely is the Muse,” and more. Last Thursday, J Balvin lit up the night with a medley of his greatest hits, including “Mi Gente,” “X,” and “Ginza.” And last week, Grammy-nominated Atlanta rapper Gunna took the stage fresh off the road from Wun of Dem Nights, a series of exclusive, one-off shows in various cities. The rap superstar will perform new material from his critically-acclaimed 2024 album One Of Wun, alongside fan favorites and deep cuts.As the first K-Pop group ever to perform on AML, Global K-Pop superstars TWICE has had a massive year, recently completing their 50+ show "Ready To Be" tour, which spanned Asia, South America, Oceania, Europe, and North America. TWICE achieved global success this past year with their fifth #1 Billboard 200 album, With You-th, released in February, their Japanese LP, Dive, in July, and their newest collaboration with Megan Thee Stallion on an electrifying remix of her track “MAMUSHI,” which dropped October 25th. The group recently announced the upcoming release of their highly anticipated 14th mini-album, STRATEGY, out December 6th through JYP Entertainment/Imperial/Republic Records.​​Each episode will stream live from Los Angeles and air exclusively on Prime Video and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch at 9 p.m. PT on Thursdays.The post Snoop Dogg to Close Out 'Amazon Music Live' Season 3 Lineup first appeared on Music Connection Magazine.

Elon Musk wants to block the transfer of InfoWars’ X accounts to The OnionThe Onion, a satirical publication, won a bankruptcy auction earlier this month to purchase conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ website, InfoWars, and other related assets. However, that sale is now in limbo after a federal judge temporarily halted the deal. On Monday, Elon Musk threw yet another wrench in the works, objecting to the transfer of […]
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Brazil’s Congress to weigh Bitcoin Reserve as hedge against global risksNew legislation aims to establish a sovereign federal Bitcoin Reserve, potentially enhancing asset diversification and economic resilience.

Zaytoven on his studio sessions with Migos, Future, and others
Zaytoven discusses his beginnings and his most memorable studio sessions that shaped his career as well as the music landscape at large.

A Laser with Mirrors makes a CRT-like Display[bitluni]’s laser-based display pretending to be a an old-school vector CRT.Phosphor-based displays like CRTs rely on the phosphor to emit light for a set amount of time after being activated, allowing them to display a seemingly persistent image with one drawing beam per color. Translated to UV-sensitive PLA filament, this means that you can totally use a printed sheet of this material in combination with a 405 nm laser diode to create a display that doesn’t look dissimilar to an early CRT. This is exactly what [bitluni] did in a recent video, meshing together said laser diode, UV-sensitive PLA, stepper motors and two mirrors with an Arduino-based controller to create a rather interesting vector display.
In the video, [bitluni] goes over the development steps, including a range of improvements like being able to turn off the laser when moving between the end of a line and the beginning of a new one. While the Arduino Nano board does the driving of the stepper motor controllers, an ESP32 provides the drawing instructions. The STL and other project files including Nano & ESP32 firmware can be found on the GitHub project page.
While far from being a practical display with a single-digit Hz refresh rate, it does provide an interesting demonstration of these types of persistence of vision based displays, and without the use of exotic MEMS mirror modules or the like.

Music industry backs new ‘TRAIN Act’ requiring transparency in materials used to train AIThe law would require AI companies to disclose whether or not they used copyrighted works at the request of rightsholders
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Drake files ANOTHER legal petition over Not Like Us; accuses Universal of ‘inappropriate business practices’ including a ‘payola’ scheme to turn Kendrick Lamar’s diss track into a mega-hit. Read the full filing.'The suggestion that UMG would do anything to undermine any of its artists is offensive and untrue,' said a UMG spokesperson in response to the first filing on Monday (November 25)
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Alternatives Don’t Need to be BashedBy default, bash is the most popular command language simply because it’s included in most *nix operating systems. Additionally, people don’t tend to spend a lot of time thinking about whatever their computer uses for scripting as they might for other pieces of software like a word processor or browser. If you are so inclined to take a closer look at this tool that’s often taken for granted, there are a number of alternatives to bash and [monzool] wanted to investigate them closely.
Unlike other similar documentation that [monzool] has come across where the writers didn’t actually use the scripting languages being investigated, [monzool] is planning to use each of these and accomplish specific objectives. This will allow them to get a feel for the languages and whether or not they are acceptable alternatives for bash. Moving through directories, passing commands back and forth, manipulating strings, searching for files, and manipulating the terminal display settings are all included in this task list. A few languages are tossed out before initial testing even begins for not meeting certain specific requirements. One example is not being particularly useful in [monzool]’s preferred embedded environments, but even so there are enough bash alternatives to test out ten separate languages.
Unfortunately, at the end of the day none of the ten selected would make a true replacement for bash, at least for [monzool]’s use case, but there were a few standouts nonetheless. Nutshell was interesting for being a more modern, advanced system and [monzool] found Janet to be a fun and interesting project but had limitations with cross-compiling. All in all though this seemed to be an enjoyable experience that we’d recommend if you actually want to get into the weeds on what scripting languages are actually capable of. Another interesting one we featured a while back attempts to perform as a shell and a programming language simultaneously.

Audiocube announce major update With the release of Audiocube v24.11, users gain a generous selection of new tools for generating and controlling sounds along with an overhauled audio engine and GUI. 

Cherry Audio’s Synth Stack 5 packs in nearly $1,300 worth of instruments for under $500Ad feature with Cherry Audio.
Cherry Audio has launched Synth Stack 5 – the 2024 update to its complete collection of 29 virtual instruments.
Synth Stack 5 includes 23 emulations of vintage synthesisers; three original synthesisers; a “legendary” drum machine, electric piano, and tonewheel organ; a massive modular synthesiser platform; and over 10,000 presets.

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For the first time, Synth Stack also includes GPFree, a lite version of Gig Performer 5 – a premium audio plugin host for live performance and session musicians. Owners of Synth Stack also receive a 10 percent discount off the regular price of the full version of Gig Performer 5.
In a nutshell, the Synth Stack 5 collection features nearly $1,300 worth of instruments for $499, making it less than $17 per product included. Cherry Audio states that further price reductions are applied for customers who have already purchased one or more of these products, including any previous version of Synth Stack.
Included is a range of celebrated Cherry Audio gems, such as its 10/10 rated Mercury-6 – a “meticulous” recreation of the Jupiter-6 analogue synth, in time for its 40th anniversary – and the PS-3300 emulation of the rare semi-modular analogue polyphonic synth released by KORG in 1977.
Further to this, there are a range of new goodies on board as well. These include:

Synthesiser Expander Module – emulation of the classic OB self‑contained synth module originally released in 1974
CR-78 – Cherry Audio’s first virtual drum machine, which accurately recreates the analogue sounds and preset rhythms of the first classic drum machine and “takes it further”
Rhodes Chroma – a virtual instrument that brings back the spirit of the iconic Rhodes polyphonic analogue synthesiser from 1982
Wurlybird 140B – Cherry Audio’s first sample-based electro-acoustic virtual instrument, modelled after the 1964 Wurlitzer 140B
Blue3 Organ – a meticulously modelled (not sampled) virtual instrument that replicates the most famous tonewheel organs in the world: the B-3, C-3, A-100, L-100, CV, and M-3 models
Atomika – an emulation of the Polivoks synth manufactured between 1982 and 1990, featuring the circuit-modelled DSP designs of award-winning developer Mark Barton
And, the P-10 – Cherry Audio’s latest release, based on “one of the most desirable flagship analogue polysynths ever created”

Check out the video below for more information on Synth Stack 5.

Synth Stack 5 is available now directly from Cherry Audio and authorised resellers worldwide for $499.
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Cherry Audio pays homage to the Sequential Prophet-10 with new P-10 virtual synthesizerAd feature with Cherry Audio.
Cherry Audio has launched P-10, a virtual synthesizer inspired by the iconic Sequential Prophet-10.
As a quick history lesson, the Prophet-10 was originally launched by Sequential in 1980, essentially offering two Prophet-5s in one massive enclosure. It could be configured to be played as two independent five-voice synths, a single ten-voice synth, dual-patch layered, or alternating between layers with each keystroke.
Aiming to “exactingly reproduce all that is exceptional in this legendary classic”, the team at Cherry Audio’s modelled P-10 after the Prophet-10 with “utmost care”, recreating everything from its Curtis 3340 oscillators and 3320 filters to its oscillator sync.
But while P-10, at its core, pays homage to the Prophet-10, Cherry Audio has added a series of more modern features for the present-day synth programmer.
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Such features which “modernise the user experience” include expanded 16-voice per layer polyphony, a four-track step sequencer – with each track having a length of up to 128 steps – polyphonic aftertouch and keyboard split.
Elsewhere, P-10’s extensive modulation capabilities include Mono Mod with LFO/Noise source mix, Poly Mod – which enables individual modulation paths, an Aux mod section that extends upon the Prophet-10’s Pedal Mod capabilities, and a newly added Pressure Mod section with support for mono and polyphonic aftertouch.
 

There’s also a second panel with an arpeggiator and effects section for each layer, including a fully independent LFO section.
P-10 comes with 500 professionally designed presets – including original Prophet-5 and Prophet-10 factory patches – as well as “comprehensive” MIDI mapping capabilities.
Additionally, P-10 features two studio-quality effects chains, three types of delay and five reverb types.
Cherry Audio describes P-10 as a “must-have virtual instrument that will thrill both vintage synth enthusiasts and today’s music producers”.
“With P-10, Cherry Audio has made every effort to capture the sweet-yet-powerful sounds of the eighties from countless artists as varied as Hall & Oates, Vangelis, Japan, John Carpenter and Alan Howarth, Tears for Fears, Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Rick Wakeman, Duran Duran, Brad Fiedel, Geoff Downes, Talking Heads, Pink Floyd, The Cars, Kraftwerk, and more,” the brand goes on.
Cherry Audio has paid careful attention to P-10’s UI, too, with an aesthetically pleasing and “exquisitely rendered” interface.
P-10 is available now in AU, VST, VST3, AAX and standalone formats, priced at $59. A free 30-day trial is available, and P-10 is also included in Synth Stack 5, Cherry Audio’s $499 bundle of 29 virtual instruments. An additional preset pack for P-10 is also available for $9.99, featuring 100 presets by sound designer James Dyson.
Learn more at cherryaudio.com.
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Excite Audio’s new Bloom Drum Machine samples “iconic hardware units”, putting “chart-topping rhythms straight into your hands”Excite Audio has expanded its Bloom range of simplistically designed plugins with a brand new Drum Machine.
This new tool offers “vintage drum discovery” via its samples of “iconic hardware units” from across the ages. It contains an expansive collection of one-shot samples and loops to elevate tracks with distinctive analogue drums and experimental textures. There’s 250 presets crafted by professional sound designers, and 112 samples on board overall.

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The Drum Machine joins the Bloom family, which currently also includes the Palette Object, Vocal Edit, Bass Impulse, Drum Breaks and Vocal Aether plugins. All signature sounds for the Drum Machine were recorded by Excite Audio directly from a range of analogue drum synthesisers that soundtracked the 70s, 80s, and 90s.
Inside the Bloom Drum Machine, you can access a sequencer that enables you to craft patterns and dial in modulating effects in sync with your track. A range of edit tools are also featured, so you can refine and make the library of samples your own by adjusting start and end points, and by manipulating playback speed, direction, and timbre.
There’s also three effects modules: Bitcrush for adding bit depth and sample rate reduction, Dynamics to control compression and gating, and Reverb to create space and depth using Hall, Plate and Spring algorithms from Excite Audio’s Lifeline Series.
Check it out in action below:

Bloom Drum Machine is available now for an introductory price of £39 via Plugin Boutique. You can alternatively get your hands on a streamlined Lite version for £19. It can also be purchased as part of an Excite Audio (£199) or Bloom (£109) bundle deal.
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Bandsintown empowers Artists to run their own Ticket Presales [Music Biz Weekly Podcast]The new Bandsintown ticket presales platform enables any artist to capture contact info from fans buying tickets and is compatible with any ticketing platform.
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Valhalla Supermassive adds NEW Pleiades mode
When Valhalla DSP released Supermassive, it quickly became a favorite of aspiring producers and professionals. It’s important to note the plugin’s appeal to music makers of all levels because Valhalla’s Supermassive isn’t one of those releases that’s pretty good for a freebie. It’s great regardless of price (although it’s awesome that it’s free). And of [...]
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