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New Christmas Album Benefits Pediatric Cancer PatientsCure 4 The Kids Foundation (C4K), Southern Nevada’s only pediatric cancer treatment center, has announced the release of Christmas 4 The Kids, a digital music compilation album containing 22 holiday music tracks.

The album, available on all major music streaming platforms, features a new version of the John Lennon classic “Happy Xmas” featuring Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter and American Idol Casting Producer Kyle Khou. One hundred percent (100%) of the streaming proceeds from Christmas 4 The Kids go directly to kids battling cancer and rare diseases. Watch the Official Music Video HERE.

“I’m so happy and fortunate to be part of the Christmas 4 The Kids project,” said Nick Carter. “Cure 4 The Kids Foundation does incredible work serving Southern Nevada’s most vulnerable kids and listening to Christmas 4 The Kids is a simple and easy way to support these courageous kids.”

It has never been easier to help children battling pediatric cancer and other rare diseases. By simply streaming any of the 22 tracks on Christmas 4 The Kids, listeners will be making a small donation to C4K. The album is available on over 30 music streaming services including Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music Unlimited, Pandora and everywhere you can stream digital music. Listeners can find the tracks by searching for Christmas 4 The Kids or asking their smart speaker connected with a streaming service to play Christmas 4 The Kids.

“The Christmas holiday is a season of family, hope, love, and optimism. Listening to Christmas 4 The Kids is a simple way to help kids with cancer and rare diseases and provide hope and much-needed financial help to kids and families during the holiday season” said Annette Logan-Parker, Founder and CEO of Cure 4 The Kids Foundation. “We’ve had remarkable support in the entertainment community for this project and are grateful for the outpouring of support both in Las Vegas and around the country.”

Among the 22 holiday tracks is a new version of the John Lennon classic “Happy Xmas” featuring Nick Carter of Backstreet Boys. American Idol Casting Producer Kyle Khou joins Carter in a passionate duet on the lead vocal for “Happy Xmas.” The track features professional musicians from shows on the Las Vegas Strip as well as many C4K cancer patients singing on the chorus. Two different mixes of the duet appear on the album from award-winning sound engineers Stephen Hart and Jon Muro. The digital album includes additional holiday tracks by The Smithereens, Ron Dante (former Barry Manilow producer), Alphabet Rockers, (2023 GRAMMY winner for Best Children’s Album) and many more.

In addition to the digital album, a music video for “Happy Xmas” is also available. It features well-known celebrities from the Las Vegas Strip including Blue Man Group, Murray SawChuck, the cast of History Channel’s Counting Cars, and others as well patients of Cure 4 The Kids Foundation and the C4K providers who care for them. The video was shot in the state-of-the-art virtual production studio Vū Studios in Las Vegas. The video is available on the Cure 4 The Kids Foundation YouTube Channel and Facebook page.

One hundred (100%) percent of the streaming proceeds will go directly to Cure 4 The Kids Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization treating children with cancer and rare diseases - including those who are without medical insurance.

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In addition to streaming songs, the public can support the Christmas 4 The Kids digital album project by making a donation to the Cure 4 The Kids Foundation GoFundMe campaign.

Track list:

Happy Xmas (War Is Over) [Jon Muro Mix] - Kyle Khou/Nick Carter

Santa Loves Las Vegas - Rob Hegel

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Ron Dante

Christmas Magic Is Real - Alphabet Rockers

Last Christmas - Sage Johnston

That Festive Feeling - Huuli

The Bells of St Victor - Andrew Gold

Happy Xmas (Cancer’s Over) [Stephen Hart Mix] - Kyle Khou/Nick Carter

Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree – The Smithereens

Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Doc Oliver

I’m Coming Home For Christmas - Orleans

Away In A Manger - George Hill

Happy Xmas (Cancer’s Over) [Jon Muro Mix] - Kyle Khou

2000 Miles - The Black Donnellys

All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mary Wilson

I’m A Little Angel - Auntie Kayte

On Christmas Eve - Andrew Gold

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow - Jeff Jimerson

O Holy Night - Jessica Rosado

Happy Xmas (Cancer’s Over) [Stephen Hart Mix] - Kyle Khou

Happy Xmas (Cancer’s Over) [Instrumental] - C4K Kids

About Cure 4 The Kids Foundation

Founded in Las Vegas in 2007, Cure 4 The Kids Foundation provides high-quality, research-focused medical treatment to children battling cancer and other life-threatening conditions. Cure 4 The Kids Foundation operates the only outpatient childhood cancer treatment center in Nevada and is proudly accredited by The Joint Commission. This stringent medical accreditation and the required unannounced inspections ensure patients are getting the best care possible. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Cure 4 The Kids Foundation increases access to specialized treatments that improve patient outcomes. Its Charity Care Program provides high-quality treatment on a sliding-scale basis. No patient is ever turned away for financial reasons. For more information, visit www.cure4thekids.org.

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YouTube is clamping down on AI-generated clones of superstarsThe video platform is also rolling out mandatory labeling of AI-generated or "synthetic" content.
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YouTube to start cracking down on AI clones of musiciansYouTube is to start cracking down on AI clones of musicians, giving music labels the ability to take down content.

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According to a company blog post made public on YouTube, the move requires creators to begin labelling AI-generated content that they believe to be “realistic” when uploading videos.
While much of this new development is concerned with ensuring that viewers aren’t misled and harmed by false information and synthetically created content, there is also a real focus on giving music partners more control in determining whether something is the product of AI or not.
The AI-created track Heart On My Sleeve hit the headlines earlier this year after being uploaded to streaming services including YouTube, featuring the synthetically created vocals of The Weeknd and Drake. While it was taken down by Universal Music Group, now labels will be able to take swift action in either ensuring that it has been labelled as AI-generated, or it has been removed from YouTube.
“In determining whether to grant a removal request, we’ll consider factors such as whether content is the subject of news reporting, analysis or critique of the synthetic vocals,” explain YouTube Product Management vice presidents Jennifer Flannery O’Connor and Emily Moxley.
“These removal requests will be available to labels or distributors who represent artists participating in YouTube’s early AI music experiments.”
Regardless of their concern to keep artists and labels protected, YouTube appear to be excited by the potential of new technology, and what it can mean for the platform.
“We’re taking the time to balance these benefits with ensuring the continued safety of our community at this pivotal moment,” they continue, “and we’ll work hand-in-hand with creators, artists and others across the creative industries to build a future that benefits us all.”
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“It’s a fossil in my opinion”: Aluna slams Recording Academy over lack of diversity in dance/electronic Grammy nominationsDance artist Aluna has taken to Instagram to highlight the lack of diversity in the list of dance/electronic nominations for the 2024 Grammy Awards.

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Writing on Sunday 12 November, the singer and producer pointed out that out of all the nominations for the three dance-associated categories, Best Dance/Electronic Recording, Best Pop/Dance Recording and Best Dance/Electronic Music Album, none were from Black or minority ethnic backgrounds.
The nominations were announced on 10 November and include Aphex Twin, Disclosure, James Blake, Romy, Fred again.. and Skrillex.
“After the next five minutes, I’m never looking back at the Recording Academy; it’s a fossil in my opinion,” Aluna writes on Instagram, “and I speak from experience of having worked to make changes there for the past two years.
“The Best Dance/Electronic Album nominees this year are ALL WHITE MEN. Out of the three dance categories, no Black people were nominated – the dance/electronic categories only reward primary artists and producers,” she continues.

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“However, it’s okay because a new era is upon us, and the artists who were deserving of celebration this year are the future of dance music.”
Aluna goes on to point out the artists who, in her opinion, missed out on nominations for dance/electronic-based Grammy awards this year. These include the likes of Honey Dijon, Peggy Gou, Channel Tres, Jamie Jones, Nia Archives, Marc Kinchen, Austin Millz, TSHA, Jayda G, NAO, Michael Brun, Yaeji, Kaytramine, Kelela, Salute, Shermanology, Shygirl and THEMBA.
Commenting on the post, broadcaster Clara Amfo writes, “Never stop doing you, you’re so vital”, while Karma Kid says that the Recording Academy “missed all the best shit”, calling it “totally out of touch”.
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Universal Audio offering 12 days of savings across Black Friday – with up to 85% off in some casesUniversal Audio is offering 12 days of savings across Black Friday with a huge plugin sale. A large number of its products have over 50 percent off.
Running until 24 November, a range of bundles and standalone plugins are available with some huge discounts.

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Whether you like or loathe the festive season, it’s always a good excuse to treat yourself to an early Christmas gift. We’ve rounded up just some of the biggest deals from UA’s 12 days of savings, so you can get to work with a new plugin and have that new Christmas belter ready for 25 December.
Check out some highlights below:
Studer A800 Multichannel Tape recorder
With a huge saving of 85 percent, this plugin brings the rich analogue sound of the world’s most popular multichannel tape machine. Formerly priced at £349, you can now get your hands on it for just £49.

Capitol Mastering Compressor
This emulation of the legendary tube compressor used at Capitol Studios was £349 and is now priced at £99. Polish those Mariah Carey vocals for your big ballad.

Waterfall Rotary Speaker
Save 50 percent on this classic Leslie 147 rotary speaker cabinet recreation, to  envelope your guitars, vocals, keyboards, and more in three-dimensional modulation effects. Was£199 now £99.

There’s also a range of bundles up for grabs with big savings, such as:

UAD Producer Edition – A collection of 22 UAD plugins and instruments with no UA hardware required. Includes instruments like Electra 88 Vintage Keyboard Studio and Moog Minimoog. Now £299 instead of £399.
UAD Signature Edition – 44 UAD plugins suitable “for any genre.” No UA hardware required. Includes API compressors, rare mastering tools, and channel strips. Was £599 now £499.
UAD Studio Edition – 33 UAD plugins and instruments, no UA hardware required, so you can “build your perfect studio.” Includes “legendary” channel strip from Avalon, Studer tape machine, classic compression from Fairchild and Empirical Labs. Previously £499 now £399.

There are, of course, plenty more standalone plugins and collections up for grabs. To view the full list of items on sale, head over to Universal Audio.
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Hypebot: 100% FREE Music Business, Music Marketing & Music Tech NewsFrom Billboard and Music Business Worldwide to Variety, Music Ally, and Digital Music News, publications covering the music business, music marketing, and music tech are increasingly putting some or all. Continue reading
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Leveraging the Power of Stans: Spotlight on the Renaissance AppA comprehensive exploration of how platforms like Renaissance are revolutionizing how artists connect with their fans, providing them unprecedented control over their careers and fans with unprecedented access. by Niamh. Continue reading
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PinkPantheress wants to be the “female Rick Rubin”At only 22 years old, PinkPantheress is still at the beginning of her career. She’s only just released her debut album, Heaven knows. But she has big aspirations: to be the “female Rick Rubin”, in fact.
In a new conversation with NPR, the English artist – whose real name is Victoria Beverly Walker – says that while she’s become known as a performer, her real passion is in songwriting and producing.

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“I really love being a singer, but honestly, my main love is writing,” she says. “When people try and people tell me, ‘You’re not a great performer,’ or ‘She needs to improve,’ I’m always like, ‘Babe, I don’t even really want to do the performing.’ I’m more of a writer. I want to be like Rick Rubin – the female Rick Rubin.”
At the time the interview was held, PinkPantheress revealed she was preparing to catch a flight to LA, where she would attend some writing sessions with a “big pop star” whom she couldn’t name.
“I’ve never written for anyone in a room before,” she says. “But yeah, I’m really excited because she’s mega.”
PinkPantheress, who first gained traction on TikTok – as so many younger musicians do these days – also speaks about bringing her talents to a wider audience that’s not necessarily on the platform.
“It’s scary – and at first I didn’t like it,” she says. But she says the process is worth it.
“I feel like I know a lot of internet artists that people do not know outside of the internet, and I never wanted to be in that position,” she says. “I always wanted to be like, you could ask your cousin or your mom and they’d know who I was. And it’s weird because I’m at that point now, and even I don’t feel that big.”
Check out Mosquito, from PinkPantheress’s new album, Heaven knows, below:

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Early Black Friday On Reverb: Get 50% OFF NI Maschine MK3
Reverb.com has got the party started early on Black Friday sales, with up to 66% off selected gear until November 20, after which additional deals will be announced. Plenty of deals are available from big names such as Audio-Technica, Shure, Roland, Korg, Moog, and many more.  Three of the spiciest deals for producers on Reverb [...]
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Ableton Live 12 arrives – here’s what’s newAbleton has announced Ableton Live 12, the next edition of its hugely popular flagship DAW, that’s set to launch in 2024 with a beta version being made publicly available soon.

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The DAW, arriving early next year, will see an array of improvements in its usability and accessibility. The release will also feature developments in its navigation functions to help streamline the production process, alongside the addition of new exciting composition tools, devices and more.
At a glance, Ableton Live 12 brings significant visual enhancements, aiding the visually impaired with screen reader support and extensive keyboard shortcuts for a more accessible music-making experience.
The update focuses on intuitive navigation, introducing tags and a sound similarity system to simplify finding sounds, effects, and plugins. It also has a keen focus on aiding song composition, with new MIDI Clip options expanding composition features, including automatic key alignment with diverse scale options.
New powerful devices such as Helm, Roar, and Granulator III offer experimental sonic capabilities and creative modulation options.

Let’s take a more detailed dive into what’s new and improved in Ableton Live 12:
MIDI Composition Tools
Ableton Live 12 is introducing MIDI Transformations and Generators that suggest connections between successive notes and chords, simulate guitar strums, can generate algorithms to create melodies, rhythms, and chords adhering to user-defined constraints. These suggestions are created within constraints set by you, the user.
The MIDI Editor now provides a range of improvements, letting you manipulate notes with more flexibility than before. You can rearrange selected notes by pitch, velocity, or duration. You can stretch, split, chop, or join notes in interesting ways, adjust note velocities more seamlessly, transpose notes into scales, or introduce intervals chromatically or in key.
MIDI EditorCredit: Ableton
Live’s Keys and Scales feature now lets you select a key in the Control Bar, which shows the corresponding notes in any created clip. Scale highlighting serves as a guiding tool for clip editing, aiding in the transformation and generation of musical ideas using the clip scale. Additionally, it enables syncing the scale of MIDI devices and instruments to the played clip, enhancing the overall musical cohesion.
Also, tuning capabilities have been expanded beyond Western 12-tone equal temperament system scales, allowing for alternative tunings such as TKTK and TKTK within Live’s devices and MPE-capable plugins.
What is Meld in Ableton Live 12?
Meld is a new device in Ableton Live 12 that’s a bi-timbral and MPE-capable instrument offering extensive sound-shaping capabilities. It boasts two powerful macro oscillators that allow for diverse wave shaping. There’s also an advanced modulation matrix.
MusicTech sat down with Ableton earlier this year and was shown a demo of this awesome new instrument, and we saw how an artist used Meld to create an entire track, inclusive of drums, showcasing its versatility in generating experimental and textured sounds.
Meld deviceCredit: Ableton
What is Roar in Ableton Live 12?
Roar is a new, advanced saturation effect that offers various visualiser options and a fascinating feedback mode. This feature-rich tool allows users to craft anything from delicate mastering-grade warmth to audacious sound alterations. With three saturation stages usable in different setups and an expansive modulation matrix, Roar provides versatility for creative audio processing.
What’s new in Granulator III?
Granulator III, Robert Henke’s updated granular instrument, introduces MPE functionality, granting nuanced control over note modulation aspects like bend, vibrato, and glissando.
Real-time audio capture allows immediate manipulation, ideal for live performance. Featuring three granulator types and comprehensive MPE support, it enriches expressive sound manipulation.
Credit: Ableton
User Interface and Navigation Improvements
Ableton is also aiming to make its new DAW a more pleasant experience for the eye, with a range of new colour-coding options and new themes, such as night mode, to make for a clearer interface.
On the mixer, there’s now detailed mixer gain staging, transitioning via green to orange gradients, so you can see when your sound is close to redlining with visual precision.
In Ableton Live 12, the Arrangement and Mixer can now be viewed within a single window. There are also new zoom functions, so you can have one window zoomed in more than another, which is great if you work with two screens and want to adjust audio in detail and make big changes to the project at the same time.
The update introduces Stacked Detail Views, too, offering a comprehensive overview of a track’s elements simultaneously, streamlining workflow by presenting devices, Clip Editor, automation, and parameters within one view.
Browser Tagging and Sound Similarity
Another cool addition in Ableton Live 12 is improvements to the browser. There is set to be a new system for finding sounds or presets from plugins, so you can type in, say, ‘airy strings’ or ‘gritty bass’ and it will find results from sounds and even presets within plugins, both stock and third party.
The new Sound Similarity Search feature means you can find a sample and Ableton will find similar sounds and instrument presets based on timbre, making the sound selection process much more streamlined.
Browser functions and Sound SimilarityCredit: Ableton
Live 12 also has a huge emphasis on accessibility, providing control through assistive technologies like screen readers and offering new keyboard shortcuts that navigate almost every part of the software, enhancing the user experience for a broader range of users.
Ableton Live 12 is set to launch early next year. A public beta version will soon be available although a launch date for this is unknown currently.
Find out more at Ableton.
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