World Champion DJ and Dupspot instructor, DJ Shiftee appears in a Good Day NY segment highlighting a recent trend of increased DJ school enrollments. ���Frequently citing such reasons as layoff and the recent U.S. recession, students of DJ schools like Dubspot have found new careers behind two turntables. Related posts:DJ Toomp On The Making of “The [...] Related posts:

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A perfect gift for anyone with an appreciation for Bob Moog’s���engineering mastery, the 2010 Bob Moog Foundation calendar features���quotes and info combined with photos straight from the synthesizer creator’s archives. Grab one for only $20 at the Moog Foundation shop. Back calendar cover after...

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This week we’ve got the usual stunning array of new bands to thrill, chill and amaze you. From New Jersey noise poppers to SF psych poppers to Welsh collectives, these are all names to learn because they are going to be big timing it in 2010. Next week we’ll bring you another overflowing bounty of...

Lexicon offers yet another easy path of entry for aspiring producers and musicians who wish to take part in desktop audio recording. ���With the announcement the Omega Studio Bundle, Lexicon offers their 8-input Omega interface, Steinberg’s Cubase LE software, AKG’s D 88 S microphone, and more to...

John Mayer’s Battle Studies is estimated to sell between 275,000 and 300,000 copies this week, which should make it the number one album on Billboard’s 200 chart. If it tops the chart, this will be Mayer’s second number one; 2003’s Heavier Things, which sold 317,000 in 2003, was his first. Casting...

Do you like pop music? Do you like snappy visuals? Well, 2006 was a pretty good year for both. I’m a big fan of Camera Obscura’s loving recreation of early 60s advertising, the Long Blondes’ wittily cinematic split screens, the Bicycles’ endearingly DIY-goofiness, Love is All’s invigorating live...