Tom Cosm is another one of the generous musicians, producers, sound engineers making their music and resources available for free. I have been watching Toms progress over the last couple of years and it amazes me at how much he gives to the music community on a continuous basis. Tom hails from New Zealand and is one of the best [...]

This video show the Aurora usb midi controller, DJ mixer running on open source software. You can build the device yourself or if your not into tinkering, just buy it. The controller itself is quite nicely assembled and visually appealing with the leds pulsating from the backlighting of the device.

Ableton releases a maintenance update for their Live 7 sequencing and recording software. Version 7.0.10 fixes several problems with the Live program, some of which were causing the program to crash. Included in this update were the following bugfixes: [...]

The free music community Jamendo anounced today that they have 10,000 albums available. Jamendo is supported by artists who upload their music under the Creative Commons licensing that allows users to legally download, distribute and share the music with others. The services provided by Jamendo are free and its a great way to hear quality [...]

This video is of Mark Goffeney, who was born without arms. The fact that he learned to cope with his condition is not in itself the story. My mother was blinded in a work related incident, but learned to use her other senses to live an almost completely normal life and even insisted upon [...]

Ableton released an update for Live to version 7.05, fixing some bugs and making the program even more stable. The ability to group racks has been restored. In version 7.03 of Live grouping of racks would cause Ableton to crash. Lives workflow and the ability to quickly formulate ideas and get them into a track [...]

One of my favorite drum videos is of a New York street performer banging away on some plastic buckets. Gives me some new ideas for drum samples.[...]

Maybe the best drummer ever, Neil Pert in an animated version of Rushs YYZ. This had to be an incredible amount of work to create. Check out the creators website for more information.[...]

One of the all time greats, Buddy Rich appearing on the Muppet show in a drum battle with Animal. Buddy still plays great no matter how old he gets. Its a shame he is no longer with us.[...]

Ok just to start off the video section I will post some of the cooler drum videos. Check out that tight high hat work. Monkey Drummer - Chris Cunningham + Aphex Twin.[...]

Ableton released version 7 of their Live audio sequencing software this week. Live 7 introduces three new add-on instruments, a revamped audio engine, video export, sidechaining, improved midi timing and lots of other improvements to make creating music easier than ever. Ableton has released a major update with version 7 and broadened its usability with [...]

Ableton Live 6, what more can I say that hasn’t already been written and said about this amazing piece of software. It has taken over my workstation and is an essential tool in working out new ideas. Ableton Live is as much of a performance instrument as it is a digital audio workstation.
Due to its [...]