In our final news round-up of the year: RBMA chats to Legowelt, Machinedrum and Lando talk production, and our pick of the best holiday sales.
Machinedrum and Lando talk technique. Ableton got Travis Stewart and Antaeus Roy together to talk about their approach to music and the Push controller. Check out the video above.
“Synthesisers are killing film and TV music, say British composers.” The Guardian reports that two of Britain’s leading film composers bemoan the rise of electronic scores.
“I stopped Strange Life because it took too much time, and it’s not really fun for me. I’m not born to do those things.” RBMA interviews Danny Wolfers, aka Legowelt, discussing the dance scene in The Hague in the early 90s, the concepts behind his music and why he decided to call it a day with his label.
UK music industry worth £3.5bn in 2012. Cross-sector trade body UK Music reports the total profits made by – and wages paid by – the industry last year. More at CMU.
GEMA strikes agreement with German clubs. RA reports that a new lower fee has been agreed, coming into force on January 1st.
50% off Arturia’s V Collection. That’s the Mini V, Modular V, CS-80V, ARP2600 V, Prophet V & Prophet VS, Jupiter 8-V, Oberheim SEM V, Wurlitzer V and Spark Vintage plugins for $199/€199. More info here.
High-octane holidays with NI. A free compressor plugin, a $25/€25 voucher and free Traktor remix sets in Native Instruments’ holiday deal. More info here.
Wave Alchemy winter sale. Big savings to be had as Wave Alchemy chop up to 50% off prices. See what’s on offer here.
The nasty xmas sell-off. Sugar Bytes win the award for best sale graphic of the holiday period. The sale’s pretty good too, with everything at half price until January 1st. Check it out here.