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Benedict Roff-Marsh has released The Indie Musician’s Guidebook, a free ebook for independent artists, available now on Ko-Fi as donationware. The author reached out directly to let us know that the guidebook is once again available online after being tied up in publishing limbo for years (by the way, Benedict, if you’re reading this, I responded to your email but received an error message). You can grab The Indie Musician’s Guidebook for free or send a donation if you find it useful. This 600-page PDF is packed with insight on creating, marketing, and surviving as an independent musician in a…
These Blueprint releases from Fracture Sounds are incredible, as they provide us with ridiculously high-quality sounds for free, and they are compatible with the free Kontakt Player 8 (and later versions). Their latest release is the free Blueprint: Brass Ensemble library. To download Brass Ensemble, you’ll have to create an account or log in to your existing Fracture Sounds account. Brass Ensemble is the latest addition to the Blueprint series, and I can already tell it’s going to be one of my favorites. As I previously mentioned regarding the older Gentle Brass release, brass libraries don’t always sound authentic, and…
Image Image Credit Cindy Ord/VF23 / Contributor via Getty Images Image Alt Cardi B and Offset attend the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Image Size landscape-medium Key Takeaways: Offset opened up about his past mistakes in his relationship with Cardi B and said he “should’ve respected her way more.” He reflected on how public scrutiny and social media made their relationship harder. Cardi filed for divorce in 2024, and Offset says he is ready for it to be finalized. Offset is owning up to some of the “bad decisions” he made during his now-estranged marriage to Cardi B. On Tuesday…
Image Image Credit Paras Griffin / Contributor via Getty Images Image Alt Pooh Shiesty performs onstage during 2021 Shiesty Season Spring Fest Image Size landscape-medium Key Takeaways: Fans and peers, including K Carbon and BIG30, celebrated Pooh Shiesty’s return on social media. His legal journey included a guilty plea to federal firearm charges and a credited year of time served. The rapper’s early release follows a 63-month sentence for a 2020 conviction. Pooh Shiesty has been released from federal prison early. On Monday (Oct. 6), several family members and friends of the “Back in Blood” rapper celebrated his return home…
Image Image Credit Jim Dyson / Contributor via Getty Images, MICHAEL TRAN / Contributor via Getty Images, and Michael Buckner / Contributor via Getty Images Image Alt PinkPantheress at the BRIT Awards 2024, JT at the 2023 BET awards, and Ravyn Lenae at the Billboard Women in Music 2025 Image Size landscape-medium Key Takeaways: PinkPantheress is releasing a remix version of her Fancy That mixtape, featuring a wide range of global artists. The remix album blends pop, R&B and electronic influences with contributions from legacy and rising stars. The project is expected to drop on Friday (Oct. 10) and follows…
Image Image Credit Stephanie Augello / Contributor via Getty Images Image Alt A Boogie Wit da Hoodie at the NYLON Nights: Fashion Edition Celebration during New York Fashion Week 2025 Image Size landscape-medium Key Takeaways: Footage shows A Boogie Wit da Hoodie allegedly involved in a chaotic club fight in Tokyo. The brawl occurred during the Magic City Takeover after-party for the Force Festival. Future’s team was initially linked to the incident but denied involvement. A Boogie Wit da Hoodie allegedly got involved in a massive brawl at a nightclub in Japan. Details are still sketchy, but footage of the…
Image Image Credit Taylor Hill / Contributor via Getty Images Image Alt Cardi B performs during the 2025 Global Citizen Festival Image Size landscape-medium Key Takeaways: Cardi B previously seemed to respond to JT’s diss track “Keep Coming” on Instagram Live. The Bronx rapper allegedly hinted that the track pulled in 25,000 streams and claimed that she could spend that much in the club. That same night, she posted a video of herself throwing stacks of cash in a club. Cardi B said she could spend “a b**ch f**king streams in the club,” and it seems like she really meant…
Image Image Credit Luke Hales / Contributor via Getty Images Image Alt LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers in action against the LA Clippers at Crypto.com Arena on March 02, 2025 Image Size landscape-medium Key Takeaways: LeBron James teased a major announcement, before revealing a new Hennessy V.S.O.P. collaboration. The campaign reimagines a controversial sports moment as a luxury branding play. The limited-edition bottle reflects James’ ongoing influence in lifestyle marketing and cultural storytelling. LeBron James nearly gave basketball fans a heart attack after teasing the “decision of all decisions” on Monday (Oct. 6). As it turns out,…
Learn how Apollo interfaces and UAD plug-ins define his textural, modern pop productions. Growing up in San Francisco, producer Jim-E Stack spent his days drumming in his high school jazz band and nights absorbed in music, alone in his room. After a stint in music school in New Orleans, he realized the real lessons came from making tracks, not sitting in a classroom. He later moved to New York, where he DJ’d and released solo work, but soon found that working in isolation left him searching for deeper artistic connections. That search eventually brought him to Los Angeles, where collaborations…
Alex from Germany, the creator behind MIDI Pusher MK2, has released MIDIpushr, a free browser-based virtual MIDI controller that lets you play and send chords directly to your DAW or hardware synths. Funny timing with this one. Just the other day, while watching the awesome “How to Orchid” marketing video for the Orchid ORC—1 chord synthesizer from Telepathic Instruments, thinking how awesome it is, I wished that there was something like that, but in software form. Basically, a chord player that would integrate with your DAW, without hardware, and without the price tag. And then, as if the universe was…