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Twenty One Pilots is streaming a non-stop music video using fan uploads
Twenty One Pilots has debuted a non-stop video for "Level of Concern" that depends on videos you upload.
K.K. Slider's fans span rock stars and remixers
Every Saturday night, pop-punk icon Mark Hoppus does exactly what you’d expect him to do: He goes to a concert.
Google's latest Chrome experiment lets you jam on a piano with friends
Google's Shared Piano lets you create a virtual practice room and play piano, strings, drums and more with your friends.
New Launchkey MK3 MIDI controllers add a powerful arpeggiator
Novation is updating its Launchkey MID controller lineup with deeper Ableton integration and a powerful new arpeggiator.
Adobe's Stock Audio brings royalty-free music to Premiere Pro CC
Adobe has launched Stock audio for Premiere Pro, giving video editors a new way to choose royalty-free music directly from the app.
Twitch streamers receive a flood of music copyright claims for old clips
Twitch streamers have received a deluge of DMCA takedown requests over music in old clips, risking bans unless they take actions that may not be realistic.
Pandora introduces customizable Pride and Black Music Month stations
Online music-streaming service Pandora is introducing new stations and expanding its “Modes” feature to celebrate Pride and Black Music Month. While Modes were previously only on artist-based stations, the feature is now available on the new Qmunity and Black Music Forever genre stations.
Bandcamp got me back into buying music
Buying music again helped me appreciate some of the things that get lost when you exclusively stream songs and albums.
The ultra-chill ‘Tetris Effect’ soundtrack is now available for streaming
The hypnotic chillwave soundtrack of Tetris Effect is now available for streaming, composer Hydelic announced on the PlayStation Blog. After being announced onstage at E3 2018, Tetris Effect was released as a PlayStation 4 exclusive in November 2018 before coming to PC in July 2019.
YouTube Music now allows users to pre-save albums before they’re released
A new YouTube Music feature allows users to view and pre-save unreleased albums.
Spotify drops the 10,000-song cap on libraries
But the cap still applies to playlists and downloads for offline listening.
Hacked NES Power Glove controls a modular synth with finger wriggles
Look Mum No Computer has hacked a Power Glove to control a modular synth with finger gestures, and it's just as weird as you'd expect.
Bias FX 2 turns your iOS device into a portable guitar rig
Positive Grid's Bias FX 2 Mobile iOS app lets you shape your tone with a variety of guitars, amps, speaker cabs and effects.
Jammy's new MIDI guitar can control all your virtual instruments
The original Jammy had several problems. The Jammy Evo rethinks the original’s formula, and was designed as a MIDI controller first and foremost.
Spotify's web player works with Safari again
After almost three years, loyal Safari users can finally listen to Spotify in the browser once again.
Every musician is basically a YouTuber now
Bands clunkily pivoting to livestream can look to YouTube stars as guiding lights.
The first 'AI Eurovision' song contest winner was trained on koalas
Eurovision was cancelled, but an AI contest has taken its place with the winning song using code trained on koalas and kookaburras.
Moog Subharmonicon review: An experimental synth with an iconic sound
The Subharmonicon indulges its experimental side more than other Moog synths. It's inspired by the Mixtur-Trautonium and the Rhythmicon a pair of early electronic music instruments. Those avant-garde roots show and can make it a bit daunting if you’re just looking for a quick fix of that iconic bass sound. But patience and persistence reveal that the Subharmonicon, for all of its complexity, is still classic Moog. 
YouTube Music will transfer your Google Play songs with one click
If you haven’t downloaded the app yet, Google Play Music will alert you to the new transition tool and prompt you to install YouTube Music. In fact, all of your Google Play Music history that built the recommendations for you on that one service will also make it to YouTube Music.
Roland slashes the starting price of its cloud synth subscriptions
Roland's digital instruments and software just got a lot cheaper.

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