So Apple acquired Shazam, what does that mean for the rest of us? Just over a month ago, rumors were swirling around the future of Shazam. The London-based ‘name-that-tune’ app had a few buyers circling…
A few days ago VICE released an interesting documentary about one of the most iconic songs of all time, Sandstorm. It’s only about 15 minutes long, but it’s a pretty fascinating look at how a…
Every year at BuildThatBeat we scour the web to find some of the best holiday software deals for aspiring producers. It’s now that time again for us to continue our traditional holiday buyers guide for…
Spotify recently announced a major partnership with Hulu to bundle together an affordable entertainment experience for college students. This partnership joins together Spotify Premium and Hulu’s ‘limited commercial’ tier together for $4.99 a month. This…
Recently it was announced that Rap has dethroned Rock music as the most consumed music genre. Nielson (the iconic TV measurement company) provided a mid-year measurement report showing that the hiphop/R&B genre accounted for 25.1%…
The duo of Andrew Taggart and Alex Pall had their rise to fame back in 2014 from the song, “selfie,” which blew up during the time electronic music really became mainstream in the U.S. They…
So, we’re never short on Deadmau5 stories over here at BuildThatBeat. He’s fun, he’s polarizing, he’s talented, and above all else never short on controversy. He’s an EDM producer with a rocker attitude both towards…
News has started to circulate that SoundCloud is sliding back towards bankruptcy. According to a recent article over at digital.di.se, the platform is still struggling to increase revenues at a healthy rate–- with the talk…
It was recently announced that Hans Zimmer is jumping on the Masterclass train to teach film scoring in his first ever online teaching series. Shortly after the Deadmau5 Masterclass was announced, Hans Zimmer threw his own…
Remixers rejoice! Over the weekend news started to trickle down that SoundCloud is on the verge of legalizing remixes on the platform. In a recent interview over at Groove.de, Eric Wahlfoss (a founder of the…