There was a time when music technology would only allow the sequencing of a few notes. A far cry from the DAWs of today, the limit of four, eight or even 16 notes (if you were lucky) was very much the ...

'80s Week: After Hollywood’s years of experimenting with electronic music, a new invention changed the sound of cinema. When Alfred Hitchcock fired the composer behind “Vertigo” and “Psycho” over ...

The 1980s gave us some of the catchiest, most danceable tunes in music history. But underneath those infectious beats and synthesizer melodies, many of these upbeat anthems carried surprisingly heavy ...

Even the promo pictures look pretty '80s. Here’s some pretty big news for iOS musicians: AudioKit’s Digital D1 synth is now an Audio Unit. What? That means that, instead of running as a standalone app ...

An intro needs to hook a listener. While some songs opt for a slow build, others get right to the point. The three songs from the 1980s below fall into the latter category. These songs waste no time ...

The post Eddie Van Halen’s 10 Greatest Riffs appeared first on Consequence of Sound. Eddie never compromised on his vision for the band, and when singer David Lee Roth departed to pursue a solo career ...

The movie features Motörhead’s 1980 hit “Ace of Spades” during the opening credits, setting the soundtrack up for success immediately. Furthermore, Jon Mikl Thor, who also has the lead role of the ...

Can a certain sound, made by a particular instrument, sum up an entire era? It seems unlikely, yet think about those opening notes of Harold Faltermeyer's "Axel F" from "Beverly Hills Cop" or Brad ...