I've been playing video games since roughly around the time I developed the cognitive function to do so. Many musicians draw inspiration from video games, including Grammy winner Jacob Collier, known ...

CARBONDALE — In the summer of 2012, Samples front man Sean Kelly expected to celebrate the nation’s birth playing music in a friend’s backyard. Then he posted an update on Facebook. And a musician’s ...

Beyoncé’s discography is a testament to her unparalleled artistry and attention to detail, with each track carefully crafted to evoke emotion, tell a story, or empower her audience. One ...

Is there a musician among us who doesn’t love a horror movie? From extreme psychological terrors to classic gore and splatter, the genre is pure escapism. And it’s more influential than most people ...

House music being celebrated in new songs from big-time acts like Drake and Beyoncé has turned into a huge conversation as of late, but the fast-paced, drum and hi-hat-riddled genre has always had a ...

There's nothing quite like nostalgia. Just about anything can trigger a memory of your younger years, whether it's a picture, a fire ’fit or, as often happens, a song. Music, especially hip-hop, is ...

Right from his breakthrough, Drake was all about the art of the sample. His now iconic “So Far Gone” mixtape was built around sample-heavy beats you wouldn’t expect in the year 2009 or any year really ...

Sampling originated from DJ Kool Herc's Merry-Go-Round technique. Over time, the technique evolved and has created hip-hop songs with ties that go back decades. The legal battles with clearing samples ...

While there have been modernizations, YouTube’s music streaming service has remained functionally and visually the same since its launch. YouTube Music is now getting its biggest shakeup in years with ...

In the last few years, basically every platform of consequence has made its own take on TikTok's signature scrolling feed of vertical videos. YouTube Music is the latest. Today, the app will get a ...

Every social media app — and apparently music app — eventually turns into the same app. When TikTok launched, everyone thought it was the app that young kids used to film themselves dancing. Quickly, ...

Apple says it will triple the length of song previews in iTunes from 30 to 90 seconds. With 90-second clips, iTunes song samples should at least be long enough to hear a chorus and verse. Digital ...