Sound M.O.B. Presents Behind The Beat: Kirko Bangz “Drank In My Cup”
Pyro, DJ Ryu, & Kirko Bangz take you behind the scenes & into the creative process of the #1 smash hit single “Drank In My Cup”
#1 for 8 weeks in a row on Billboard & Radio charts…
Gold-plus Selling Single
http://www.pointblankonline.net/courses/logic-courses.php This tutorial is the first in a two part mini series exploring the capability in Logic Pro of being able to design your own custom controller, in this case, for controlling an LFO filter cut-off wobble bass. You will learn how to read the signals sent from plug-ins, and build and adapt faders utilising the power of transformers in the environment window to create an MPC style pad interface for the ES2 which controls the wobble increments of the LFO. In this part we take a look into setting up the ES2 synthesizer so that it will act in the way we require for it to be controlled by our own custom built controller.
After spending 79 weeks in the Top 10, and 24 of those at Number One, Adele’s 21 brought in nearly $67 million in profits to its record label XL, the New York Times reports.
The 18 million copies that 21 sold worldwide last year helped XL rake in $181 million in revenue in 2011, a nearly 400 percent increase from the $36 million it earned in 2010. Of that sum, XL paid $27.3 million in dividends – half of it to its parent company, Beggars Group, the other half to one of the label founders, Richard Russell.
According to Beggars chairman Martin Mills, their share of the XL dividends will “invest in our future.” “We’ve sold 25 million copies of 21 around the world,” he said, “and when you sell that many records, everyone makes money. Not just Adele and the label but distributors, retail, everyone.” Beggars itself (which holds a partial or full ownership stake in other labels like 4AD, Matador and Rough Trade) reported $138 million in revenue and $37 million in operating profit in 2011.
While XL’s success with Adele is stunning, there was a note of caution in its report. “The next Adele album may not come for some years, and it’s impossible to predict its likely sales… We therefore regard this year’s figures as exceptional,” it stated.
Twenty months after its initial release, 21 continues to sell at an impressive rate in the States, notching four million in sales since the beginning of 2012. The record is closing in on the 10 million mark, currently short by about 125,000 copies, though it’s expected to close that gap significantly by the end of the year – a push that may be aided by the recent release of “Skyfall,” Adele’s theme for the new James Bond flick. [RollingStone]
Taylor Swift has three of the Top 10 on today’s iTunes Singles round-down, including the top two, with Red slated for release next Monday (10/22). The country pop star owns the #1 (“State of Grace”), #2 (“I Knew You Were Trouble”) and #9 (“We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”) slots. The rest of the Top 10 includes PSY’s “Gangnam Style” (#3), Ke$ha’s “Die Young” (#4), Maroon 5’s “One More Night” (#5), Adele’s “Skyfall” (#6). fun.’s “Some Nights” (#7), Rihanna’s “Diamonds” (#8) and Alex Clare’s Internet Explorer theme “Too Close” (#10). Jason Aldean’s Some Nights (Broken Bow), which came out today, tops the album charts, followed by the deluxe edition of Brandy’s Two Eleven(RCA), Mumford & Sons’ deluxe Babel (Glassnote), Anberlin’s Vital (Republic), thePitch Perfect soundtrack (UMe), Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ The Heist deluxe edition (Macklemore), Mumford & Sons’ Sigh No More (Glassnote), animated Adult Swim Metalocalypse band Dethklok’s Dethalbum III (Williams Street) and the regular edition of Babel, giving the Mumfords three of the Top 10 albums. Props to Hits Daily Double
U.K. indie record label XL’s profits climbed to a whopping $67 million in profits in 2011, thanks to Adele’s blockbuster 21 album, now approaching 10 million in sales in the U.S. and more than 24 million worldwide, as reported in U.K. trade Music Week. According to company filings, XL’s bank balance climbed from £3m to £32m ($51.4 million) during the year. The company paid an £8.5 million ($13.6 million) dividend to co-founderRichard Russell, while Beggars Group chairman Martin Mills, a vociferous opponent of the recently approved merger of UMG and EMI as a member of IMPALA, received a similar payout. (10/15a) [HitsDailyDouble]
