“Clubbed to Death” by Rob Dougan. More specifically, The Matrix uses the “Kurayamino Variation” of the track during the training sequence involving the Woman in the Red Dress. Released before the film, the instrumental became…
Spotify listeners with compatible iPhones can now ask Siri to play their favourite music without having to specify which streaming app they want to use. With the arrival of iOS 27, Apple’s voice assistant can…
You buy a beat from a producer. You record your vocals. You release the finished track. Then your distributor tells you the instrumental may contain copyrighted material. How can that happen if you paid for…
The Chi-Lites. That explosive brass phrase at the beginning of Beyoncé’s “Crazy in Love” comes from the Chicago soul group’s 1970 recording “Are You My Woman? (Tell Me So)”. Producer Rich Harrison had held onto…
Apple has unveiled HomeView, its first dedicated smart home display, combining a seven-inch touchscreen, powerful speakers and an AI-powered version of Siri. With Apple Music playing a central role in the device’s entertainment features, there’s…
Fleetwood Mac. Not the Fleetwood Mac most people imagine. Peter Green wrote and sang the original “Black Magic Woman” in 1968, years before Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined the group. Santana then transformed the…
Tame Impala’s “Dracula” is about feeling most alive after dark. Kevin Parker uses the vampire idea as a metaphor for somebody whose confidence, creativity and identity seem to appear at night — then disappear when…
Apple has officially unveiled HomeView, its new smart home display, and music is a major part of the experience. Combining a seven-inch touchscreen with powerful speakers, Apple Music integration and a new AI-powered Siri, HomeView…
You search for your track and it is gone. No clear email. No obvious explanation. No warning. That is stressful, especially if the release had been live for months or years. The first rule is…
If Instagram keeps recommending Creed’s “Higher” whenever you try to add music to a post, you are not imagining it. Meta has acknowledged that the 1999 Creed song has been recommended to more users than…
