For taking an idea from classical music, if they can figure out how to really integrate and extrapolate it and pull it in new directions, it can work really well.” The trend continued to increase, ...

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Having previously worked on a synth with Novation and a microtuning plugin with Oddsound, Aphex Twin (AKA Richard James) has now released a free “custom sample mashing app” known as Samplebrain. This ...

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BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Composer and French horn player Matt Marks, 33, has just completed writing a vocal and orchestral work for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the biggest commission of his life, but ...