The New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) conference has been running for five years, and is a great place to see and discuss new ideas that may provide the musical controllers of the future. SOS was in Vancouver to learn more...
Try out a Variax guitar at a participating European store before the end of February and you and a friend could be on your way to Line 6 HQ in California
Absolute Music Solutions are holding an open day at their store in Poole, Dorset, giving visitors a chance to check out a wide range of new software and hardware, including Ableton Live 5 and Mackie's Digital X Bus mixer.
Now in its third year, Leeds International Music Technology Conference (LIMTEC) will take place at Leeds College of Music on the 11th and 12th of November.
Sibelius Software will be visiting universities and conservatoires in the UK from October to December to show off Sibelius 4, the latest version of their popular music notation software.
In what is thought to be the fastest ever worldwide commercial record release, Paul McCartney and U2's performance of 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' at Saturday's Live 8 concert in London has been released worldwide as a digital download.
UK Electronic Music Conference, 10 - 11 June, Earl's Court
On Friday the 10th and Saturday the 11th of June, London Calling 2005, an Electronic, Dance and Urban Music Conference for the UK, will be taking over Earl's Court Exhibition Centre in London.
During the recent London Guitar Show, Sound On Sound's Paul White, Hugh Robjohns and Dave Lockwood took seminar visitors through the products, processes and strategies for successful guitar recording in the home studio.
The Isle of Wight Festivals of 1968-1970 attracted hundreds of thousands of music lovers, and after a long break the event is back. We talk to some of those who helped create the festival's sound, past and present.
Masters At Work 2004 event will showcase Apple Logic Pro 7
Dreamtek's free Masters At Work 2004 seminar will take place on Wednesday the 13th of October, from 10.30am to 4pm, at Ocean 3, Hackney, London E8 1HE.
Is the Electronic Music scene, as personified by the likes of Tangerine Dream, Jarre, Vangelis and Kraftwerk, dead and buried? or is it alive and well, and living in Derby? Graham Getty reports.