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After swiftly climbing its way up to #7 on Beatport's Top 100 and #5 on the Progressive House chart, Project 46 and BYNON's collaboration "Eyes" is out now on all digital retailers, including iTunes, Spotify and Beatport. The three Canadians have delivered an infectious, high energy track chock full of blissful piano melodies and festival-ready beats perfect for making memories on the dancefloor. With support from major influencers like Afrojack, Tritonal, Gareth Emery, Quintino, Max Vangeli, John Dahlback, Marcus Schossow and more, "Eyes" is the icing on the cake for your summer playlist. Get it now through Ultra Music.

SEATTLE, WA - Mike Johnston, American drummer, award-winning educator and founder of the world's largest educational website for drummers, Mikeslessons.com, will host a CreativeLive class next month, "Becoming a Music Teacher: The Art of Sharing Your Talent." The seven-hour course, covering everything from delivering information and engaging students to the business end of teaching, will livestream on August 14 beginning at 9:00 a.m. PDT / 12:00 p.m. EDT. Head over to: https://www.creativelive.com/courses/becoming-music-teacher-art-sharing-your-talent-mike-johnston for more information and to enroll for free today.

Renman Music & Business, the music mentoring website founded by industry veteran, Steve Rennie (aka "Renman"), will welcome Elektra Records President, Jeff Castelaz, to the Renman Live couch this week on Wednesday, July 30 at 10:00 a.m. PDT / 1:00 p.m. EDT. With over 90 episodes to date featuring interviews with the smartest, most talented, most successful people in the music biz, the upcoming episode of Renman Live with top record label executive, Jeff Castelaz, will stream live on Wednesday at: http://www.renmanmb.com/live/renman-live-with-elektra-president-jeff-castelaz. A teaser video for the show can be seen on YouTube at: http://youtu.be/JfByL2z6IyI.

CreativeLive will broadcast a free course on the Fractal Audio Axe-Fx, "Using the Axe-Fx," on August 5 from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. PDT / 12:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. EDT. The class will be hosted by world-renowned songwriter, music instructor and creator of the YouTube sensation SoloAWeek™, Cooper Carter. Carter will show viewers the tricks he has mastered while working with the Axe-Fx in countless sessions and on stages across the country. Head over to: https://www.creativelive.com/courses/using-axefx-cooper-carter for more information and to enroll for free today. 

Take 6 stars along with award-winning artists Clint Holmes, Nnenna Freelon, Kirk Whalum

with special guests The Las Vegas Mass Choir and Las Vegas All-Star Big Band, September 18 through October 29

White Empress, the new band founded by former Cradle of Filth guitarist Paul Allender, has teamed up with Bloody-Disgusting.com to launch a music video for the track "Darkness Encroaching" at: http://bloody-disgusting.com/videos/3304839/white-empress-darkness-encroaching-music-video-premiere-exclusive/. The song comes from the band's debut album Rise of the Empress, out this fall on Peaceville Records.

Los Angeles, CA - Meet indie-pop band DWNTWN - a band that is sure to be your next obsession. You’re welcome, in advance.

SWEDEN - Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band, Nightrage, has signed a record/publishing deal with Swedish music company, Despotz. The band's sixth studio album will surface in February 2015 with a new video/single to be unleashed this fall.

SEATTLE, WA - Eyal Levi, acclaimed producer at the world-famous Audiohammer Studios (The Black Dahlia Murder, August Burns Red, Whitechapel), will return to the CreativeLive stage this week for back-to-back courses, "Metal Drum Programming" on July 24 and "Composing Metal Melodies and Harmonies" on July 25. Levi will be joined in studio by special guests Andy Marsh from Thy Art Is Murder ("Metal Drum Programming") and Ryan Clark from Demon Hunter ("Composing Metal Melodies and Harmonies"). Head over to CreativeLive.com/audio at: https://www.creativelive.com/courses/metal-drum-programming-eyal-levi to enroll in "Metal Drum Programming" and: https://www.creativelive.com/courses/composing-metal-melodies-and-harmonies-eyal-levi for "Composing Metal Melodies and Harmonies." Additionally, anyone who purchases "Metal Drum Programming" in advance will receive the entire midi prior to the class to follow along in their DAW in real time. As always, both classes are free to watch live.

Ron Marks, veteran singer and songwriter, and frontman for the rock group SUBSONIC, has announced the global release of his new album "Honeycomb" early this spring on DSN Music.

Grammy-nominated producer BT and triple platinum singer-songwriter Christian Burns have revealed that their new supergroup, All Hail The Silence, will open for legendary synthpop group Erasure on The Violet Flame North American tour this fall.

MIAMI, FL - Florida's 21st Century rock outfit, Message To Venus, has teamed up with Revolver to launch a brand new song, "Hollow," from the band's upcoming debut album, Victims & Villains. Stream "Hollow" today exclusively at: http://www.revolvermag.com/?p=63122.

S Club 7 have started fresh rumours that they are reforming after they met up earlier this week.

Shakira’s official Facebook page has officially become the most liked person on the site.

Adele is reportedly working on material for her new album with One Republic’s Ryan Tedder.

Sinitta has spoken out about One Direction’s Harry Styles saying that he has always been a “cheeky boy”.

Orlando, Florida indie singer/songwriter Craymo releases a retro rock love song, Love You More, that gets the party started!

ENGLAND - Peaceville Records has announced the signing of White Empress featuring ex-Cradle of Filth guitarist, Paul Allender. The band's debut album, Rise of the Empress, will release this fall on Peaceville in conjunction with PledgeMusic.com. The album can be pre-ordered now through PledgeMusic at: http://www.pledgemusic.com/whiteempress along with plenty of White Empress goodies from signed artwork, signed guitars, to the opportunity to record in Paul Allender's studio and more. Pledgers will also be able to download a track from Rise of the Empress.

Nominations for the MTV Video Music awards 2014 have been revealed.