Coming in at number one is one of my favorite 90s alternative rock bands, The Posies.  I think the list is pretty solid. The Posies are a great pick and Wire Train is a good pick. There’s also a list of bands that should have been bigger that include Hüsker Dü and The Replacements — I concur.

My original 90s indie rock band had a number of co…Read More

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On May 25, 2026 at 12:40 am bapu said
I mostly agree with you Peter, I’ll only add

Neil Diamond
Paul McCartney
John Lennon

It’s my take on the NY Times framework, the 30 best living American songwriters. If it included deceased songwriters or songwriters outside the US, there’s no way I could keep it to 30 and McCartney and Lennon would be at t…Read More

Suuuurprise! 😉

I mostly agree with you Peter, I’ll only add

Neil Diamond
Paul McCartney
John Lennon

Expired

They never put Komplete on sale just after being released. Always a couple of months later, otherwise it would piss off early buyers that paid full price soon after release. It would be bad business to include it with Summer of Sounds and make them lose their most loyal customers willing to pay full price.

Okay, I’ll be the first to remind everyone that I was betting on NI, including Komplete 26 in the Summer of Sound Sale. Considering how aggressive inMusic historically is with deep discounting, I still wouldn’t say it’s a done deal. I’m sure that they’d love to have the cash flow.

Personally, I own Komplete 15 Ultimate Edition and don’t plan on…Read More

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Retail $30

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Thanks for the update @lamia6  I saw some headlines but I didn’t go any further, so I appreceate your post.  The only people that will benefit from this Quixotic blunder are, of course, the lawyers.  Happy days for them.  Very sad, IMHO.  I own one Fender label and two Squire labeled guitar & bass (ALL made in Indonesia), and they are just exce…Read More

Sounds very good. I’ll sign up when available.
All the best.

<Notice> At Summer of Sound, scheduled to be held from June this year, we will not be offering discounts on the following new products immediately following their announcement: • NI Komplete 26 (Standard and above) • iZotope RX 12 and bundles including it

source legit:

https://x.com/NI_News_JP/status/2056277338321809533

looks like they sta…Read More

My list of the 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters.

1. Stevie Wonder
2. Billy Joel
3. Paul Simon
4. Bob Dylan
5. Randy Newman
6. James Taylor
7. Brian & Eddie Holland
8. Carole King
9. Jimmy Webb
10. Don Henley
11. Lionel Richie
12. Ben Folds
13. Dan Wilson
14. Robert Lamm
15. John Hiatt
16. Bruce Springsteen
17. Donald Fagen
18. Todd Rundgren
19. Jeff Tweedy
20. Bob…

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The most organized retailers have special emails and web pages for their affiliate partners with their best deals. I find Plugin Boutique does a great job of running their affiliate program. This is a page that they have for their affiliate partners to find the best deals. It’s the one I use and part of the tools I have put together for Fretman to…Read More

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Weiss Deess Sign up for their newsletter to  get a custom code to reduce the price from $199 to $76.

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Film scoring $99 with  Code FS99 (retail $499)!

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Sale ends Monday.

Marc is THE goto guy for tips on orchestral composing.

If you haven’t been following the drama in the guitar world recently, this is what is happening. Fender has issued cease & desist orders to guitar manufacturers and guitar retail shops. The orders pertain to the “S” shape guitars, namely Strartocaster style. Not only is the cease & desist orders to halt all production of the brands models, but…Read More

I just spent ALL my Orange Slices on this…

Moog Minimoog

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LIMITED FREE DOWNLOAD: Legendary (Kontakt & WAV)

LEGENDARY: CRAFT YOUR CINEMATIC SOUNDSCAPES

 

Unleash the power of cinematic sound with Legendary, a cutting-edge sound design library for film and media scoring. It features over 450 modern cinematic sounds, including hits, reverses, risers, and whooshes,…

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Steam freebiies are full on bunny mode.

The first game has you roaming the woods, bow in hand. Things quickly take a turn for the worse when you realize you might not be the hunter after all but the prey, as “vengeful creatures and ghosts” begin to make their presence known. Bunny Hurling. This one is yours to keep if you claim it before May…Read More

On May 15, 2026 at 7:35 pm fretman said
FYI, this isn’t part of any other bundle so $159 is the price no matter what other products you have (and I have them all).

Just wanted to mention that you can still redeem your Orange Slices rewards points on top of Latitude Latin Rock Percussion’s intro discount. So although the library doesn’t have any b…Read More

On May 22, 2026 at 12:57 pm Barrie said
I really like all the detailed videos about how this library works… but I’ve yet to see anything detailing the actual instruments/sounds except for a minute or two. Maybe there are others like me on the fence without hearing more, and the intro price end is quickly arriving.

Maybe this is the year I fin…

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@gregjazz The people want to hear more! Can you help them out?

I know this library is phenomenal and I’ve been aware of Greg working on it for probably a decade. FTR, Greg is incapable of putting out anything mediocre. Seriously. I’ve worked with brilliant technologists in the electronics and engineering world. I was responsible for persuading…Read More

On May 22, 2026 at 10:02 am William Heins said
That’s actually a great price but I need another DAW like I need a hole in my head! 😉

I hears ya. I have 13 holes in my head.

Fender Studio Pro
Cubase
Reaper
Pro Tools
Harrison Mixbus
Cakewalk (free, no need for the extras now)
Digital Performer
FL Studio
Bitwig
Reason
Universal Audio L…Read More

I really like all the detailed videos about how this library works… but I’ve yet to see anything detailing the actual instruments/sounds except for a minute or two. Maybe there are others like me on the fence without hearing more, and the intro price end is quickly arriving.

https://reveal-sound.com/

Will likely be cheaper at dealers (like JRR).  Their well respected synth is “Spire”

No end date noted, but paroabaly thought the Memorial Day weekend

https://audiomodern.com/shop/plugins/playbeat-4/

AudioModern added an FX section to Playbeat 4.  Free upgrade from 4, but IIRC upgrades have always been free since version 1?

That’s actually a great price but I need another DAW like I need a hole in my head! 😉

I’ve been slowly converting old Sonar projects over to Nuendo. I first create an empty project in Nuendo and match BPM, tempo, and time signatures. Next I render out all the individual audio clips and note locations to match placement(you can render out the…Read More

I’ve decided to extend the timeline that the LinkedMusicians forums will remain open for an additional month, until June 30, 2026

Hey everyone, Peter here.
After careful consideration of feedback on how to best serve this community and preserve the resources we’ve built together, I have decided to extend the forum closing date by one additional month. The message boards will now officially transition to a Read-Only archive on June 30, 2026.
This extra time ensures a seamless…Read More

Sale runs until June 4, 2026.

ZAK Sound Raizes Collection

I just added POST FLAIR (a category for POSTS, much like a focused FORUM) to our subreddit (r/LinkedMusicians) so that our members can post and easily find freebies and deals for games, photo and video editors, and other non-music related deals: DEALS – Non-Music Related. It’s important to keep the title short for when people are using mobile devices.

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Orchestral Bass Slides

Ends June 1

Instruments: Synths

I own and love ToontrackEZX Custom Shop which is on sale for $38.84 along with other EZXs, EKZs, EBXs, and MIDI packs.  Best Service lets you earn and use Best Coin on your purchases, which makes it a better deal that buying at the Toontrack site. It’s also dead simple. You just copy and paste the serial from Best Service at the Toontrack site.…Read More

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Use the coupon code: IKMEMMAX50 at checkout to save 50% on MAX titles like ReSing MAX, Pianoverse MAX, T-RackS 6 MAX, MODO MAX, SampleTank 4 MAX.

AmpliTube 5 MAX v2 and TONEX MAX are already at great low promo prices, check those out too.

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Interesting back-story.

Nice. I’ll sign up.

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