Sami Yenigun

Sami Yenigun appears in the following:

The MIDI Revolution: Synthesizing Music For The Masses

Sunday, May 12, 2013

You can't hear it, not exactly, but it's in almost every song on the radio. It's a 30-year-old technology that hasn't changed much over the years but is now used in ways that its creators likely never imagined. In contemporary music, there's nothing closer to a universal translator than MIDI.

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A Real-World Connection Between Video Games And Guns

Monday, April 29, 2013

In the aftermath of last year's Newtown, Conn., school shootings, the Entertainment Software Association, which serves computer and video game publishers, issued a statement saying that years of research has shown no connection between entertainment and real-world violence.

But there's still a connection between video game makers and real-world gun ...

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Richard Street, Of The Temptations, Has Died

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Richard Street, for nearly three decades a member of The Temptations, has died. He is the second former member of the fabled Motown group to pass away in two weeks; last week former Tempations tenor Damon Harris died. Both singers can be heard on the 1972 hit "Papa Was A ...

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SFX Entertainment Buys Beatport

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Beatport, one of the most popular online stores for fans of dance music, has been bought by SFX Entertainment, a company that has invested heavily in the dance music business over the past year. According to sources with direct knowledge of the deal, the company was sold for around $50 ...

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Bluegrass Legend Earl Scruggs Has Died

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Banjo player Earl Scruggs, who helped define the sound of bluegrass, died Wednesday morning. Scruggs, who began playing the banjo when he was four years old, just after his father died, and would go on to become a member of some of the most influential groups in bluegrass. ...

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'Soul Train' Creator Don Cornelius Dies At 75

Wednesday, February 01, 2012

The host and executive producer of the long-running show died Wednesday morning.

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