The Alchemist gives a look into his streamlined mobile recording setup and personal technology, including iPhone, Blackberry, Beats By Dr. Dre Headphones, MBox, MacBook Pro, mic, and more.
Here’s footage of the Seattle heat of the Red Bull Big Tune Beat Battle and contestants Riggz, Rising Son, Brain Storm, D-Sane, Buddy Ross, BeBe, Kuddie, Budo, and more. Congrats to Brain Storm and Rising Son for advancing to the New York finals!
Producers 9th Wonder and E. Jones are teaming up De Blog Jam… beats, open bar, and wave caps?
Producer Don Cannon talks the blending of fashion, music, skateboarding, then touches on Asher Roth.
Just because couldn’t make the trek to Miami for the iStandard Beats On The Beach conference doesn’t mean that you can’t gain insight from the panels and presentors. Thanks to the crew over at iStandard there is now free, streaming audio of featured panels and events. Streams include: A&R State of the Industry Panel Platinum … Read more
Respect to The Audacity of Dope for serving up a 2 part interview with producer Jake One and Brother Ali as they discuss the goals behind releasing White Van Music, beginning the project in 2006, and backstories relating to specific tracks. There’s really no beating the track by track analysis.
Part 2 after the jump.
Billionaire Boys Club just dropped some pics of Pharrell in studio with the Clipse. Not a huge gallery, but there are some decent shots of the studio along with various racks and keyboards. Check out the full collection of in-studio Clipse pics here.
Producer Exile steps up and shows the full capabilities of the Akai MPC sampler/sequencer during a live performance at Knox College. It’s always exciting to see innovative uses of production equipment outside of the traditional studio environment.
For those who missed the last Beat Swap Meet record show, there will be another event taking place and even more opportunities to increase the quality of your vinyl collection. Just imagine the gems that await you! Event Info: Sunday Dec 7, 2008 Grandstar Jazz Club Los Angeles, CA 12-6pm Live DJs, Full Bar, and … Read more
A little bit of an older interview… Black Milk takes a seat on the Red Bull Music Academy couch to talk about his influences, soul music, using improvised production equipment, and making the move to the MPC 2000XL. He also discusses sampling vs. live instrumentation and what he considers to be the holy trinity of … Read more