Mr. Mass drops a dope interview with respected producer and crate digger Fusion Unlimited as he talks about the state of Hip-Hop, production, sampling, and obscure records. The most amazing thing about Fusion is that he’s actually purchasing the publishing rights to independent records and building his own company catalog. Read the complete interview.
French artist Rohff and Pharrell team up in the studio to complete a track. Apparently even language barriers aren’t preventing them from getting something done.
Remain Calm has put together a comprehensive list of 24 music apps for the Nintendo DS. Some of the apps listed include sequencers, sampled instruments, turntable emulators, and mixing consoles. I personally can’t wait to fire up Protein[DS] and try out some touchscreen scratching on the perfectly good DS that has somehow been laying around … Read more
G2G gives us a mini-documentary and takes us on a journey through the different aspects of vinyl including collecting, care, sampling, and DJ’ing. Contains some great interviews and opinions from various diggers, store owners, and producers.
All the DJ’s and turntable junkies will want to check this one… Pete Rosenburg and Cypha Sounds sit down for a conversation with Serato’s General Manager, Executive Vice Presidents of Product R&D, and New Product R&D. The Serato crew breaks down the technological principles behind everything and speak about it’s development… crazy! Download: Juan Epstein: … Read more
You thought Serato was as next level as things could get? Yuru Suzuki has designed an analog turntable with 5 tonearms and stylus, each containing its own volume fader. He’s also designed the Finger Player, which is a turntable with a wearable stylus that turns the user into a human tonearm allowing one to truly … Read more
Certified Public Accountant Alan Friedman gives valuable advice on the tax and legal implications of being a self-employed producer/musician. He covers info relating to the advantages of various business structures, basics for setting up an LLC, trademarks, and banking practices. We all know that now is always the best time to get your business in … Read more
Here’s an older interview as engineer Roc Logic tells the story of meeting producer Laze E. Laze, and M.O.P. members Lil Fame & Billy Danzenie. He touches on the growth of technology, automation, the early stages of MIDI and Pro Tools, plus the significance of the Akai MPC 60. Also addressed are questions for beginner … Read more
Folks with deeper pockets (and dreamers soon to join them) will be happy to know that Digidesign has updated their ICON D-Command ES control surface to included a number of style enhancements such as a darker colour scheme and updated, higher contrast text and graphics for improved legibility in low light. See Digidesign for full … Read more
Producer 9th Wonder reminisces and rocks out in the studio to his favorite 80’s joints… Guns N’ Roses "Sweet Child O’ Mine", Toto’s "Africa", Huey Lewis & The News "The Power of Love", and Joe Esposito’s "You’re The Best". Much respect to 9th for having the cojones to admit his musical vices (we all have … Read more