In an older interview with Urban Smarts, Madlib talks about working with multiple artists simultaneously, basic equipment setup (303 sampler, SP 12, and track board), and recording the entire Madvillain album about a week and a half Madlib also talks about his first professional experience in music, releasing the first Lootpack 12", and a scrapped … Read more
Some short footage of Kev Brown constructing a beat using the Akai MPC 2000 XL and a fairly stripped down production setup.
Congrats to producer Polow Da Don for being awarded Songwriter of the Year at the 56th Annual Pop Awards last night. The highly coveted award was presented to him in recognition of his work on the Pussycat Dolls "Buttons", Fergie’s "London Bridge" & "Glamorous", and Mary J Blige’s "Runaway Love". See the BMI update for … Read more
That’s right folks… this morning Just Blaze himself announced that Saigon was released from Atlantic with absolute full ownership of their masters (meaning they can do whatever the hell they want with the recordings). In the early morning post Just Blaze thanked Atlantic "for recognizing the situation for what it really was and doing the … Read more
Logic Pro 8 users have to be excited about this one and for Mac users (myself included) still waiting for Digidesign to update Pro Tools for Leopard, here’s another reason to consider making the switch. Some of the issues addressed in the release are: Improved speed for OS X 10.5 Leopard users, Undo History increased … Read more
Don Cannon and Jakk Frost take us on a quick tour of an Atlanta shoe store and let us know about the upcoming release of the Jakk of All Trades mixtape/album. Cannon talks about future plans for a Generation Now release and constant remixes.
Electronic Musician, Mix, Remix, and Guitar Center present a free webinar: Optimizing Speaker Performance In Your Studio. Acoustic consultant Bob Hodas, responsible for tuning Abbey Road, Record Plan, and Lucasfilm, will share how to set up studio monitors, listening position, and studio treatments. Also to be discussed are techniques for applying equalization and EQ measurement. … Read more
An older impromptu interview features Aphilliates producer Don Cannon after a club DJ set talking about his preferred studio equipment ASR-10 ASR-X, the DJ Drama incident, and artists that he’s worked with. Cannon also also talks about making the move from Philly to Atlanta, dropping out of school, and going on tour.
Here’s a promo for the Traxxpad PSP featuring producer Amplive along with Zion, Mistah FAB, and Lyrics Born. Apparently there’s no need for a studio anymore.
Zion I producer Amplive (Goapele, Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussy Cat Dolls, Linkin Park, Kafani, Radiohead) talks about being influenced by many different types of music, the merger of musical genres, and collaborations that allowed him to grow as a producer. He goes on in detail about remixing Radiohead’s In Rainbows and the shift from … Read more