Take a quick visit with DJ Numark as the producer shows off a few of his favorite musical toys, works with legendary audio customizer Bruce Forat at his workshop, and puts his newly wired-up musical toy to work. Notable Quotes: I’ve been spinning records and collecting vinyl for about 23 years now. I started collecting … Read more
Ali Shaheed Muhammad talks to about some of the technical secrets behind the A Tribe Called Quest sound including layering drums and Neve vs SSL. He also answers questions about the relevancy of The Native Tongues, internal issues with the group, and his most memorable studio moment of Midnight Marauders. We worked on a lot … Read more
Over at Vibe producer Pete Rock breaks down the history of his career, album-by-album and track-by-track. From All Souled Out to Mecca & The Soul Brother and beyond, The Chocolate Boy Wonder reveals some little known facts about influences, progression of his music, missed chances, and lucky breaks. Read the whole piece. Notable Quotes: I … Read more
It turns out that today is Questlove’s birthday. Here The Roots drummer Questlove visits Amoeba to hunt down some goodies and drop a little info on his taste in CD’s. Among the items that the Quest had in his bag: Grace Jones, Rick James, Jackson 5, J Dilla, along with few movies and copy of … Read more
Chicago producer take note. Eric Sermon and Parish Smith (EPMD) will head to the Hip-Hop 360 Producer Conference.
Conference Highlights Include:
For those interested in pricing info there are apparently three levels.
Beat Society returns this February for an NYC edition featuring producers Nottz, Illmind, Roc Marciano, Buckwild, and Khrysis. With Evil Dee of Da Beat Minerz on the turntables, it’s sure to be a good event. Saturday, February 12th 2011 Doors @ 6pm.18+ / $10 Tammany Hall 152 Orchard St. Visit Beat Society for more info.
AraabMUZIK drops another video of his now famous flurried MPC performances. This time the producer has teamed up with Inhaler (Syphilitic Lust) on Bass and Teeth (Villains) on Guitar for a metal inspired session entitled araabMETALMUZIK. [via NR]
Disko Dave returns with another beat making video. This this time the DJ/producer chops and reworks a Lou Bond sample to create an instrumental track entitled “The Night Mission”.
Shatek The Producer interviews Brooklyn production duo L & X Music. The two producers talk about first making beats in 2004, getting their music to J. Cole, and how the single “In The Morning” featuring Drake eventually came to be. Of course, L & X Music also talks about sample based producers and using Akai … Read more
DJ Scratch rocks doubles using the djay Baby Deck DJ, a turntable/mixer app for the iPad. Fun video and all but, the Louis Vuitton tablet case and prominently placed bottle of Smirnoff vodka just don’t seem quite right. Thoughts anyone?