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?
The Soundtrack Beat Battle takes place on January 29th in Nashville, Tennessee. Prizes include cash, a trophy, production kit, a feature in EQ Magazine, a pitch meeting with Sony/ATV, and more.
Soundtrack Beat Battle
Saturday, January 29th
Doors 7pm / Show 8pm
Limelight
201 Woodland Street
Nashville, TN 37213-1216
Head over to Soundtrack website for more event or competitor information.
Hit the break for highlight footage of past events!
DJ A-Trak takes viewers inside of his relatively minimalist Brooklyn recording studio. A-Trak shows of his computer-based setup that uses Apple Logic as its core. Production Toolkit: MIDI Keyboard Harmonica Moogerfooger Drumcomputer MFB-503 Apogee Duet Logic 9.0 Pioneer DJM 800 Serato Scratch Live A couple of hundred records [Respect to Tha S Ence!]