You saw his Hard Knocks part 1 episode, now DJ Revolution talks about mastering the turntables approaching the art form as a craftsman. He also gets into many albums just being compilations and glorified mixtapes and maintaining total control over your project. Notable Quote: "DJ’s are definitly shirking their responsibilities nowadays." [via Nahright]
D.I.T.C. crew member and production legend Diamond D is dropping his solo release The Huge Hefner Chronicles on October 14th with the first single "D.I.A.M.O.N.D." available now. Download: Diamond D – "D.I.A.M.O.N.D."
Mackie has just announced two new compact mixers with USB connectivity at a price point accessible to many home based producers and musicians. Features: Mackie low-noise, high-headroom mic preamps 16 "Gig-Ready" effects Every channel strip features 3-band active EQ, two aux sends, LED metering and a smooth 60mm fader. Onboard 7-band stereo graphic EQ USB … Read more
DJ BattleCat drops another video and takes us in studio for the creation of "Cali Iz Active." Get a quick look at how BattleCat goes about layering synths, basslines, and playing melodies. [via 2db]
DJ Revolution blesses us with classic pro-DJ and vinyl footage for his upcoming release King of The Decks.
I just ran across old footage of Crackin’ DJ 2, which was an arcade game manufactured and released by Sega back in 2001. With all the talk of the upcoming DJ Hero game, it’s interesting to see what publishers were doing with the genre nearly a decade ago.
More video and flyers after the jump.
T-shirts bearing pictures of turntables or the Technics logo became cliche’ ages ago. Truly show off your intense audio and equipment lust with the AV t-shirt. [via UC]
West coast producers and engineers need to think seriously about attending the upcoming AES in San Francisco. With technical sessions, seminars, exhibitions and events focusing on just about all aspects of recording, this is a great chance to pick up valuable knowledge, meet with other in the field, and talk directly to manufacturers. AES San … Read more
Hip-Hop fans that just somehow couldn’t fully get into Guitar Hero will now have something they can almost relate to with Activistion’s summer 2009 release of DJ Hero. Now that DJ’ing and turntablism are officially coming of age in video games, bedroom Dj’ing will be taken to even new heights. Soon couch potatoes everywhere will run around claiming that they know how to flare.
Atlanta’s Patchwerk Recording Studio presents a mini-workshop/clinic focused on business matters of concern to those involved in various aspects of the music business. Now in it’s fifth session, previous events have featured such notable figures as Bangladesh, DJ Toomp, Don Cannon (Aphilliates), Bryan M. Cox, DJ Nabs (So So Def), Drumma Boy, and more.
Included in your registration breakfast and lunch, plus panels focused artists, producers, songwriters, and executives.
Video of previous events after the jump.