Did anyone else make scratching sounds with their zipper? These pocket size DJ cards from Plastinkus can do the job even better! Designed by Anton Schnaider, the credit card sized pads allow you make those beloved scratches, scribbles, and cuts anywhere you want. Visit Artlebedev and snatch up a couple.
Inside we’re given a look into the construction and building of Roc the Mic Studios. While briefly touching on the history of the owner’s previous facility Baseline Studios, it goes in depth in to the equipment selection and choices of engineers Young Guru and Brian Stanley. There’s also a short discussion of the important difference … Read more
An interview with the RZA leaves us with tales of girls, drinking, smoking, and turning the recording studio into a big party. He also touches on reasons for a lack of samples on the latest album, the current climate of sampling in the music business, and a wild story about being sued for "Soul Controller" … Read more
Producer Eliot Lipp talks about his start in music and takes us into his studio to show off his crazy collection of analog gear including: Jomox XBase-09 MFB Synth-II Plan B modular synths Atari Synthcart Sequential Circuits Six-Trak Wurlitzer Electric Piano I love his attitude about making music for yourself and completing instrumental compositions. There’s … Read more
The Megatron Don himself just went on a serious diatribe against the newly released Akai MPC 5000. Superproducer Just Blaze states that the MPC 5000 is, "COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE AND SHOULD NOT BE!" He even goes on to supply a model number downgrade and correction as, "The 5000 is NOT the successor to the 4000, and … Read more
Truth be told, I struggled about whether or not this video should be posted as I take serious issue with its undertones. Regardless, it’s an interesting video following DJ Frank as he travels through West Africa digging up wax. [Respect to MT]
Shondrae "Bangladesh" Crawford just can’t stay out of production related news nowadays… this time he speaks on the journey from being a barber to making beats, his creative style, and networking with Ludacris. Of course, there are the obligatory "A Milli" comments and talk of upcoming projects. Read the complete Q&A
Some quick footage of Pharoahe Monch w/ K-Salaam & Beatnick working in the studio on some upcoming joints. [via OKP]
G-Unit co-founder and creator of the One Stop Shop Producer’s conference talks about the birth of G-Unit taking place in his basement, being a self-taught producer/engineer, then moving on to management.
Madlib’s younger brother is a little upset with artists abusing his beat CD’s by snatching already used instrumentals and releasing unauthorized, subpar tracks on blogs, mixtapes, and MySpace pages. Oh No says that he has, "no time for cats giving songs out to Internet sites without proper mixes n shit…. no time for artsts throwing … Read more