Ski Beatz serves a a tutorial of how to make NI Maschine read MP3’s by utilizing Ableton Live 8 while showing off his customized “Artist Series” model, which features a white finish complemented with woodgrain.
The latest video finds producer/DJ/drummer Damu The Fudgemunk sitting in front of a drum set at NYC’s Funkadelic Studios and going deep into the topic of drums. While giving a taste of his self described amateurish drumming, Damu talks about his favorite live drummers, drum programmers, drum Breaks, and breaks down the signature sounds of … Read more
Distortion 2 Static interviews Black Milk as the producer/MC briefly talks about production, musical experimentation and his use of the Akai MPC with live musicians on his latest project Album of The Year.
David “Fingers” Haynes steps further away from his Alesis HR-16B and Korg Nanopad to pick up the NI Maschine and give another demonstration of his finger drumming mastery. Stay on the lookout as the drummer promises a breakdown of his sound placement in an upcoming video series. An explanation for sound placement will be in … Read more
Elevator Hip-Hop drops a compilation/all-star highlight film of the beatsmiths who performed during last producer showcase to take place at Fat Beats L.A. Among the producers to take the stage and flex their skills were Exile, Rhettmatic, House Shoes, J-Thrill, Science, Jon Wayne, Aspect 1, Pudge, Ras G, Dibiase, and Shafiq Husayn.
Mike Posner goes in-studio with producer Hi-Tek to preview an instrumental from his upcoming album while showing off something that every producer wishes he had, a stack of disks containing Hi-Teks’ drums. [via illRoots]
Seattle Red Bull Big Tune winner Rising Son and runner up Trox talk about the prior night’s event and each other sound, style, and strengths. Producer Rising Son even reveals how he rehearses his animated routine at home before events.
Producer Marcus D, KD Cutz, Trox, Dave Notti, Mell, Illoquint, Trox, Marcus D, Nphared, Blaise, Rising Son, and Brainstorm brought it at the I think the way to win over the crowd, your beats have to be busy. You can’t let the crowd get bored or you’ll lose ’em real quick.
DJ’s Jeppa, Deceptakut, Switch plan to represent the UK at the 2010 DMC Championships. It all takes place on October 17th and 18th as DJ’s from around the globe will compete in the DJ Championship World Final, Battle For Wold Supremacy, and World Team Battle. Also, the events will feature special showcases by 2009 DMC … Read more
Damu The Fudgemunk and Redefinition Records pay a visit to the Highland Park Record Sale (HPRS) for a vinyl garage sale gone mad. Some of the vinyl oddities and highlights include a copy of Solomon Burke’s “Get Out of My Life Woman”, a TMNT Turtle Power album, and the remains of a melted Mobb Deep … Read more