DJ Neil Armstrong’s 5th Platoon Memories
Ignantwitted interviews DJ Neil Armstrong as he reminisces about New York hip-hop, his role in 5th Platoon (Daddy Dog, Roli Rho, Do Boy, Vinroc, Kuttin Kandi, IE.merg ), and some of his favorite tour stories.
Sales of Turntables Increase Along With Vinyl
It’s been widely reported that vinyl sales are up, but with recent rumors surrounding the alleged death of the Technics 1200, some would find it difficult to believe that turntable sales could be healthy as well. New York retailer J&R Music claims record sales for the 21 different analog and digital turntable models that it … Read more
Omnichord Fun w/ DJ Khalil
DJ Khalil plays host to in-studio guests Tha Bizness and Jake One while demonstrating the use of a Suzuki Omnichord that he used to create Jim Jones’s “Love Me No More” and previewing new material from his work with The New Royales.
Thes One Tells Artists “You Don’t Have To Get Signed”
VIMBY – People Under The Stairs Thes One and Double K of People Under The Stairs describe first meeting through their mutual love for music and concepts behind bootstrapping a music career. Besides providing some great vinyl talk, Thes One also offers his views on the unprecedented level of power and freedom that independent artists … Read more
2009 Japan DMC Championship Highlights
Quick footage and competition highlights from the the 2009 DMC Japan Championships.
Exile: Redefining Cool In Hip-Hop
The 6th episode of Hot Mop Film’s Off The Wall features Exile talking about family’s musical background, the importance of being physically during a recording project, and his goal of redefining cool in hip-hop. When I’m working with an artist, my goal is to try to battle the machine of what a lot of people are making and … Read more
Source-Zip Released by Source Elements
Source Elements offers Mac musicians and producers a better way to compress and uncompress large audio session files while maintaining important meta-data. Source-Zip allows for audio projects to be compressed, then easily uncompressed, using lossy or lossless codecs for easy and quicker delivery via the Internet. It is useful for file collaboration, archiving, and final … Read more
RZA Discusses Making Music Without Profit Motive
RZA discusses moving beyond money and making music strictly for the sake of artistic expression. Freed from thoughts of financial compensation, he explains the ease of working with John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers) on personal projects and freely contributing to the BlakRoc album. We just make music. I’ve made 100 songs this year, and … Read more
DJ Rasta Root’s Advice For Music Networking
DJ Rasta Root gives advice on how to effectively network and sincerely maintain contact with those inside and out of the music business.
LouisDen BeatCypher #8 Dec. 10th (Birmingham)
It time for another edition of the LouisDen BeatCypher. The 8th LouisDen producer/beatmaker showcase takes places on December 10th, 2009 and features Budgie, Wizard, Ghost Town, and Chemo. Featured Producers: BUDGIE (SKINNYMAN, YUNGUN, DOC BROWN) WIZARD (SONNYJIM, VERBAL KENT, WEATHERPROOF) GHOST TOWN (FOREIGN BEGGARS, MYSTRO, GUILTY SIMPSON, PHAT KAT) CHEMO – (JOE BUDDEN, KYZA, TRIPLE … Read more