I may have mentioned before that DJ Ian Head’s periodic emails are one the few that I look forward to each month. Never wasteful or overly self-promoting, Ian Head consistently delivers a tasteful, quality mix highlighted by sincere and insightful "liner notes". In other words… mixes created for music lovers by a music lover. "These … Read more
Producer Ty Fyffe drops a gem from Sha Money XL’s One Stop Shop Producers Conference featuring DJ Premier, Pete Rock, and manager Tiffany J discussing various aspects of production and the music business. Notable Quote: "People like Ty and myself, we’re considered like coaches. We’re the ones that are coaching the team to win the … Read more
The latest edition of Louis Den BeatCypher features a beat jam and producer showcases with Oddisee, Baby J, Charlie Dark, Morgan Zarate, and Kelakovski. Open Beat Battle & Beats Feature: Bring your CD’s to enter enter the open beat battle or have your original beats played throughout the night. Louis Den BeatCypher Thursday June 11, … Read more
Another studio video of DJ Spinna in the studio. This time Spinna takes us through the chopping and sequencing of the beat for "Lyrics Is Back" featuring Torae.
You can’t help but like Large Professor’s attitude… always comes across as humble and focused primarily on the music. Here Large Pro talks about initially getting involved in hip-hop, organizing Main Source, Paul C, and the challenges of being a sample based producer. He also talks about the early days of Nas, allegiance to NY hip-hop, and his top favorite personal productions.
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Live remix pros Keys N Krates deliver a collection of mp3 audio featuring their unique brand of live remixes. All Night Long 1. The Longest Night 2. C.E.O. 3. One In A Milli 4. City of Awards Download: Keys N Krates – The Live Re-Mixes Vol. 1
The Rest In Beats Project delivers audio from this week’s Billboard/Adweek Music & Advertising conference featuring producer Pharrell Williams as he presents concerns about the current state of entertainment and the need for a resurgence of authentic talent. Notable Quotes: "The last 12 to 15 years, this whole aesthetic thing has ruined everything." "What music … Read more
Producers Dready Beats and DJ Khalil go laptop to desktop inspiring each other with recent compositions. Take a look, listen, then get back to work on your own creations. [via Illroots]
While Crate Kings and Redefinition Records have been quietly teaming up for our own online producer video series entitled "Beat Break", it suddenly occurred to us that a proper video show should have proper theme music. We then realized that this would be the perfect opportunity to showcase the talent of our readership by holding … Read more
Producers S1 and Caleb get down to the business of creating tracks for video games. Random Thought: I miss playing B-17 Bomber on ColecoVision.