Black Milk and Will Sessions band members Sam, Tim, and Bryan show us some behind the scenes action during a Slum Village recording session for "The Listening". Bass, drums, and horns are all recorded live for the track. [Respect to Mach3]
Alchemist and Evidence offer a quick look into studio life.
Joe Buck, Damu The Fudgemunk, and Redefinition Records have teamed up to reinterpret classic album covers and related musical compositions. The free for download project includes Joe Buck’s album covers, desktop wallpaper, 2 Damu video clips, and the "Beat Grinder" audio track.
Download: Madvillain ReVISION by Damu The Fudgemunk and Joe Buck or (alternate link).
Visit Redinition Records for more info.
More album covers after the jump!
Inspired by Exile’s recent reconstruction of Q-Tip’s "Let’s Ride", Organology’s Freddie Joachim steps up and freely rearranges the composition to suit his needs.
Drum Machine virtuoso David "Fingers" Haynes shows how professionals handle live drumming. An Alesis HR-16B triggers sounds from a Yamaha DTXTREME 2S… simply beautiful.
Exile and DJ Day provide practice session footage as they join forces on the Akai MPC 2000XL. [via Nahright]
Tha Bizness takes us into the creation of Young Jeezy’s "My President Is Black". Logic 8 is demoed as drums, melody, bass are layered for the entire track.
Producer DR Period quickly discusses the basic elements of mixing a track along with a quick demo.
Classic footage of Cypress Hill production hero DJ Muggs hard at work on the SP1200 inside his home studio back in 1993. Notice the beautiful piles of scattered vinyl and racks of cassette tapes on the back wall.