We were lucky enough to get blessed with the audio from the Attack of The Blaps Producer Showcase featuring producers Illmind, Amplive, DJ Babu, Traxamillion, and was hosted by Rakaa Iriscience. With each producer playing their productions live on stage get ready for a few surprises… the 125 minutes of audio is essential to your … Read more
Those lucky enough to be in the New Orleans area on June 6-8, 2008 can head over to the PotLuckCon Audio Conference. Sponsored by Sweetwater, PreSonus, Universal Audio, Audio Technica, and Tape Op Magazine, this is one of those conferences that I’d make serious sacrifices to attend. There’s so much going on here it would … Read more
Congrats to producer Illmind for taking the title last night as he beat out 11 other producers live on stage at Fillmore at The Theater of Living Arts. Earning runner up honors was Philadelphia native "Ritz". The event featured performances from 9th Wonder, Bahamadia, Freway, and even Rich Mediina. Both Illmind and Ritz will automatically … Read more
Myx and Built from Skratch presents the Attack of The Blaps Producers Showcase taking place on Friday May 23rd, 2008 at DNA Lounge in San Francisco. The event is will be hosted by Rakaa Iriscience and features Illmind, Traxamillion, Amp Live, DJ Babu, with music provided by DJ Icewater. Each producer will play instrumentals, remixes, … Read more
The J Dilla Project Chicago & The Alliance for Lupus Research Present: The 4th Annual Chicago Walks With Us To Cure Lupus ’08. Hope that everyone in the Chi Town area and beyond can make it out to support the cause and do something in the name of the late great Dilla. Saturday June 14th … Read more
Attention beat heads and producers… the schedule has been announced for the 2008 season of the Red Bull Big Tune beat battle tour. The 2007 series was crazy, so I can only imagine what 2008 is going to look like now that the even has gotten some more exposure. Check the schedule below for the … Read more
Reason manufacturer Propellerhead gears up for another city with their ongoing Producer’s conference series as they hit up Chicago on May 24th, 2008. Some of the schedule guests include Tommy Coster Jr., Donovan Knowles, James Bernard, Peff, and Chris Petti who, among other things, will covering inside tips and tricks for Reason, mixing techniques, and … Read more
For those in the New York area, the Manhattan Producer’s Alliance is presenting a workshop entitle In The Box: Modern Digital Audio Workstation Techniques. The class will provide an in depth look into the art of mixing using digital audio workstations including demonstrations of specific mixing approaches and techniques using real life examples. The measly … Read more
Wu-Tang’s RZA about his sound and approaching the sampler from the point of view of a musical instrument. He tells the story of Roland making house calls to fix the MV-8000 and importance of staying true to your personality, while panel members touch on keeping an open mind when exploring music.
Known for putting together solid producer showcases, iStandard Presents Beats On The Beach Music Seminar in Miami, FL. So far some of the panelists scheduled to be in attendance are Sha Money XL, Riggs Morales (Senior Director A&R Shady), Lenny S. (VP A&R Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam), Dalton Hernadez (A&R Bad Boy), Danny Carter (A&R Interscope). Among … Read more