Here’s the next one! Deadline is August 31, 2010.
Click here to go right to the Beat Meet:
The Beat Meet is a friendly competition between producers. They all must use a sample kit provided by this site. The kit will usually contain a fair amount of drum sounds, a bassline, and 2 sample loops. All contestants are given about a week to filter, combine, sequence, and flip the samples however they wish.
Whether you are already a user of Propellerhead’s Reason or not, the new version of their flagship software is worth taking a serious look at. The new version comes with a new 8-channel sampler called Dr.OctoRex, which takes the place of it’s older single-sample version, Dr.Rex. Of course, there are plenty of other new features, like per-slice effects, live sampling, and a built-in Auto-Tune-like virtual rack module called Neptune. Check out all the details at Propellerhead’s website.
Another great feature that both Sonar and Cubase have had for a while is block-based recording. However, it looks like Reason’s implementation is setting a new standard in ease of use. This not only allows you to make a song based on stems/loops/etc. like beat, chorus, bridge, intro, interlude, etc., but it also lets you edit the original stems and affect the song in real-time. You can also edit the stems in song mode, which leaves the others unaffected, but allows you to create variations very easily:
Finally, a very interesting looking module called Kong, which is a 16-pad drum module. The video explains it in simple terms. 16 pads. One sound per pad. Then goes on to show that the source(s) of each pad can include the new Dr.OctoRex Sampler, new built-in drum synths, or just about anything else you want to route into it. Take into account the new live sampling feature that exists in Reason, and this could enhance anyone’s setup that already has a drum-pad controller.
This is so long overdue, that I lost count. The absence of Beat Meets doesn’t mean that they are going to stop anytime soon, with plenty more planned to keep you beat makers busy for the rest of this year!
Click here to go right to the Beat Meet:
The Beat Meet is a friendly competition between producers. They all must use a sample kit provided by this site. The kit will usually contain a fair amount of drum sounds, a bassline, and 2 sample loops. All contestants are given about a week to filter, combine, sequence, and flip the samples however they wish.
Once again, big names in the industry are looking for beats from anyone and everyone. From the Blog on BustaRhymes.com, Send beats to Busta Rhymes at Feedthestreetsforever@gmail.com.
Ever dreamed of turning on the radio and hearing the legendary Busta Rhymes rap ridiculously fast over one of your beats? We’re talking warp speed fast. So damn fast, you have no idea what the hell he’s even talking about…
Well now’s your chance to send Busta your original instrumentals for consideration on upcoming albums.
Link foundvia [King of All Beats] p.s. for anyone that likes keeping on top of these types of posts, be sure to check out the King of All Beats blog.
This morning, I just found out about a new service called Wax.fm, which is described as a place to “help you find your favorite albums on vinyl both online and in the real world.” It’s actually a pretty simple concept – search for any record by artist name, album name, or catalog number. After finding the album you are looking for, you are presented with details for that record, along with links to purchase on ebay and amazon.
While it may not be much better than just going to ebay and searching directly, in due time this seems like a service that could prove to be very useful to all the crate-diggers and dustmites out there. I also decided to test the site out, and see how well it did for finding a semi-rare album:
After searching just “Can” on the main page, their “Tago Mago” album was actually the fourth result, after “Confrontation by Bob Marley and the Wailers” (not sure where “can” was found in that), “Things Can Only Get Better by D:Ream,” and “Soon Over Babaluma by Can.”
If you haven’t already checked out an older post on BeatSneaks, do that now! Nike has just released a new video that takes the idea of BeatSneaks to another level. The ad features the Japan break beat music duo, HIFANA (composed of KEIZOmachine and JUICY) creating music by tapping, twisting and bending the shoes, and was created by Wieden + Kennedy, Tokyo.
One more Chi-King update -- here is the latest video featuring Fredro Starr of Onyx.
Just a reminder:
Chi-King, a featured artist on HipHopProduction.com, has just dropped a new album, and you can support the cause by getting his new CD, “The Big Heist” featuring Fredro Starr, G-Dep, Stack A Doller, 100MAD, Marcus Elias and more.
Incredibox is virtual beat-box flash app made by three French artists.
You basically drag different symbols onto a person’s (polo) shirt, and they begin to beatbox a certain instrument or melody. Once you drag a symbol onto one of the beatboxers, a new one will appear next to it, ready for another sound.
Check it out at incredibox.fr
you can hear more from the beatbox artist, The Incredible Polo via his myspace page.
Chi-King, a featured artist on HipHopProduction.com, has just dropped a new album, and you can support the cause by getting his new CD, “The Big Heist” featuring Fredro Starr, G-Dep, Stack A Doller, 100MAD, Marcus Elias and more.
If you have been paying attention to hip-hop production over the past decade, chances are you have at least heard of J-Dilla, a producer from Detroit who worked with Slum Village, Busta Rhymes, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Common and plenty more. He died in 2006 from a rare blood disease, and was basically been canonized as a saint of hip-hop production.
Now that all three parts of the J-Dilla Documentary by Stussy have been released, take some time to check them out. This three-part series covers J-Dilla’s life in Los Angeles. Check the links under the video for links to all three parts.
