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DMHS Counseling
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Rampage
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Mr. Katz
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College of the Desert Radio 1620 AM
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The Makeshift Musician
- Producing Natural-Sounding MIDI NotesWhen making electronically-produced music, you’ll find yourself often programming notes rather than playing them. People who don’t understand the medium will say that this makes the music cold, mechanical and lifeless, but they simply don’t understand the amount of work and craftsmanship that goes into manually arranging notes. A composer needs to take into […]
- Weekly Music Writing – Like lifting weights made of creativityA while back I wrote about writing music constantly in order to build your skills and flex your creativity. I’ve been making music for several years now and my biggest project had been a 16 track score for a tragically unreleased computer game, which I finished in about 6 months. This was a great exercise, […]
- Microphones, Cables and Everything Else in Your StudioThis is the final part of the Makeshift Musician’s Comprehensive Guide to Building Your Own Studio So, you’ve got your room for your studio, you’ve set up your computer, hooked up your audio interface and installed your recording software. What’s next? Actually, a lot of stuff. Microphones Unless you’re an all-software kind of musician, you need […] […]
- Audio Recording Software for Your StudioThis is Part 4 of the Makeshift Musician’s Comprehensive Guide to Building Your Own Studio We’re now down to the last big component of your beast of a studio. To add this last piece, we need to dive into the prickly, sometimes confusing realm of software. Luckily for you, though, there are a lot of easy […]
- Audio Interface, or, How to Get Sound into Your ComputerThis is Part 3 of the Makeshift Musician’s Comprehensive Guide to Building Your Own Studio Now that you’ve got a computer, it’s entirely possible that you’re now standing in front of it with your guitar or piano or whatever, your eyes slowly moving back and forth between the two objects in a confused manner, wondering how […]
Crate Kings
- Just Blaze on Ghost Production, Musical StylesJust Blaze on the evolution of musical styles, the state of New York hip-hop, DJ’ing, and ghot production. “A lot of these guys employ people who do their music for them.” “Some of these DJ’s that are constantly on the road are also constantly putting out new music. How… because they have guys under them […]
- Battle Of The Americas Beat Battle f/ Young GuruThe Beat Academy presents The Battle of The Americas Beat Battle featuring judges Young Guru, Symbolyc One (S1), and Jake One. On Saturday June 21st 24 producers from USA and Canada will go to war in the ultimate team beat battle! Grab tickets or visit Beat Academy for more info. Video of The Road to […]
- DJ Premier Explains Iconic Gangstarr LogoDJ Premier explains how Guru and Big Shug designed the Gangstarr logo and how it’s been used throughout all of their albums. Primo also talks about how Mass Appeal was created with the intention of being a radio hit.
Audio
- Verification
- Music Software Reviews - Facts against HypeMusic software, that lets you play with the PROs - Unbiased, accurate and ruthless tests, that give you the important facts about digital recording.
- Sampling - A short introductionWhat do you need to know about sampling and what are the best software sampler on the market today?
- Musikmesse Frankfurt 2006 Software News 1Music-Software-Reviews took a visit at the Musikmesse Frankfurt, to see what's happening at the music software frontier. It came back with a swirling head, a bunch of more or less important news and some nice pictures.
- Comparison Chart of the top music recording software on the marketThe basic functions of the top notch recording software compared in one easy to read chart. An indespensable tool to decide, which software is the right one for your personal needs.
Up Above Records
- MOVED TO TUMBLRYup. We decided to take our blog to Tumblr so please follow us there! UPABOVERECORDS.TUMBLR.COM (click)
- Video: 2Mex RecordingHere's a cool little video of 2Mex recording a new track.
- Shift: DJ Rhettmatic in Santa Ana, CA - 5/3/12DJ Rhettmatic & Plann.B return for Shift with a tribute to the Native Tounges! NO COVER!
- LMNO at The Green Room in Flagstaff, AZ: 4/26/12LMNO will be finishing up the tour with Evidence this week. Thursday night, they hit The Green Room in Flagstaff, AZ. LMNO will be bringing CD's and his limited "Leave My Name Out" tee. Cop tickets to the show here.
- DJ Rhettmatic @ Church in Venice, CA: 4/26/12DJ Rhettmatic will be the guest DJ at Church this Thursday, April 26th in Venice, CA. Check the flyer for details.
The Yard
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Rhymesayers Releases
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USA Today
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Stones Throw
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Art & Culture
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