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Beat This!The next Beat This! Competition is from November 27-28th!
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Reason 5 Boom Bap Beatmaking Video
Yup dope video....your motion graphics guy has shit on lock homie, def adds a nice touch. -
Athletic mic league "Declaration"
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Is Myspace dead?
Yeah its whatever works best for you ya know...I was just never a big fan of how that site ever functioned in the first place is all... Even their web standards were shit. They built everything off a mess of nested tables which is super archaic nowadays....Plus everybody and their grandma had... -
Logic 9 warps samples a la Ableton Live but better with Flex Time?
@Form, are u talking bout a feature in the sample editor? Like where Pitch & Time Machine is? -
Is Myspace dead?
Dude MySpace has been dead for so long.... I deleted my account mad long ago at this point....I never liked MySpace too much in the first place though. They had crappy encoding on MP3s and waaaay too much spam. -
Dunno if this happens to anyone else, but you ever noticed when working with MC's....
Word, I can see that for sure, kinda sux really...Maybe Im old school though, cuz I prefer to only work on a 1-on-1 basis in person. Internet collabs are cool n' all cuz you can connect with folks that you would otherwise never be able to, but getting your chops up in the studio with MC's... -
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Logic 9 warps samples a la Ableton Live but better with Flex Time?
FlexTime is the business...Still love Logic and its growth as a DAW... Nice vid by the way Tr3ydeeze! -
Times Article: Kool Herc Is in Pain, and Using It to Put Focus on Insurance
Im not really sure the main purpose/focus of this article was to put Herc in a better light for being a broke pioneer of hip-hop though???....What I gathered from it moreso was that the author was trying to help shine some light on how flawed our health care system is for people that exist in...- Shonsteez
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Times Article: Kool Herc Is in Pain, and Using It to Put Focus on Insurance
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/31/kool-herc-is-in-pain-and-using-it-to-put-focus-on-insurance/- Shonsteez
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January 29-30, 2011 - Comments & Questions
Word, finding drums always adds that extra element that just elevates the beat IMO...- Shonsteez
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Maschine 1.6 has changed my life!
Dude u should post a video of how u use it. Id like to see whats up! -
January 29-30, 2011 - Comments & Questions
I really dug your beat man...I loved the gritty feel and how it felt like every element was sampled from vinyl rather then pulled off a cd. Just had a classic feel, Nice work.- Shonsteez
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January 29-30, 2011 - Comments & Questions
Nice one Tactik, shit was hot homie.- Shonsteez
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- Forum: Beat This! Competition
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*** Beat This! January 30, 2011 Voting ***
This was honestly a tough one - usually these battles seem pretty cut & dry to me... Heres my picks: 1.Tactik - Ill flip, evolved nicely 2.Ex - Ill flip, creative drops 3.2Good - Ill flip, great mix, wanted to put u @ #1 but the joint stayed static too long. 4.LowG - Ill flip, love the...- Shonsteez
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January 29-30, 2011 - Comments & Questions
Almost forgot about the beatthis again as usual....bout to vote in a minute. Nice cache of players this time around.- Shonsteez
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Moving from sample base to composing
Yep, like Dox said....Just start basic and work your way up.... Try this as a random place to start brainstorming: First look up how to play a "triad", like a C Chord, ie. C,E,G... Maybe before you even learn progressions or scales, just try arpegiating the C chord - like play in a pattern... -
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Moving from sample base to composing
Yup, all good info...Only thing I would add is getting your theory game up is very useful and so is learning your chords/chord progressions - but experimentation is the one of the best teachers too...so what I would suggest is to load a sound up in whatever DAW your sequencing in on your... -
Got a really unusual email today *RELIC* * EXCELLENCE*
If anything its cool someone dug your tunes enough to be inspired to make something from it though so I think its pretty cool regardless of how the video turned out. I mean thats why most of us make music in the first place right, to inspire others? Congrats Chris, i think thats pretty cool dude.- Shonsteez
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