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Beat This!The next Beat This! Competition is from November 27-28th!
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WarzoneThe next Warzone Beat Battle is set for December 3-7th!
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Believe it or not i listen to Classical Music: a Theoretical Perspective
The composers of today's era can never be compared to those of yesteryear because today's composers learned music theory from studying the "old school", and very rarely will they step out of that shadow or create an original piece that can be considered classic. If some of the old composers... -
Who the Hell is Jonathan "J.R." Rotem (producer)
That's one good thing about 50 is that he breaks new producers. He takes all the beats he is sent and puts them on one beat CD and chooses them without knowing who produced what. If your favorite rapper did that, then albums overall would be a lot better in my opinion. -
Lets Say You Make It Big....
In this business of music, there are some producers that stick to the same equipment that produced that signature sound, but speaking for myself, I am always trying to learn, so yeah, I think I would pick up a new guitar, and I would probably sit in with the engineer and get some knowledge on... -
wutz good wit the Sp-1200 and the mpc 2000xl?
Yeah bro, listen to the posts above, I am the POSTER CHILD of buying gear based on recommendation instead of personal research and experience. I had a mentor when I first started out, and he was like "buy the Mpc, Triton, blah, blah, blah" and not to say that he didn't know what he was talkin... -
Club Song Taking off!
It's good to hear that another tri-state (MD/DC/VA ) producer is making moves!! It's so hard to break an artist from DC area because the most talented singers and musicians fall into the go-go scene but if his manager is puttin his money up, then it should at least secure some radioplay. I'll... -
The Name is Shadeed.
Illmuzik is a top quality production site, I read thru the forums and if you use the search function properly, it's better than any manual because most of these guys on here post from experience and in layman's terms. A little bit about myself, I started out MC'ing ("professionally") while I...- shadeed
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Ok, so i'm finally making money at this. the latest moves from Cold.
Hey, you are makin moves, and going in a positive direction. #1, Money and family/friendship can mix successfully IF you maintain strong business sense and principles first. #2, It sounds like you care what others think, if you believe that people will say you "sold out" to produce... -
Another Step Toward Liberty
People don't realize that the pants sag started in JAIL, because they take your belt, in fact most of our urban fashion trends started in the penitentary system. I already know, that police and the laws ain't really designed for me to succeed or be truly free, so I'm not gonna give anybody a...- shadeed
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3 people cool to chill with...
Typically, an artist will be cool with you if you don't act like a damn groupie. Be a man or lady 1st, and if you got a beat CD/Demo, for Christ-sakes, put your contact info on it, how else will they reach you??? Step to them like a businessman, or like one of your peers. Sheeiitt, a lotta...- shadeed
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Your Invited:my superbowl party
I live very close to the area you mentioned for your party, don't know if I'll attend (I'm throwing a BIG party on Saturday, and might be cleaning up on Sunday) but good luck with yours!- shadeed
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How did you fall in love with Hiphop?
Basically hip hop was originally a term that categorized the everyday life of kids in the inner city. What I mean is, I probably really didn't even get into serious MC's and lyrics and stuff until high school but I was breaking on cardboard and rolled around with Graf crews early on. It never...- shadeed
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got lost in tha beats
I can respect anyone who can zone out and just focus on the beats. I'm a little bit of the opposite with mine, I really don't sit with my equipment all day or nothing like that, but when I turn on the machine I know exactly what I wanna do and the sound I wanna create and I just get busy. My... -
Being around the wrong people
Being around the wrong people will decrease productivity in ANY pursuit that you choose. If you're gonna be in the music business, then treat your music as a BUSINESS. If you walked into a store and you see the owner giving away free stuff and throwing his own product away, you wouldn't deal... -
Lil Jon Uses The Same Drumz Al The Time!!!!!!!!!
Lil Jon is not the reason why hip hop is wack, because he been doin his thing since the early 90's, and he ain't change up his style one bit. He's an independent artist, that put in his work and now he's double plat, so I give him all credit due. I agree that "Freek-a-leek" by Petey Pablo... -
Interesting Books?!?
behold a pale horse--william cooper the isis papers--dr. frances cress welsing Do a search and find out what their about and make your purchase decision based on what you find. Peeeace.- shadeed
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Mbox and MPC crisis
Thanks for your help, I will look into the specifics of midi usb adapters and see how that will add into my current set-up. The M-box comes with 2 ins/2 outs . One option I have been considering was to use my Tascam US-122 (which has a midi in/out) to slave my MPC 2k to Reason, which is... -
Mbox and MPC crisis
My goal was to learn Protools since its in every studio and my experience with it will get me more work selling these tracks. This sunday I bought a M-box. I currently have MPC 2000 connected to my Mackie DFX 12 mixer. The production method I would like to use is: Make the beat... -
Whos Ur Favorite??
Santana is my favorite artist to sample from. I play guitar and all that and usually I'll sample his stuff and play an accompanying melody from my head to give it that flow -- -
How many beats a day?
5 beats a day for 3 summers equals NO puss for 3 summers. He probably never left the house!! I stick to my motto dawg, "One beat a day" and I'm pretty good at maintaining that work ethic unless I'm too tired from playin ball or just don't wanna make a damn beat! But I must say that i NEVER... -
Madlibs brother makes 60 beats a month
Shheeeiiiittt, if makin these beats was the only way I was payin these bills, then you best believe that I would make 200 a month no b.s.! !!! While 60 beats a month is Fine and dandy for Oh No, making too many beats would distract me from the pleasures of life, such as gettin drunk in a...