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  1. dahkter

    Good article about leaked track

    Funny article: - track gets leaked before release - band issues angry statement about how wrong that is - torrent site tracks IP address of uploader back to the bandmanager - hilarity ensues http://torrentfreak.com/band-leaks-track-to-bittorrent-blames-pirates-080731/
  2. dahkter

    Some BK Hip Hop Festival Pics

    I remember Shadeed mentioning this event, I had meant to do a thread about it, however we had some friends come in from out of town, so it got real hectic real fast, and never got a chance to see who was going. Anyways, it was live, I took some shots while we were there, check it out. I did...
  3. dahkter

    Avatar - Last Airbender - Finale

    Curious if anyone saw this two hour conclusion on Saturday. My son and my wife got me into this show. It came back on last week, five final episodes, then a two hour finale on Saturday. The finale was dope IMO.
  4. dahkter

    Swizz Beats flips David Axelrod

    I was on the train on Monday night, first I was listening to that Dr. Carter track. I had read that Swizz sampled a David Axelrod track on that and happened to have that on my ipod, so Il listened to one after the other. The Axelrod track blew me away, I had heard it in a ton of tracks...
  5. dahkter

    Starting Point

    Normally when I get to making a track, I start by going through some preset sounds. In the past, I used to normally start by going through some vinyl for samples. Once I got a foundation, I add tracks until it seems full. I see that many formally trained musicians, normally they think of a...
  6. dahkter

    two joints from recent discussoins

    We had two threads that had me reminiscing about some old shit, here's the tracks I was mentioning: Nine - Every Man For Himself: http://www.zshare.net/audio/130225733c2cf6b7/ De La feat. Common - the Bizness: http://www.zshare.net/audio/1302269946c7415e/
  7. dahkter

    in honor of 4/20 day (one day late)

    Cat plays theremin. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0ONJfp95yoE&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0ONJfp95yoE&hl=en"...
  8. dahkter

    Record Store Day - April 19th

    Wassup y'all, This Saturday is Record Store Day, more info here: www.recordstoreday.com A friend of mine (record store owner) is doing an outdoor party in BK Saturday afternoon, should be nice, here's the flyer and details.:
  9. dahkter

    JayZ follows Madonna lead, signs with Live Nation

    Just read this over at OKP, Jay Z is going the same route as Madonna, just signed a 360 deal with live nation, shows, merchandise, and his next three albums go to them for 150 mil. Swipe: Jay-Z Deal Offers New Model for Music Sales SIGN IN TO E-MAIL OR SAVE THIS PRINT SINGLE PAGE...
  10. dahkter

    rza instrumentals mix 93-97

    dope mixtape, all the rza bangers from 93-97, all instrumentals, link is in the middle of the page: http://floodwatchmusic.com/blog2/2007/10/22/rzarrecting-the-mental-dead/ the site has some other good mixes and articles...
  11. dahkter

    Bun B article today's village voice

    http://blogs.villagevoice.com/statusainthood/archives/2008/03/status_aint_hoo_54.php good read, and good shit, he shouted out the group I work with - Tuff Crew...
  12. dahkter

    Edan

    Just checked out the album "Beauty and the Beat" yesterday, dope shit. Anyone heard this cat?
  13. dahkter

    boombox laptop

    the older heads will appreciate this, the younger heads will probably say "what's that": http://stereophonik.com/gutterslide/boomboxPC/
  14. dahkter

    Dahkter on the MPC - 16bars

    I spent seven minutes watching the Akai rep make a beat on the MPC5000 today. That got me inspired to turn on the MPC and tap a quick beat out. Wifey just got a new camera, so hoping to do more videos this year. Two more weeks til this album I been working on is done, looking forward to...
  15. dahkter

    headphones make the best earmuffs

    Man, It's freezing in NYC today. I've been in Chicago before, this is similar, windy and painful. Today I was walking around on my lunchbreak, I see all of these people with scrunched up faces, bright red, wincing, kind of hilarious. Anyways, I have a pair of Senheiser HD25's, got em...
  16. dahkter

    Voice mail over beat

    Hey y'all. I'm interested in taking some voice mails from my cell phone and recording them onto my computer and puttin em over a beat. Anyone do this successfully and have tips or pointers?
  17. dahkter

    mastering an album vs song

    Hello, I'm okay wtih mastering on a song by song basis. However when you're doing an entire album, is it wise to use one final limiter with the same setting across all songs to give it some sort of a cohesion as a whole?
  18. dahkter

    Darfur

    Very disturbing article I read yesterday, unbelievable that the world's governments are doing nothing: http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0748,hentoff,78480,6.html
  19. dahkter

    Flying Lotus in NYC Sat Nite

    Here's the link: http://www.percussionlab.com/PercussionLabLive/PercussionLabOCT07.pdf EZ
  20. dahkter

    Aes

    NYSOM / Clev / Stress / Fury, Did you guys hit that, it's still on today. I was there for about two hours, nothing really blew me away. They did have one dope touch controller at the FXPansion booth. Lots of free magazines too...
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