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Trap music is a global phenomenon and has been a cornerstone of hip-hop production for more than a decade. The distorted drums and hi-hat rolls have made their way to every continent from Africa to Asia with...
If you've been to any conference (or on Clubhouse lately) you've likely heard the phrase: The music industry is 20% music and 80% business. And while it sounds a bit cliche, the panelists are usually right in that this...
In Hip-Hop, and generally in pop culture, you’ll see many mainstream producers distance themselves from the title “beat maker” inferring that one requires more skill than the other. And while that can be true, we’ve gotta give proper respect...
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The ‘Throwaway Beat’ Myth: Why Producers Should Save All of Their Beats
Recently, producer Alchemist tweeted out that 87% of his beats are trash and that we only hear about 13% when all is said and...
10 Reasons to be Excited About Ableton Live 10
Ableton 10 dropped on February 6th. It’s lit.
Groups within Groups:
Grouping tracks is a...
The Best Drum Machines Of All Time: The 1980’s Edition
Before the 1980s, drum machines were expensive pieces of equipment that needed entire rooms to operate. By the end of the decade, these machines...
5 Ways Songwriters & Producers Can Overcome Creative Blocks
It’s happened to all of us before. You sit down at your laptop ready to cook-up, and nothing comes out. You get frustrated and...
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AKAI Announces MPC 3 Software Beta
After months of speculation, Akai/In Music Brands has announced that their highly anticipated update to the MPC software will be available for download soon.
To...
The Most Sampled Artist(s) In Hiphop History: James Brown Edition
The foundation of Hip-hop music is sampling. When Grandmaster Flash & Kool Herc began DJing house parties in the 1970s they looped the most...
5 Books Every Music Producer Should Own
If you've been to any conference (or on Clubhouse lately) you've likely heard the phrase: The music industry is 20% music and 80% business....
The Best Drum Machines Of All Time: The 1980’s Edition
Before the 1980s, drum machines were expensive pieces of equipment that needed entire rooms to operate. By the end of the decade, these machines...
THE TOP 10 J-DILLA BEATS OF ALL TIME
If there were ever a Mount Rushmore of Producers Dilla would no doubt have been carved onto it. Dilla is undoubtedly a producers', producer;...
Best Trap Producers Of All Time (Part 2)
Following up on part one of our list of Best Trap Producers of All Time we are diving into part 2. While in the...
The Best Trap Producers Of All Time (Part One)
Trap music is a global phenomenon and has been a cornerstone of hip-hop production for more than a decade. The distorted drums...
Native Instruments Announces Its First Standalone Unit Maschine Plus
2020 just got a little better for the producer community as Native Instruments has officially unveiled the long-rumored standalone unit Maschine+. Maschine plus is...
Are Producers Who Use Loops ‘Real Producers?’
An ongoing conversation in the Producer community as of late centers on whether or not it's okay for beatmakers to use loops or sample...
Is Lofi Hip-Hop Just Gentrified Boom Bap?
The other day producer Thelonious Martin posted a tweet about Lofi that sparked some debate in his comments:
https://twitter.com/KingThelonious/status/1263738077832531969
It got the team over here thinking......
