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In less than 1 month Maschine is releasing it’s new edition of the fabled Maschine controller. And to tell you the truth… We’re fu*king EXCITED! As Maschine MKII/Maschine 2.0 users we’ve been getting incremental updates for sometime...
Often our favorite producers will tell us that they crank out over 20-30 beats a day and focus on aspects like mixing and sequencing later. And while this approach allows you to maximize the amount of music you make...
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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3 Reasons Why Producers Should Collaborate With Each Other More Often
With tech innovations making it possible to cook up from anywhere, producers and beatmakers usually spend time in the home studios making beats alone...
5 Actionable Ways For Producers to Monetize Their Beats
While making music is a passion for many artists, few often find ways to realize their dreams in a way that financially...
Producers vs Beatmakers: Understanding The Difference Between The Two Terms
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...
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....
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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......
