Saturday, August 16, 2008
Slim Thug on a Dr. Dre beat? Must of hustled Devin for this one. But listen to how hard this track knocks!
Showing posts with label Producers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Producers. Show all posts
Slim Thug on a Dr. Dre beat? Must of hustled Devin for this one. But listen to how hard this track knocks!
Friday, April 4, 2008
For my producers...
Polow Da Don is gonna lose all types of respect for this! Apparently he made Usher's "Make Love In This Club" by using premade sounds from Garage Band, a production software. He could get sued for using copyrighted samples.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
This post is guest blogged by N/A, a hip-hop producer that can be found at his Myspace page.
"What's good man, you into rap much? You wanna support local music? I got these mixtapes for sale here, $5 a piece...."
Every now and then you might find yourself approached by someone like this, maybe while you're out shopping for groceries, or walking down the street on the way to work. Yes, I'm talking about those beloved unorthodox salespeople trying to hustle that little plastic disc full of musical goodness. And hell, they usually got a trunk full of t-shirts too. Few dvd's even. Ever buy anything from them? Go ahead, why not? It's just $5 to you. Take a second and look at it from their point of view though; that $5 is potentially one more fan. That $5 is worth a lot more to them than it is to you.
The way I look at it, music has 3 basic levels to it. Not too complicated either. Let me break it down for you-
National/International Level- The artists at this level can basically say they've made it. To put it simply, they're at the top of the game. They might have a couple houses, few Bentleys and Ferrari's, plenty of videos on rotation and cd's stocked up at your local shop. You know, I really don't think I need to explain this. Go watch Cribs or something if you don't know what I'm talking about. Ok, next level!
Independent Level- This musical career plateau makes me think of purgatory. Stuck right between heaven and hell (figuratively, of course), waiting to get somewhere. They got that hot, dope, fly-ass music, probably sold anywhere from a few hundred to a few hundred thousand cd's, and now these artists are just searching for that big break. Usually signed to an independent record label unassociated with the Big Four, or being moderately or highly successful on their own, the artists here are ready for that big step into mainstream stardom. Oh, and don't get this level confused with the mainstream artists that are independent by choice. Seems like that option is growing ever-more popular by the day, with the current state of the music industry. But that's a whole 'nother dicussion... Next level, please!
Local Level- You remember the guy we just mentioned a few minutes ago? Yup, with the $5 cd's. The guy that saves a chunk of change from all his paychecks to get that recording time, or those fresh beats from that producer around the way. Most of us probably know a struggling musical artist; it seems like they come a dime a dozen nowadays. But how dedicated are they? Do they always boast about rapping/singing, but you don't ever hear a damn thing from them? Yeah, thought so...
Then again, there are those rare times when you come across an up-and-coming artist and say to yourself "Damn, this kid has talent. He (or she) is gonna be big some day." These local artists are the kind of people that I try and associate with. From personal experience, it's not hard to weed out the "talkers" and the "walkers", for lack of a better description. It shouldn't be all that difficult for most people to tell the difference. I'd just like to say that if you do know someone personally that takes their dream of a musical career rather seriously, then support them!
Examples:
See that guy on myspace with a couple of sloppy freestyle tracks thrown together, trying to add everybody in sight? This one should be obvious...
Or what about that young fellow selling the copies of his latest mixtape/album out of his backpack? Yup, give him his props!
Come on now people, it's not that hard to distinguish between an artist putting together serious music and somebody messing around with their Windows recorder tool. We all love to listen to music, plain and simple. We all know what we like when it comes to that beautiful bliss pouring out of our speakers that we call music. All I'm asking is, show some respect to those that are working their ass off to make that music for us, mainly the ones that we know personally. To them, it truly is more than music. It's life.
N/A's Myspace
N/A's Soundclick
More than Music
"What's good man, you into rap much? You wanna support local music? I got these mixtapes for sale here, $5 a piece...."
Every now and then you might find yourself approached by someone like this, maybe while you're out shopping for groceries, or walking down the street on the way to work. Yes, I'm talking about those beloved unorthodox salespeople trying to hustle that little plastic disc full of musical goodness. And hell, they usually got a trunk full of t-shirts too. Few dvd's even. Ever buy anything from them? Go ahead, why not? It's just $5 to you. Take a second and look at it from their point of view though; that $5 is potentially one more fan. That $5 is worth a lot more to them than it is to you.
The way I look at it, music has 3 basic levels to it. Not too complicated either. Let me break it down for you-
National/International Level- The artists at this level can basically say they've made it. To put it simply, they're at the top of the game. They might have a couple houses, few Bentleys and Ferrari's, plenty of videos on rotation and cd's stocked up at your local shop. You know, I really don't think I need to explain this. Go watch Cribs or something if you don't know what I'm talking about. Ok, next level!
Independent Level- This musical career plateau makes me think of purgatory. Stuck right between heaven and hell (figuratively, of course), waiting to get somewhere. They got that hot, dope, fly-ass music, probably sold anywhere from a few hundred to a few hundred thousand cd's, and now these artists are just searching for that big break. Usually signed to an independent record label unassociated with the Big Four, or being moderately or highly successful on their own, the artists here are ready for that big step into mainstream stardom. Oh, and don't get this level confused with the mainstream artists that are independent by choice. Seems like that option is growing ever-more popular by the day, with the current state of the music industry. But that's a whole 'nother dicussion... Next level, please!
Local Level- You remember the guy we just mentioned a few minutes ago? Yup, with the $5 cd's. The guy that saves a chunk of change from all his paychecks to get that recording time, or those fresh beats from that producer around the way. Most of us probably know a struggling musical artist; it seems like they come a dime a dozen nowadays. But how dedicated are they? Do they always boast about rapping/singing, but you don't ever hear a damn thing from them? Yeah, thought so...
Then again, there are those rare times when you come across an up-and-coming artist and say to yourself "Damn, this kid has talent. He (or she) is gonna be big some day." These local artists are the kind of people that I try and associate with. From personal experience, it's not hard to weed out the "talkers" and the "walkers", for lack of a better description. It shouldn't be all that difficult for most people to tell the difference. I'd just like to say that if you do know someone personally that takes their dream of a musical career rather seriously, then support them!
Examples:
See that guy on myspace with a couple of sloppy freestyle tracks thrown together, trying to add everybody in sight? This one should be obvious...
Or what about that young fellow selling the copies of his latest mixtape/album out of his backpack? Yup, give him his props!
Come on now people, it's not that hard to distinguish between an artist putting together serious music and somebody messing around with their Windows recorder tool. We all love to listen to music, plain and simple. We all know what we like when it comes to that beautiful bliss pouring out of our speakers that we call music. All I'm asking is, show some respect to those that are working their ass off to make that music for us, mainly the ones that we know personally. To them, it truly is more than music. It's life.
N/A's Myspace
N/A's Soundclick
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