Excite your tracks the Motown way with the “Exciting Compressor”

Here is a great article written by Motown mastering engineer Robert Dennis.  He explains a technique called “The Exciting Compressor”, which was/is used to bring brightness out of vocals & instruments.  Essentially it’s another take on parallel compression, with a twist.   As always, I have tried out the tips & tricks I post on this blog and fully endorse them.  Especially when they come from guys who have worked at Hitsville USA…

THE EXCITING COMPRESSOR

By ROBERT DENNIS

Motown developed a mixing method that allowed presence, bite and intensity on lead vocals. Even when the vocals were mixed at an even level with the music, you could hear every word clearly. I’ve released two past articles on this subject and every time I get bombarded with comments about how great the technique is.

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Play tracks for G-Unit Records live & for FREE…

Tony G up at G-Unit has set up an email account for beat submissions, which he checks out live while streaming online.  Follow and keep an eye out for http://twitter.com/tonygnyc …  He will announce further listening sessions & details there.  Good luck!

PS I can verify he is legit & does work @ G-Unit.

Submit Music Directly To Sheek Louch and Styles P!!!

This is for all of my fellow producers in the Tri State area.  Sheek Louch and Styles P will be doing an in store signing of the new D-Block album “No Security”, at a Best Buy in Yonkers, NY.  Just go to the in store for the signing and have 2 beat CD’s for both of them.  I’ve used this tactic before, this is an absolute layup… Click “Continue reading” for full details…

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Review: SellMoreBeats.com – “Sell More Beats Online” Video Series

A few months ago I was in the process of setting up my first beat selling site, www.iLeaseBeats.com.  While researching the business of non exclusive beat selling, a friend of mine told me to check out a website called www.sellmorebeats.com.  I am the worlds greatest procrastinator (and skeptic), so naturally it took me about 4 months to finally check out the site.  After checking out the videos of the sellmorebeats series, I had to write up a review…

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The Top 10 “REWIND!” Moments In Hip Hop Sample History!

There are times when you are listening to some old music & you just get hit. You get hit with a musical moment, that is so great, you go back and listen to it over and over again (or sample it, then listen to it ever and over again).  We will call this a REWIND moment.  I tried to remember the first time I heard all of these tracks & rank them from #10 to #1.   These are the Top 10 “REWIND!” moments in Hip Hop sample history, according to ME…

If you agree, disagree, or think I am missing something (I’m almost sure I am) state your case in the comments below!

PS A quick shout out to all my people coming over from abcdrduson.com & theindustrycosign.com!

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