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Should You EQ Your Samples When Making A Beat?

shold you eq samplesOver the years I’ve seen a lot of people ask the question… “Should you EQ your samples when you are making a beat?”  Surprisingly, I’ve heard people argue on both sides of this.  In reality (for people who actually make beats people like) there is only one correct answer…    If you ever wondered whether or not you should EQ your samples when you make a beat, then read on…

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Dave Chappelle Beat Making Videos?!?!?!

Well, not really beat making videos…  but you have two short videos of the arguably funniest man ever (not Hi Tek) messing around on the MPC in Hi Tek’s Tek Lab studios.  I’d like to know who pulled the Britney Spears record out of  Tek’s crates….

 

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Just Blaze, Dan The Automator & Al P (of MSTRKRFT) Remix The A-Team Theme

Here are a couple vids of Just Blaze, Dan The Automator & Al P (Of MSTRKRFT) working on their remixes for the A-Team theme.  Gotta admit, I’m not really loving any of them.  The Dan The Automator version sounds the tightest to me though (sounds different in the club though).  The Al P one sounds nothing like the A-Team theme haha.  But the A-Team theme is pretty hard to work with. Off topic, I hope this A-Team flick is good. I like the cast a lot.  We will see though…

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Back from vacation… New beat making video coming soon…

Just got back from a little vacation, just checking in to let you know I’m still alive..  While gone, Lloyd Banks did a track over another one of my tracks.  Definitely gonna do another beat making video for this one.  Unlike the last one, it has no samples.  So you will see some completely different beatmaking techniques.  Also going to do a write up on how to take full advantage of mixtape/internet tracks.  Stay tuned….

Lloyd Banks “Return of The Real” (Produced by Jim Bond)

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The Making Of (The Beat): Jim Jones “Bright Lights Big City” produced by Jim Bond PART III

jim_jones_part3In part 3, Jim Bond shows how he created the beat for the Jim Jones track “Bright Lights Big City”. He highlights how he put the finishing touches on the track with extra samples, sounds and the drums.

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How To Find Music Submission Opportunities On Twitter!

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Have you ever wanted to know how to find people to send your music to on Twitter?  Look …

Submit Your Beats To Juelz Santana…

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Here is a nice fresh one for everybody…  Juelz Santana put out another call for beats a couple …

Send your beats to Rick Ross…

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Rick Ross put a call out for beats.  So get your best maybach music together and send him …

Submit beats to Nicki Minaj…

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It seems that the lovely Nicki Minaj is looking for beats.  She has posted up on her twitter …

Send Your Beats To Diggy Simmons…

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Diggy Simmons posted this email on his twitter a while back.  Please no cursing in your beats… http://twitter.com/diggy_simmons/status/10924744274 …

Send Beats To Styles P…

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As any other MC does, Styles P needs beats. He has posted this email numerous times, so I’m …

Submit Music To G-Unit For Free…

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Dre McKenzie, head A&R over at G-Unit records, has put out an official open call to all producers, …

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How To Write A Production Invoice…

I got a good question from a reader named Anthony yesterday.  He wanted to know how to write up an invoice for beat sales.   For those of you that don’t …

The OFFICIAL Rules Of Labeling Mp3′s!

I thought it would be a great idea to iron out a simple format, so whenever you send a track to some A&R, artist, manager, etc, you will make it …

The Pros & Cons Of Tagging Your Music.

The last few weeks I’ve come across a few discussions online about whether or not you should tag your music when shopping it.  So I figured I’d throw in my …

How To Place Beats: Networking to “Bright Lights Big City”

A bunch of people have been asking me how I placed the “Bright Lights Big City” track with Jim Jones. It was pretty easy actually. I Didn’t need a grand scheme or plan (which has worked for me before). I’ll try to make this sound as interesting as possible… but its really not. This is a straight forward example of how real networking pays off.

E-Digging 101… Soulseek Tips & Tricks

Soulseek (A peer to peer file sharing program) may very well be the greatest thing in the world for hip hop samples. Here are some tips for power usage on Soulseek…

How To Place Beats: Small World

“How To Place Beats” aims to give valuable insight into the music industry through the telling of true stories of real beats being placed… Chapter I – Small World Five …

Music “Industry” Horror Stories… “A Percentage Of Nothing”

This is a gmail conversation I had with a fellow producer a while ago.  This is probably the craziest and most blatant industry rip off scheme I have heard of.  …

Track Anatomy – The O’Jays “Ship Ahoy” (Strings & Horns)

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