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“The Docutape”

Came across this video today.  It profiles 7 producers who unified to create the Docutape soundtrack.  Always good to see up and coming producers putting that work in…  Check out the album on itunes after you check the video… Just picked up a couple tracks myself.

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Watch The Throne Documentary

  Here is a short “Documentary” for Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch The Throne album session they had down in Sydney Australia.  Don’t expect anything too great from a music perspective, this is no Fade To Black.  Best highlight to me is Kanye giving weird gifts to Jay for his birthday and Jay awkwardly pretending he likes them.  Russell Crowe makes and appearance too… which is interesting, considering he has recently latched on to Rza’s upcoming movie The Man With The Iron Fist.  I guess he hangs out with every rapper who comes to Australia?


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BABP TV Wants YOUR Videos!

We have officially introduced a “Reader Submitted” section to BABPTV.  If you want to get some extra views and some extra shine for whatever you are doing, this will be a good look.  If you have any new or old beat making, in studio & tutorial videos (or anything else that may be useful & interesting to other producers/beatmakers), we will post them up on BABPTV.   There are a few things to consider before you send the videos over….

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New Video Section! 300 videos and counting…!

If you haven’t noticed (some of you have), we have been working hard behind the scenes on our new video section.  We recently hit the glorious 300 video mark, so we decided it’s time launch it officially!

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Kanye West 2002 Studio Footage…

Came across these Kanye West & Rhymefest videos today.  Pretty interesting to see a pre 24/7 barber on call & pre Hollywood Kanye in his old New Jersey  studio.  Some demo tracks are played including a slightly different early version of Jesus Walks.  Also includes a quick run through of Ye’s dvd collection.

PS @Channelzerotv… There are other less annoying ways to stop people from stealing your videos without giving you credit…

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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, …

Favorite Posts

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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