Many people ask how do I find the tempo of a song? Why is this answer so sought-after? Well, the main reason is - remixing. If you have a beat you want to put an acapella on, you’ll want to know the tempo (BPM) of the original song so you can match the beat to it. It’s also useful to know the original tempo of a sample so that you don’t stray too far from it when time stretching. There are many, many methods of finding the BPM of a song. I’ve listed five popular ones.
Archive for June, 2007
Here are the production credits for T.I’s next CD “T.I vs. T.I.P” due out in July. I can’t verify how accurate these are; they’re from Wikipedia. First impressions of the list are: No Toomp? Hmm. Wyclef Jean? I didn’t know he still did shit. Just Blaze - good. Mannie Fresh - He’s been out for a while, but he’s always been good at what he does. Eminem? Well.. let’s hope it doesn’t sound like the rest of them. Anyways, continue reading to get the list.
24
Jun
New Layout
Yeah, you’re not going crazy (well, I can’t tell you that, but not about this at least) - The Producer’s Den has changed its look. Not to worry, everything is still here. Search on the right if you can’t find anything, browse around, enjoy yourself.
16
Jun
Nitti Interview: …?
“…they should make a law to ban sampling as then all the real producers would come out”
Yep. That’s a real gem Young Joc’s old producer Nitti dropped in an interview with Hip Hop DX the other day.
HHDX: Why do you choose not to sample that much? Is it a personal choice?
Nitti: Because it takes up too much time and to me sampling is not original. I don’t get impressed by no producer that samples a lot. To me you are taking something that was already a master recording and you are using someone else’s ideas from scratch. To me being a producer is coming up with something from scratch. Don’t sample nobody’s melodies, make your own. I get in there and make my beats from scratch all the way. I don’t get impressed by sampling Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, that is A, B, C shit to me.HHDX: When you say time I assume you mean for clearance?
Nitti: Yeah that takes both time and money. You know if you sample a record and Earth, Wind and Fire are sampled, they are probably going to look for 75% of that record and they actually deserve 100% as it is their record, as it is their song behind it. You took something that belonged to them that sounded good before you started recording it. I think they should make a law to ban sampling as then all the real producers would come out and until then all the producers that sample, I will respect them but they do not impress me as they are doing nothing new.
Who’s Nitti to say something like this? This is going to create quite the backlash, or at least it should. Does he not know where hip hop came from? Last I heard, it didn’t come from repetitive synths. But hey, every man’s entitled to his opinion.
16
Jun
Kanye West - New Songs
First off: Stronger.
I don’t know why I didn’t post this earlier, because I’ve been listening to this hard for the past little while, but this is off of Kanye’s new CD Graduation scheduled for release in August. It samples Daft Punk and is one of the most creative beats I’ve heard in a long time. Now when I say creative, I don’t just mean creative; I mean creative AND sick as fuck. It may not be for everyone, but it sure is for me. Haha.
And while we’re on the topic of Kanye’s new album, his collaboration with John Mayer Bittersweet was leaked a while ago. Quality track. Listen.
Make sure if you like an artist to buy the album. The Producer’s Den does not condone album downloading.
As one of artistic talent the manager is THE center of your professional world. A good manager can expand your career by being the PUBLIC face for you (new producers/artist), they encompass many responsibilities of people that you could hire yourself to handle, but it is easier on the new talent to have a jack of all trades-master of none, well….but one. The gift of gab. As a good manager knows how to sell his/her client. That’s right! The manager’s job is to sell the client. He does that with these responsibilities:
Now before we get in depth, lets get a general understanding. There are 3 different kinds of production deals an artist and producer can partner up on. They are the following: The Mini-Record Deal, Joint Venture, and Work-For-Hire. But, before this idea is even entertained the artist MUST NOT be signed to a distributing label. But this is a VERY IMPORTANT issue among artists that are going the independent route. As you will understand later.
Continue reading ‘The Artist & Producer Production Deals’
Need ideas on how to spread the news that you are ready to hit the music scene? Don’t know where to start your music marketing and promotional efforts? Some tips presented here are tried, true and some are new, to get the word out on your music and you.
