Very sick. Not all the time you get to see three producers of this calibre in the same place, especially all being interviewed.
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04
Jul
Where to Sell Your Music
A lot of people wonder “How can I sell my beats?” They have a lot of good music, but not enough of a network to sell all of their tracks to, so they hit a standstill. I’m a firm believer in selling yourself. I think that if you really want to make money, take the time to market and promote yourself in the best way possible. Unfortunately, not everybody who has beat making talent has marketing talent. However, I’m also a firm believer in getting your product out to as many people as possible. That is where these sites come in.
Dj Premier has been a pioneer in hip hop since 1989, chopping up samples and constantly reminding listeners of what real hip hop is supposed to sound like. So when he takes somebody under his wing and co-signs them, I’m prepared to listened. On September 12th, 2007 NYG’s Welcome to G-Dom will drop featuring 7 DJ Premier beats, and with guest appearances from artists such as M.O.P and Guru. I don’t know about you, but I hope that NYG can bring it, as I’ve been waiting for some more DJ Premier beats for a long time now. If they prove that their hype is worth it, then maybe an up-to-date Gangstarr can emerge. “Finally, our soundtrack for the movie you call life” - Panchi of N.Y.G
Read more for the tracklisting and production credits.
Continue reading ‘Dj Premier’s Year Round Records Presents: NYG - Welcome to G-Dom’
01
Jul
Album Credits
Found this site.. that you may or may not have heard of that contains album credits for lots and lots and lots of albums. What are album credits? Album credits tell you who produced a track, who they sampled, etc. etc. Why is this important? Well it’s not, but curiosity gets the best of us sometimes and that’s when finding out this information is good. Check the site out here.
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.
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:
