Month: January 2012

Brandon Flowers Explains Vocal Recording

January 25, 2012
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Brandon Flowers, the lead singer of The Killers, talks about the mic choices and other aspects of the vocal recording on his solo CD, Flamingo, which he recorded with the help of producers Brendan O’Brien, Daniel Lanois, and Stuart Price  

Mannie Fresh On How He Makes Music

January 25, 2012
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Mannie Fresh’s father, a local DJ,  let Mannie help him move equipment when he was thirteen and he’d let accompany him to hole in the wall clubs. The reaction from women and the energy from the crowd made Mannie want to DJ.

Learn How To Get Your Music Into Films And Movies

January 25, 2012
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Joel C. High, a music supervisor based in Los Angeles, CA, discusses with an audience at Loyola University, New Orleans the various ways that music supervisors use songs and music in the films they work on — for example, how a hit song is used versus how a song written on a work-for-hire basis by…

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Uk Producer/Artist Labrinth Creating In The Studio…….

January 25, 2012
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We catch up with hit maker Labrinth as he prepares for the release of “Earthquake” featuring Tinie Tempah.

Ne-Yo Leaves Def Jam to Become Motown’s Senior VP of A&R

January 25, 2012
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R&B’s Ne-Yo is soon to try his hand behind the desk at Motown Records. It was announced yesterday (January 25) by Barry Weiss, Chairman & CEO of Universal Republic and Island Def Jam Motown, and Ethiopia Habtemariam, Senior Vice President of Motown Records, that Ne-Yo will become Senior Vice President of A&R for the historic label.

Tricky Stewart producing “Circle the Drain” by Katy Perry

January 25, 2012
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Top producer Tricky Stewart is known for his work with The Dream and divas Beyonce and Mariah Carey. In this video he is producing the song ‘Circle The Drain’ by Katy Perry. Learn from the master!

Dev – Getting Started (2 Part Interview)

January 25, 2012
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Singer/songwriter Dev came out of nowhere with her single ‘Like A G6’. The music production team The Cataracs were the first ones to find her. Watch as she explains in her own words how the process evolved.

Logic Studio Tutorial (6 videos)

January 25, 2012
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Getting to know how logic works is the first step to becoming a great engineer and producer. Here are some basic tips and tricks to using this program. Master these and you will be ready to move onto bigger and better things.

Jay Quartrini On Record Deals

January 24, 2012
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Jay Quatrini, a partner at Davenport Lyons in New York City, talks about record deals and how they are made. He starts off with the many options an agreement can have that gives the record company the ability to have an artist signed as long as possible. Jay also discusses the differences of record contracts…

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Boi-1da Talks About How He Got Started in Beatmaking

January 24, 2012
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Rachel David sits down with Grammy-winning producer (and good friend of mine), Boi-1da to talk about how he got started in beatmaking to his relationship with Drake when it comes to music.