Month: September 2012

Nicki Minaj filming reality TV show

Nicki Minaj is reportedly set to head up her own reality TV show. The rapper has apparently already begun filming the show for the E! channel, according to celebrity blogger Perez Hilton. No details about the show have been released, but Hilton says the programme will be “a place to show off all of her wonderful alter-egos…


Swizz Beatz Named Global Ambassador of New York City Health and Hospitals

The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) and The Fund for HHC have formally appointed iconic music producer Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean as the Global Ambassador for HHC. An internationally recognized and award-winning musical and visual artist, Mr. Dean will help build awareness and philanthropic support for HHC and its programs. “As an…


Lupe Explains Album Cover To Ashanti


2 Chainz B.O.A.T.S. Tour Vlog Ep. 4

 


RealTalkNY Interviews Director Aristotle

Aristotle is the face behind some of your favorite music videos. A graduate of St. John’s University, his company By Any Means has directed flicks for the likes of Fabolous, Nas and Young Jeezy to name a few. Nigel D’s hub caught up with Bronx native to discuss his transition into the game and brand expansion. The…


G.O.O.D. Music’s ‘Cruel Summer’ Debuts at Number 2

Now that G.O.O.D. Music‘s compilation album Cruel Summer has been available for seven days, the album’s first week sales numbers are officially in and Kanye West’s project managed to land in at the No. 2 spot, selling around 216k albums. Falling behind Pink’s The Truth About Love, which moved 281k units last week, Cruel Summer compared other notable hip hop compilation albums’ first week sales…


Check Out Skylar Grey’s – Building A Monster from Tim Burton’s Movie Frankenweenie In Theaters Oct 5th Produced by Me


Into The Lair #36 – Techniques for Mixing Synthesizers

Mixing engineer Dave Pensado shows you some recent techniques he used while mixing synthesizers in a track.


Maschine 1.8 Update – Software overview and first look

Native Instruments Maschine 1.8 is out, go download it. This is a quick video showing some of the new features, new tutorials available directly on the Maschine Tutorials channels. New timestretch, pitchshift, play cursor, save kits with samples, new hardware shortcuts, autowrite pinning, and various other fixes


This Is Pro Tools. This Is Pro Tools on 1 Gigabit Broadband Internet

Last month, Google announced Google Fiber, which features download and upload speeds of 1 gigabit per second. That’s 100 times faster than the average broadband connection today, and the beginning of a completely new environment for musical creativity and innovation. Consider this: with 1 Gbit Fiber speed, one could download an HD movie in a…