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Hey Hey Hey! Happy New Year to you again. I am amped, up,and ready to roll. I had so much fun last night…The Ravens are playing soon…and I am so geared to be on point this year that it’s not even funny ….

I grabbed a cup of coffee, started responding to text and giving my Fb peeps the 1st 2012 hello…..I came across an interview featuring Araab Muzik.

picture from www.akaipro.com

Araab Muzik...*note:sporting a Bmore O's hat **

What a way to start the year with some music motivation! I think Araab Muzik has to be the best on the Mpc; for real! Check out this interview, if you are like me, it will make you want to bang out a few beats before watching football today …

Shouts out to Ancient Soundz Productions for a great find and helping me kick off my year focusing on music!

Happy Beat Making To All!~
Pz Til Later…

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Good Morning all… woo weee Spring is totally in the air today. I’m inside mixing beats and later heading out to ProffittProductions new studio with HBO’s “Spider” aka Ammo from The Wire. Busy day which is great …

Y’all know I luvzzz some Araab Muzik!!

…This performance is craaazy! He’s at it again….this time in a battle verses 8th Wundah

Araab Muzik vs 8th Wundah hosted by Math Hoffa Part 1

Araab Muzik vs 8th Wundah hosted by Math Hoffa part 2

I think 8th Wundah has skillz, but this was a one sided battle from the jump….took guts to get in there against the Mpc beast…

I want to see him live..AraabMuzik go on tour! lol…

Happy Beat Making To All!
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Monday morn..up and at em all! I started chopping some samples already. I’ll probably be working with Maschine, and the Mpc 2500 all day. Working on a sole produced project, and have another lined up right after yaaay !

You all know I love hitting up youtube before I get to work …. Here is a nice Mpc 5000 video posted by www.hiphoptools.com youtube channel
Akai MPC 5000 HipHopTools.com

Love it! …Pretty much sums up how a lot of producers feel about the art of sampling ..

Happy Beat Making To All!
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What’s poppin’ readers? A slow start but I’m up at at em… got the equipment on, and a nice sample ready to chop…

image from J Dymond$ on myspace
Hundreds of athletes get motivated and pumped up before they make an entrance to the field, arena, or court. You’ve seen them in their huddles, or coming into the ring doing all kinds of little rituals. Have you ever noticed how many of the routines are done to music?

I often do the same thing when I’m starting a beat. Yesterday I sat down to make a track with a dirty south feel, and winded up doing a smooth R&B composition. I had every intention on making some rolling snares and boomy 808 drums. When I started the beat at the end of a long day, I just wasn’t in a “mind state” for a hard core hip hop session.

Although I’m prepared now, this morning I felt like cleaning instead of working. I’m sure many of you go through times when you just don’t feel like it. This is when you have get yourself motivated like the athletes. When I need to get in a certain mood, I listen to songs or watch videos that give certain emotional spark. Since I haven’t been doing many hard hitting sample beats this month, I went straight to a few Mpc videos on youtube.

Dipset producer Araab Muzik ( MoneyHungryRadio.com)
This was posted by moneyhungryradio.com about a year ago. It’s the initial video that got Araab his internet buzz. Today was my first time watching, and he’s definitely an mpc power user…

After watching this I am totally in the mood to do some chopping, and I’m now a fan of Araab …
Araab Interview

I know, I know …Dude is sick with the mpc right?…..

Happy Beat Making To All
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Good morning artist.. Hope your week is beat filled!

I’m getting straight to work on something today. I have no idea what type of beat I want to make. Just one of those days where I’ll go with the flow, and step out side the musical box I guess.

On days like this, I’ll usually turn on the hardware and open either Reason or Fl Studio. Everything is ready to go with some drums loaded.

Sometimes I’ll start with a few break beats, or find a hot sample to flip. Other times I just start playing some chords, and build from there.

I may get my inspiration from reading music books and tutorials. Then there the days when a few cool videos just spark up the beat making flames…

Egadz -What We Are Destined To Do- Giant MPCs by http://www.youtube.com/kidwithoutradio

Music Made With Buttons!! Mpc Beat Machine

Wasn’t that great? Now I am off to the mpc… fueled and Super Charged!

Happy Beat Making To All
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Hey all, how are you? I have the Mpc fired up, about to make a beat for a new artist that I will feature here very soon. Hopefully he’ll record at my studio so I can capture the footage.

I’ve had my Mpc for about 2 yrs now. I must confess I don’t use it often enough. First it was the learning curve. Once I learned how to use it, I still thought I could use software more efficiently.

I sat down last week and made a beat on the Mpc2500 really quick. So I guess the final ice has been broken.

It is time for me to learn this piece of equipment like I know software. I am starting by changing the time signatures. I imagine this will help me get precise chops when recording in real time. Today I am fiddling around with an 8/4 time signature building the beat in 4 bar measures.

Q.First of all, what are time signatures? A.Time signatures are the amount of beats in a measure. Quite simple right? I know not so easy at first for me either lol…Well here is a video that explains time signatures clearly…

Before I begin my beat making, I need to know how to change the time signature. I couldn’t find many videos on this for the Mpc2500. I did find one for the 4000.
Expert Village:How to Use the Akai MPC 4000 : Time Signature on the Akai MPC 4000

This is explained on the 4000, but I am pretty sure all mpcs have the same function.
“On the Mpc2500 scroll to the “Tsig 4/4″ , highlight the “4/4″ part and select Window to open the editing screen…”

I’ll let you know the how the 8/4 turns out. Mpc users what time signatures do you use? and what time signature settings do you think work best for hiphop? Hit me up with some comments below, I’d really like to get some feedback..

Happy Beat Making To All
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My mpc is Black.. I have seen so many mods over the past year. I’m thinking about doing something to mine. Not soon…just a thought..

This is a skin that will be available from

www.MpcStuff.com

Here are a few videos if you are bold enough to do your own changes:

Needlewerk blue LCD screen MPC1000 modification tutorial

Faceplate Skin Install MPC2000XL MPCStuff.com

Happy Beat Making To All
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