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Here are two trusted places where you can help the country of Haiti:

AMERICAN RED CROSS

www.redcross.org
or
Text “Haiti” to 90999 to donate. 100% of your $10 donation passes thru to @RedCross for Haiti relief. Your cell carrier keeps nothing.

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YELE.ORG

http://www.yele.org
Excerpts from Wyclef’s statement taken from the website:

“Haiti today faced a natural disaster of unprecedented proportion, an earthquake unlike anything the country has ever experienced.

The magnitude 7.0 earthquake – and several very strong aftershocks – struck only 10 miles from Port-au-Prince……

…..Many people have already reached out to see what they can do right now. We are asking those interested to please do one of two things: Either you can use your cell phone to text “Yele” to 501501, which will automatically donate $5 to the Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund (it will be charged to your cell phone bill), or you can click here to DONATE.

Thank you,
Wyclef

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Even 5$ can help make a difference..
Thanks!
Saying Prayers For Haiti
Ms.Tris

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Happy Monday..it is freezing cold here on the east coast…bundle up well, if you are here and need to go outside…

I am about to load up the “BMore” page over the next few months with music sites and happenings from our city. I’ve mentioned a few before. Now that most are at least a year old and well established, it’s time to roll out the Baltimore Music Red Carpet

AllBMOREHIPHOP.COM is home of tons of great Baltimore hip hop and R&B. Established by Architects Recording Studio in 2009, ABHH will load your ipod with some of the hottest HipHop from our city. Since it’s official launch in July 09, ABHH has had 1.8 million hits, 24,000 visitors, and 16,000 mixtapes downloaded

I don’t know any other sites that boast over 100 local artist with mixtapes to download. With recent additions of interviews and music videos, ALLBMOREHIPHOP is paving the way for major internet marketing for years to come.

I have worked with many of the artist showcased, but I am finding new music and hot emcees every week there. What a wonderful idea to introduce Baltimore HipHop to the world!

If you love Hip Hop head on over and download some of Baltimore’s finest, enjoy a few interviews, and discover music from Bmore City! Be sure to sign up for the mailing list to stay updated weekly.

Sending a BIG Thank You the ABHH Family:
Mike McIntosh
Ogun
ShellBe Raw
TALAL
Niige McIntosh
DJ Jabril
You all are doing a marvelous job!

Happy Beat Making To All
Pz Til Later!~

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Talk about a great way to kick things off with the Showcase! I received and email from King The Producer in June. I hit him back, he followed up and WOW! Not only did he send great music, but he sent a wonderful bio along with links and pictures. Since he is the very first, and did such an excellent job. He’ll be featured on the home gallery, as well as showcased!

Kings composed beats and scores have a great range as far as genre.I listened to tracks with a dirty south style to the newer pop-hop type, and even some Jazzy hiphop. I noticed that King implements synths in many of his songs. Listen how he uses sounds which are popular today,yet he has tweaked them to fit his style.
Kings work with the chord progressions stand out especially when he uses brass! Nice melodies, nice percussion use as well…wonderful work King!

King The Producer

Here is the Music Player. You need to installl flash player to show this cool thing!

About King The Producer
photo and bio submitted by: King
Born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. Born with the name; Gilbert Isidro Aispuro. At the age of 15, King The Producer really got into classical music and frequently listened to composers such as Chopin, Bach, Mozart and of course Beethoven. In his freshman year at Carl Hayden High School, he decided to take piano courses for the rest of his school years till he graduated. “At 17, my friend, Rueben Perea, happened to have a Casio keyboard he used to mess with, do drums with and record a little melody. When he heard me play a piece on the piano, he was shocked and told me to record a loop, little after, he showed me how to use the drum kits, little after that, he showed me how to record a song, after that, I was hooked!!! Thanks Rue. I always adored instrumentals and producers like; Rick Rubin, Smokey Robinson, Quincy Jones, DJ Premier, Kanye West, Just Blaze, 9th Wonder, Dr. Dre and all the greats.”
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Hello all…hope music is keeping you busy!

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It’s all about the infamous fruit! Just as we get version 8 down, Image-Line has released Fl Studio 9. WOW! is what I have to say just from looking at the pictures:

I installed it this morning so I haven’t had a chance to really get into all the new features yet.  It looks like an amazing update.  Sure to be the best one yet!

I am already interested in the playlist additions. They have added a “Track View” which will allow you to use the playlist as a sequencer. This means Fl is becoming more and more like Reaper, Sonar, Cubase, and Protools.
New Playlist

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For those who knock Fl Studio I am sure this release will make you a believer!

photo from image-line

There are many tutorials on earlier versions of Fl Studio that will give you a basic idea of how to get started. Version 9 has  a lot of great additions. The following videos will help you understand earlier versions of the program thoroughly. This will make learning version 9 a breeze!

Ste1438 has some of the best tutorials for beginners. They are not short, and he really gets into the technical details. He also has the tutorials available for download for only .99 cents!

Here are Volumes 1 and 2 which explain the very basics. I suggest you watch, go to Ste1438 Youtube Channel, and follow through the rest of the 4 part series when you have time.
FL Studio for Absolute Beginners 01(Downloadable)

FL Studio For Beginners 2:The Piano Roll(downloadable)

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New Users Purchase FL Studio 9 w/ MsTrisMusic 10% Discount

To find out whats new in Fl Studio 9 visit the
Image-Line Whats New Page

I’m going to do a few more post, then it’s straight to beat making in version 9!

Happy Beat Making To All!
Pz Til Later

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Hey All! I’ve been on a mini vacation in AC. Boy was it fun…Now it’s back to much work.

Please remember sometime in the near future I’ll be changing the site design. I am hoping it will go super smooth with little down time.

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I found a link on twitter which introduced me to 11 year old VohnBeatz. He’s the son of producer/emcee S1 of “Strange Fruit Project”.

I have seen some talented young musicians on the net. This is the first time I have heard classic hiphop beats from anyone under 14.

Vohn has already released a few cd’s for artist to download and select beats to purchase. Here is one of his cd covers from VohnBeatz Myspace page, be sure to stop by for more music and videos:

Check out VohnBeatz in action as he explains how he makes hits
Back In the Studio: 11 yr old VohnBeatz ( Reason 4.0)

VohnBeatz/S1 (Showcase) – One Stop Shop Conf 2009

You know I love this! Way to go VohnBeatz keep the beats bangin’!

Happy Beat Making To All
Pz Til Later

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Good morning all! Ready to roll …Hope all has been well with you and the beats are flowing.

Mixing is one of the most important parts of music production. You could have the hottest beat on the planet, if the mix is not great, then the beat will sound crappy.

So many questions come to mind about mixing. Where do you start, how do you know what effects to add etc. There are no set rules to mixing, but there are tips that will help you tremendously through out the process.

I was one who always allowed the engineer to mix. A professional engineer who has studied the area of sound frequencies and mixing, has a trained ear. He or she may notice things in music that the producer or beat maker may not.

A professional engineer will know the frequency range of a kick drum, snare, instruments, and vocals. I’m learning that this is essential to achieve a great mix.

This also reminds me that EQ may be one of the most important plugins to learn. Now that I have advanced into engineering..yaay! I am doing a lot of study on eq and various plugins. We will eventually cover my favorites, but I think this is the best place to start when beginning to mix.

Today I’ll post few videos I found that cover frequency and Eq..

I did a post all about sound frequency here A Look At Sound Frequency. I suggest taking a quick look for review, then watch the videos. Repetition is a great way to commit music techniques to memory.

..now on to the vids…

Home Recording – EQ Tips – HypnoticAudioSecrets by khaliqovision

I love this one! Really explains parametric eq..
EQ – EQ’ing Tutorial byPrimeLoops

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