For you songwriters out there.

Really cool article on Diane Warren, arguably one of the most succesful songwriters ever. Shes written so many smash records its ridiculous. She even touches on the importance of having a publisher and getting started on your own.

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Mix Views: Fabian Marascuillo

Yes another post in the same month by the same mixer, but the guys seems to be everywhere as he should be. Hes putting out some of the best mixes all year. Heres an in depth article about his awesome mix on Low By Flo Rida. It just came out via my online subscription to sound on sound. your welcome.

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Killer

I love vids like this ever since travis started remixing popular rap songs like 2 years ago. this kid is equally ill with his version of the CRS track Us Placers. Check him out and subscribe to his youtube page.

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Marco Polo!

this is still my shit, but why is soulja boy swagga jacking the shit outta gucci mane? Ole i idolize my fav rapper face ass nigga lol.

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Jeezy Talks...

Heres a cool vid I found on The Fader website. Ive heard a couple of joints so far and his album will fuck around and be the best hip hop album this year. Yeah I said it lol!

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I Put On!

finally the video comes out like 2 years later lol, but on the real hottest song out, been waiting on this one for a sec.

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Mix View : Manny Marroquin

Ive been posting more Mixing and recording stuff lately and Ive been getting really good responses. So here's another joint that I uploaded myself from the Waves site. Awesome 5 part series with him breaking down mixing and how hes done some huge mixes like Alicia's "No One" and John Mayer's " I dont trust myself".

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Big Boi Feat Mary J Blige!

Somethings Gotta Give, very dope.

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On A Lighter Note

BEATS BY DR. DRE
Im pretty intrested to hear what these are gonna sound like. I would love to get a pair of headphones that actually show detail and clarity. And are actually honest lol, any way they are gonna go for 350 so save up kids!

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If You Got A Sorry Engineer...

Nate on Engineers

Im really disappointed. As of late some of my peers and clients have expressed their feelings bout the lack of credible engineers here in Atlanta. Maybe things would be different for me if I never interned at such a great studio as Patchwerk and get to see so many dope engineers track and mix everyday. Ive assisted some of the best engineers in the country and Im very thankful for that and to actually be friends with some of the industries best cause that gives me insight and actually in more ways a sense of what its gonna take to get where I want. Theres no excuse for some of the things that fly nowadays. For example and Im not trying to point fingers or diss anyone, but listen to The Carter 3. Awesome songs and pretty much the Savior of Hip Hop this year. Dude has went 2x platinum in a lil under 5 weeks. Amazing. The vocals though from song to song....decent at best. Listen to " You Aint Got Nuthin" Juelz and Waynes vocals are so distorted its crazy. The verses are sick too, but they sound like shit becuase whoever tracked them didnt have the sense to stop and change his settings until he or she got it right. Retracking a vocal due to fidelity is a artists worst nightmare. I would have loved to track those joints, Id be sitting pretty right now with those credits lol. I posted a vi of Danja talking about his engineer and how shes a very valuable part of what he does. The engineer is so critical cause they are the gate keeper, they control how the record is gonna sound and how fast or slow the session is gonna flow. Ive seen an engineer single handily shut a session down from being to slow and just plain out of their league during a vocal session. Kanye said it best, "Go to the studio in fear of being wack". If nothing else will motivate you then that should, I would hate for someone to say I was wack and kept them from being creative. Fuck that, step your game up Atlanta, your making it easier for your competition to take your cleintele. If this was LA or NY you would be out of work and luck. Even if your in a good situation and your happy and content things change with the wind, stay up on current platforms and updates. Read and study. Ask questions and lose the ego, cause if theres anything worse than a dumbass, its a smartass know it all. Get Money.

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