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You don’t have to be a musician, a DJ, or even smart to make an official sounding remix! Jamglue is a free online remix maker that allows you to layer up tracks of whatever you want, including stuff from the vast online library of sounds, beats, and acapellas that they supply. It’s basically like Garage Band (that comes on all Mac computers) for remixing. So everyone who spent lots of time learning how to chop samples, operate MPCs and Reason, and engineer their beats to perfection can now throw all your equipment in the trash because some little kid who doesn’t know shit about music is gonna make a better song than you and probably get signed to a label for mixing and matching tracks on Jamglue. Congratulation society! You’ve successfully ruined another art form and made it possible for every asshole to be a remix DJ. You can try it out for yourself HERE.
Oh, and if you’re interested, Jamglue is having a Kidz In The Hall “Drivin Down The Block” remix contest, but remember you’re probably gonna be up against a 12 year old girl who’s really good at Guitar Hero that will wipe her ass with your beat and send you home crying. If you’re a real producer, you can enter our remix contest where we accept actual beats made by actual producers.
The votes are in, Muggs, Jacken and Cynic have decided on the winner and the 2 runners up. Congratulations to Alcazar for his beat, it was a landslide victory and everyone voted him for first place. He will receive a Mackie D2 mixer, a Soul Assassins sticker pack, a Pain Language shirt, and an autographed Soul Assassins shirt (Alcazar, we will contact you for your sizes and shipping info). The official top 3 are as follows:
1) Alcazar
2) Sudwerk
3) Jizza Pro
Thanks to everyone who entered, we had a lot of real dope submissions and just because you didn’t win doesn’t mean your beat was wack. We will be starting the next remix contest real soon so stay posted for another shot at the title!
Word on the street is that the Kweli documentary is being edited now and should be coming soon. Footage ranges from 1999 to present. There are a gang of cameos in the trailer, I’m sure more on the album
One Day As A Lion is a 2 man group consisting of Zack De La Rocha and Jon Theodore. This EP is the first music they have released together.
The name is taken from the infamous 1970 black and white photo, captured by legendary chicano photographer George Rodrigue at an unspecified location in Boyle Heights. It read ” It’s better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand years as a lamb” this records is a stripped down sentiment to realize this sentiment in sound.
The CD is available for purchase anywhere music is available, for the price of $7.99. Go out and support good music. Also, they are releasing copies on 180gram vinyl, it isn’t available yet. They are taking preorders on their site www.onedayaslions.org.
Murs and 9th Wonder have releases their “Sweet Lord” album for free download. Here it is, enjoy it, spread the word. I’m listening right now and I gotta say I’m really liking it so far.
The folks over at Hobnox have created Audiotool, which is an online drum sequencing station complete with multiple classic drum machines such as the Roland TR-808, TR-909, TB-303, as well as interchangeable effects pedals and a master mixer. Although these drum machines were used to create house and techno music in the 80s, they were also the staples of Hip-Hop and still used today, especially since the return of 808, bass driven, classic beats from the 80s (which incidentally is what my new mixtape “Open Up The Trunk” is based on…coming soon!). I have no idea how to work this flash based drum sequencer, but they do provide a video tutorial which I haven’t watched yet. It looks pretty cool and maybe some of you beatmakers out there can figure out how to work it and put it to good use. Enjoy.
