5th Degree Music

Behind the Beat with THX (by THX THX)

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:57:01 -0400

Behind the Beat with THX (by THX THX)

Religiously Recorded: Why The Studio Is Still Relevant - MTT - Music Think Tank

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 16:09:22 -0400

Religiously Recorded: Why The Studio Is Still Relevant - MTT - Music Think Tank

hiphoplaboratory: Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city (The...

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:00:59 -0400

hiphoplaboratory:

Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city (The Theorist Medley) (by EDxHENDY)

Money Trees was my favorite one he did.

TheFactsRemain.com Presents “U.O.E.N.O” With...

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:41:02 -0400

TheFactsRemain.com Presents “U.O.E.N.O” With HPG’s Childish Major (by TheFactsRemain)

Video

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:19:07 -0400

Problem & Jahlil Beats - Fastest Record To Radio (by...

Wed, 08 May 2013 13:21:30 -0400

Problem & Jahlil Beats - Fastest Record To Radio (by OfficialLRG)

Marley Marl ‘Classic Recipes’ - Recreating Biz...

Mon, 06 May 2013 13:32:03 -0400

Marley Marl ‘Classic Recipes’ - Recreating Biz Markie ‘Make The Music With Your Mouth, Biz’ (by DubSpot)

Studio Life: Chuck Inglish and Curtis of Two9 Hit The Studio....

Thu, 02 May 2013 14:52:18 -0400

Studio Life: Chuck Inglish and Curtis of Two9 Hit The Studio. Talk Producing and Rapping. (by 3LittleDigs)

6 Steps to Take If Your Music Has Been Stolen

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:58:19 -0400

6 Steps to Take If Your Music Has Been Stolen:

There are countless instances of music being stolen. We see it on the ground level quite often, and see it at different levels, from DJs playing mixes in clubs that they didnât make (and leaving the vocal drops in so we know who made it), to renaming a file so a producer is taking complete credit for something they didnât make at all. Getting caught doing these things can ruin your career. Some of us come from sample-based culture, and know that there is this grey line. There are two major differences between now and 20 years ago: Clearing samples is actually much more difficult, and there are so many people making music that thereâs no way to chase down every song that is using samples. Artists seem to think that giving away records for free somehow frees them of copyright infringement; SoundCloud wouldnât be flagging you for your Rihanna remix if you were in compliance. Yet when you sell a record, whether it be to a rapper or on iTunes or for a commercial, you are responsible for getting that sample cleared. This goes below the radar more often than you would think. There are probably tens of thousands of songs with uncleared samples being sold on iTunes. If the release doesnât chart or get a mass of plays, you probably wonât have people come knocking on your door, but when widely-known producers sample lesser-known work, and sell that work, they create a huge mess. Baauer and will.i.am are two producers that had the spotlight on them recently, and DAD figured we’d speak to a lawyer (Justin Chapman from The Law Office of T. Justin Chapman, LLC) in an effort to help those out there that have their work stolen and sold.

timothydelaghetto: Maaan what a quote

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:41:33 -0400

timothydelaghetto:

Maaan what a quote

Jazzy Jeff Studio Tour (Scion AV MMC 2012) (by SCIONAV)

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:55:35 -0400

Jazzy Jeff Studio Tour (Scion AV MMC 2012) (by SCIONAV)

The Producer's First Meeting

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:53:31 -0400

The Producer's First Meeting

The Buchanans Decode “What More Can I Say” From JAY...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:44:45 -0400

The Buchanans Decode “What More Can I Say” From JAY Z’s “The Black Album” - DECODED (by jayz)

Jukebox talks producing Swizz Beatz’s Everyday Birthday |...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:05:13 -0400

Jukebox talks producing Swizz Beatz’s Everyday Birthday | Behind the Beat (by tvdjcity)

Download and enjoy a free copy of “LAdera Vibes” by...

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:29:00 -0400

Download and enjoy a free copy of “LAdera Vibes” by producer Mar-Tamius

The Making: Hit-Boy Breaks Down His Production For...

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:50:51 -0400

The Making: Hit-Boy Breaks Down His Production For Beyonce’s “Bow Down” Record (by HipHopTotalAccess)

J Dilla’s Vinyl Collection - Crate Diggers (by fuse)

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:51:35 -0400

J Dilla’s Vinyl Collection - Crate Diggers (by fuse)

"The difference between classic music and the music of today is certainly in the skill level. In the..."

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:06:33 -0400

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The difference between classic music and the music of today is certainly in the skill level. In the days of dynamic music you couldn’t just go in the studio (or home) and make the same shit as Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder or Prince! In fact, you STILL cant! It took years of practice (The Beatles) and access to special equipment that required extensive training to use. Real orchestras instead of VSTs, an actual drummer in place of someone else’s actual drumming, and occasionally a person who could legitimately sing! The technology we have now removes all imaginable limits on creativity, but in the name of declining (*not by much) IQ scores and attention spans - an entire generation of musicians and listeners with low standards has been born, making music thats easy to remember (and forget) and extremely easy to create! In the music business we have now suffered from decades of people catering to moneyless non-consumers like children and critics, and an entire community of creatives and executives scratching their heads and wondering where all the good music went. We collectively saw the money and said fuck this, I’m not learning how to play shit! We got the money/power and gave our friends and relatives jobs! We blew the money and blamed everyone and every thing except for the unqualified man-in-the-mirror and convinced ourselves that we were still the reservation-only restaurant and not a McDonalds kiosk. It killed the business, and out of its body grew the Multi-Million $ Independent Label - from Master P to Macklemore, and a million new expressions of creativity and ways to monetize. The truth is music business, if you haven’t realized the hidden success factor that makes Adele, Taylor Swift, Bruno or Frank resonate - its the FN MUSIC! The SONGS have to be GOOD! Not the same genre, or tempo, or look (*music doesn’t have a look), or even the same appeal to the same demographic - but the same FEELING when you hear it, the one that lasts for fuckin forever. The People get it (look at who’s selling the most these days!) The only music execs and critics should be people who have accomplished something in the field of music that deems them qualified and worthy - and even those people should step down if and when the day comes that they start thinking our success comes more from marketing and research than the actual product itself. It all boils down to the support of the consumer and the corporate vendor (ads) - The money comes from Ads and Sales guys! No one has to buy anything anymore! Any and all sales in this day and age are from the support of someone who cares about the artist - the more effort you put into your product and content, the more engaged your audience will be. The people I’m talking about are largely dumb as fuck and won’t make it to the bottom of this very short essay - but this isn’t for them…its for YOU! Who and whatever you are, you’re a part of this! You are the person that settles for mediocrity or doesn’t - that feels the need to constantly express their unsolicited opinion or spend that time improving yourself - that bragged about the hit song you wrote in 15 minutes or took however long you needed to make the best music you could make. You are a soldier in the war for Dope vs Money - this goes way beyond music, and way into real life - we all need to refocus and we’re all going to have to pick a side as the gap between those who are in pursuit of money, and those who are in the pursuit of dopeness quickly grows from something you trip over to something you fall into.

ps I personally plan to fly over.

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- by James Fauntleroy. (via fauntleroy)

Announcing Reason 7 (by PropellerheadSW)

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:33:25 -0400

Announcing Reason 7 (by PropellerheadSW)

Q-Tip is a Beast (by Moodmusiceuro)

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:24:54 -0500

Q-Tip is a Beast (by Moodmusiceuro)