Category Archives: Music Production/Studio Recording

Chronicles of Mix – 06 Oct 12 ::: Drums anyone?

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Fresh

Greetings. It’s been quite some time since I’ve posted from my blog. With all the social networking sites in full bloom, it seems that blogging is passe now (at least the behemoths like Facebook around). In any event, I’d like … Continue reading →

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Sample library elements – A creative approach in production

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Fresh

Greetings producers, sound designers, “beatmakers”, musicians. Hope your day is going well. Last night I took some time to again categorize samples from sample CDs I get from the magazines Future Music and Computer Music. Some of you have read … Continue reading →

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Chronicles of A Remix – Vol.2: Stop It Now/Karlina Veras – Pt.1

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Fresh

Greetings Crew… Back with another edition in the series entitled “Chronicles of A Remix”. In this edition, I’ll bring you in on a song I’m producing for Santo Domingo born, London-based vocalist, Karlina Veras. Karlina and I connected via Twitter … Continue reading →

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Future Music – In Studio With | Dennis Ferrer

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Fresh

Greetings crew… Hope all is well with you. Over the weekendI picked up the April 2011 edition of Future Music , my favorite magazine on music production technology. In this edition, there’s an article on Dennis Ferrer, a long time … Continue reading →

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Chronicles of a Remix: I’m Walkin’/Mary Mary – Day 8 (The Sendoff)

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Fresh

Sup crew… I just finished the final base arrangement of the mix. Added a little track automation to the acappella track, as well as a jazzy guitar riff towards the end. I tend to like using a nice combination of … Continue reading →

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Mint Condition – “7”: A review and sample flip

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Fresh

‘Sup crew… Being the BIG MC fan that I am, I picked up “7” the day it dropped. I got it at Best Buy for the five bonus tracks all though REAL MC fans know that there are only 4 … Continue reading →

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Chronicles of a Remix: I’m Walkin’/Mary Mary – Day 1

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Fresh

Hey… Day 1. About to get started on this remix. I always begin my gathering all the audio stems for the foundation. As said in the audio clip above, that usually is at least the vocal accapellas and the instrumental, … Continue reading →

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Chronicles of a Remix: The Intro.

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Fresh

Greetings readers… Hope all is well. The audio clip in this post much summarizes what this series is about, however, for those of you who can not listen to the audio, here we go. This series is created out of … Continue reading →

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Early morning in The Lab: MPC 1000 Chilled Flow #1

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Fresh

Gettin back up to speed on the MPC. I have a small side project in mind for this year. peace, ::: Fresh :::

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Product Review – Roland Super JV-1080

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Fresh

Yep, you read right. Roland Super JV-1080, from 1994. I just got it last week and love it. Why, you ask? (I thought you would). Ok, I, like many, started out using outboard gear (keyboard and rack mounted synths) to … Continue reading →

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