Producers and engineers in the Northeast United States will want to consider attending the Art of Record Production Conference taking place on November 14-16th, 2008 in Lowell, MA.

In addition to panels including such topics as The Studio As Musical Instrument, Recording Practice And Performance, The Empowered Artist, and Production And The Listener, the conference will feature  Critical Listening and Unraveling The Mix sessions for the purpose of discussing and demonstrating advanced recording, processing, and production strategies.

"The ARP is the only professional society organized with the unique motivation of understanding and advancing the art that comes from the production of music recordings."

Registration Fee: $250 or $150 for students.

Visit the conference website for more info.

World Famous Wake Up Show’s DJ Revolution takes us inside his home studio for a tour of the bedroom vocal booth, stacks of wax, mixer collection, and production setup.

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Sinista Makes Beat w/ Miko Live At Ozone Awards

Black Milk is another producer that we wholehearted support around here.  Luckily he just announced via MySpace the tracklist for his latest album Tronic along with the October 28th release date on Fat Beats.

Tronic Tracklist:
1. Long Story Short ft. Dwele
2. Bounce
3. Give the Drummer Sum
4. Without U ft. Colin Munroe
5. Hold it Down
6. Losen Out ft. Royce 5′9
7. Hell Yeah
8. Repin for U ft. AB
9. Overdose
10. The Matrix ft. Pharoahe Monch, Sean Price, Dj Premiere
11. Try
12. Tronic Summer
13. Bond 4 Life (Music) ft. Melanie Rutherford
14. Elec (Outro)

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Rhymehouse drops one on us as Damu the Fudgemunk  talks about the his minimalist equipment setup, digging for records, and thoughts about producers using the latest technology and DAW’s.  He also talks about the surprising lack of response received from his beat CD’s and his exposure gained from YouTube.

Comment that made jealous beyond belief: "Yard sales where I found S.O.UL. for $1"

Good news (or bad) for vinyl heads… apparently the general public is finally catching up to what we’ve known all along.

A two part interview with Harlem producer Dame Grease running down his resume, track placements, and ability to stay relevant in a quickly changing industry.  He also makes a point of declaring that he plays all his own instruments and does not utilize ghost producers or "apprentices".

Nuggets of the interview: Q-Tip robbed Cypha Sounds for his digital reggae collection, talks about his feelings about A Tribe Called Quest, and acknowledges that he receives royalty checks for the Lil Wayne "A Milli" sample.

Check the interview snatched from Don’t Get Gassed.

"Ether" producer, Ron Browz takes us along during his day to day producer activities including studio recording, meeting with Aftermath A&R Riggs Morales, and dropping off beats to G-Unit.

On September 12, 2008 German musician Johannes Kreidler  will perform a 33 second long musical composition containing samples of 70,200 other creative works.  This is obviously a  political rather than artistic statement, but he makes some very good points that require serious consideration.  In preparation for the performance, here he attempts to register his song with GEMA, the German authors’ society for works of music.