“Forgot About Dre” on Piano (with notes)
How to play Forgot About Dre by Dr. Dre and Eminem on piano tutorial with piano sheet music notes and piano roll notation.
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Archive for August, 2007
11 Quick Ways to Experiment in Music Production Online
Are you interested in hip hop beat production, but don’t know where to start? Here are 11 Quick and easy ways to try out and experiment with hip hop music production online. No downloads necessary!
How to Play “Still Dre” on Piano (with notes)
Learn how to play Still Dre by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg in this tutorial. It includes the piano sheet music and piano roll notation that shows you the notes.
20 Minute Guide to Recording Vocals Over A Track
Beginner tutorial on recording vocals over a beat on your computer using Audacity (free). Great if you’ve written lyrics you want to spit over a beat, but don’t know where to begin. Covers basic recording, noise reduction, and compression.
Approx. completion time: 20 min, excluding downloading & installation.
Difficulty: 2/10
“Perfect” Itunes Equalizer Setting?
Mac OS X Hints posted this article about the “Perfect” Itunes Equalizer Setting.
Open the equalizer, and from the pop-up menu, select “Make Preset.” Call it “Perfect,” because it is, and set the following levels, from left to right (skip the Preamp section):
db +3, +6, +9, +7, +6, +5, +7, +9, +11, +8 db
10 Resources for Free Sounds
If you’re digging through the web for free sounds, here’s a list of 10 sites that will keep you busy. Most are music focused, and some are more general huge databases of sound effects with music sections. Enjoy!
Free Sound Project - Huge collaborative database of user uploaded Creative Commons licensed sounds. They emphasize sounds only […]
How to Make Simple Hip Hop Drum Beats in 30 min
For people interested in hip hop beat production, but don’t know where to begin, this 30 min tutorial shows you how to chop up sounds and create a simple drum beat.
Approx. completion time: 30 min, excluding downloading & installation.
Difficulty: 2/10
It’s A Good Time to Be A Hip Hop Producer
A recent Forbes article Hip Hop Cash Kings lists the top 20 earners in hip hop. The expected main stream stars like Jay-Z and 50 cent topped the list with $34 and $32 million respectively, but eight producers are holding it down in the top 20.
#4 Timbaland $21 million
#5 Dr. Dre $20 million
#8 […]
