.......ressurrection of the MPC

ok... the second biggest lie I've told myself was ending the life of my MPC... despite the fucked up screen I decided to bring my MPC back to life... in my post called "the un-orthodox-producer" I went on to say that Im no longer using it since I've been recording via programs... thats the biggest bunch of bullshit ever... me getting rid of my MPC is like a vagabond throwing away a winning lottery ticket... so Im proud to say that my MPC is once more functioning in the Elemental Sound equipment pool... I plan on getting the screen fixed as well as the buttons... last night was some bullshit.. after I posted my last blog I found myself in the middle of sampling some keys until I went to load some keys I chopped back in 2000.. both the shift and f6 button are completely fucked...... oh well, back in the days we found ways to change channels with a pair of pliers (for those who were know about TV's without remote controls- damn right Im old school with it) instead of going crazy I decided to improvise and use a toothpick... creative huh?? anyways, just letting you know that the MPC is back in the midst................ fuck typing Im ready to get started chopping some shit like suey... ya digg

.....pain + music = the best shit I ever made

ok.. ok... I tried fighting with my self about a few things recently.. we all have moments of inner conflict that would lead to drastic changes.. at the moment Im numb to the bullshit that surrounds me in my life.. from time to time I find the urge to just pull the plug on all of this shit Im into, from the music, artwork to the various writings, podcasts, books etc... sometimes I feel too consumed in all that I do to the point that I feel like Im about to fall apart.. sometimes I think this shit aint healthy for me... you'll know what Im talking about if you read my insomniac post............... sleep pattern is still fucked up and it's taking its toll on me and the way Im thinking.. the only thing that kept me sane all along was my pad and pen.. if it wasnt for music I would have been the fucked up individual that I was many moons ago.. now I sit here in a dark room trying to type as the blunt ash fall on my white tee; trying not to think of pain.... bullshit.. those thoughts are outweighing every thought I can muster... aint that some bullshit.. I wake up in a fucked up mood and all I need is time to sort shit out.. sometimes I dont get that time, sometimes I do... PAIN!!! is it pain that I put myself through, I doubt it... for almost 20 years I've kept thoughts and feeling bottled up and I guess thats where the headaches come into play........ these headaches have gotten worse over the years to the point those same headaches turn to music.. as I've always said music is therapy, but now I come to realize that it's now a curse as well as a gift..... each emotion is like a chord, some on beat and some off key... where can I find harmony in the melodies of life? where can I turn when there's nowhere to go???? I wake up in the middle of the night either angry, depressed, afraid, excited or overjoyed... each feeling fucks with my head even the good.... so I break out my rhyme book and let the words flow... sometimes I feel rage when I write, trying not to explode, I continue writing... writing with hopes to ease this pain... that shit aint happening especially when all I am at war with myself and all I want to do is be at peace.... I dont cry anymore... each track on my beats are a tear drop of frustration, joy or pain fallen in order to clear my conscience... only then I realize my mistakes of the past.. so in order to write my wrongs I write a song..... I once told myslef I was going to stop spittin, that was the biggest lie I ever told myself.. as long at there's pain there will be music... when I combine them both I have the best shit I ever made...... until Im at it again....... ya digg

.......point of inspiration

in this day and time a weekend get away is more than a quick vacation.. Every now and then I get up and go no matter of what it is that I feel.... my brain is jumbled and thought become tangled by the minute... so I said fuck it.. no rhyme books, no beats, no ipod..... nothing but time to sort thoughts and ideas....... now when I get home I have a lot of samples to chop up.......ya digg

.......music is therapy

not too may songs these days touches ones soul like the music of the past.... is it the blame of song writers lacking soul or did the music itself lose its soul... listen to your average line-up and tell me what songs touches you.... don't get me wrong everyone has different tastes but when it comes to being force fed soulless music the only thing touched is the wrong chord.. In comparison to music of now creativity is the key to success.. today much of that creativity is used only to build an image, neglecting the real purpose.... good music.... support real music and help breathe soul in a lifeless form of music....... ya digg

.......oh no

one think that fuck with my head is mc's who wanna be mc's but they mc.. everybody can pick up a mic but in the end we realize it's not meant for everybody.... ok kids, it may seem cool to rap and do your thing but do some fuckin homework.... im going to call that type of rapper millenium kids and these millenium kids need to know where this thing called hip hop came from and where it's going.... still there are those who think they go it when they don't... this shit isn't for everybody so if you fit into the category take 10 steps back and wake the fuck up....... ya digg

.......stop spending and start saving

when it comes to recording software and sound files, who actually pays?? not me!!!
I'm not beat to pay prices for software, especially when I can get them for free.... welcome to the information age where everything can be found within a click of a mouse... digg this, certain companies offer free trial downloads or demo versions of their product... 5 out of 10 are suckers and purchase the full programs, spending hundreds to thousands of dollars in total... hell no not me!!! if you surf the net I suggest that you find a site dedicated to serial cracks and registration codes... the odds are you'll find a site containing malware, spyware and more trojans than your average playa, but on the flip side there's actually sites that's safe... I'm not listing them in the blog... can't give out too many secrets....lol
the next best place to find sounds and recording software are blogs, forums and message boards... suprisingly, you'll find hundreds of users who frequent hip-hop, general talk, & porn message boards posting rapidshare links to the newest versions of recording programs currently on the market... again, I'm not sharing links so I advise you to start Cyber Diggin.. here you can access so many sound files as well as recording programs...... so before you decide to drop cash on the latest protools package, read this blog... that money can be spent on the mBox and the rest goes to pocket....... ya digg

.......the un-orthodox producer

every producer has a certain way they go about their pre-production set up. there are those who keep it rather uniform and by the books, as well as ones who keep it totally unorthodox. I am one of those..... peep this.. my home recodring set up is not the best or the worst, but it provides me, by any means, an outlet to bang out whatever the fuck I want to.. alot of yall deal with firewire and connections of the likes but i dont fuck with it right now.. I'll give you a view of what i work with presently.......

majority of the sound I fuck with thru midi comes from E-MU's Planet Phatt, Orbit, Mo'Phatt, & Korg's TR-Rack... I had these for a while and I find myself not using them much other than for weird sounds and different FX.... to me sound modules got played out between 2001-2003. with different recording and mixing programs on the rise, I slowly gravitated towoards the recording software... shit doesnt compare to the hardware, but I took everything I knew from the hardware era and applied that to this digital software era.. so right now lets have a moment of silence in rememberance of my MPC... lol

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this thing right here is what i call a "multi-tasking, mutha fucka".... digg, the sounds alone can add any type of style to any basic drum pattern.. along with hip-hop beats, i can fuck with this keyboard heavy on an R&B track or some experimental shit... the only thing connected via midi are the sound modules & keyboard only...... i play keys accuratly so I end up recodring them into the computer and chop it... I'll explain more about that shit later

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this shit is self explanitory... the thing is, I usuaslly record riffs and basslines into the computer and chop them..... along with the guitars I find many ways to creat sounds.... for instance, empty liquor bottles filled with beans and 2 dimes, or pennies can make a nice rattle sound as well as a shaker.... once recorded into the computer Im good.. all I have to do is tweek each recorded sound.......

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the mixer and 12 channel digital recorder arent really used for its original purpose... digg this, every sound is recorded by analogue.... the channels on the mixer are assigned fot the sound moduals, bass & electric guitars, drum machine, mic/pre-amp, and microKorg........... heres the tricky part.. the mixers output is connected directly into the computers line-in and the computers line-out goes to the digital recorder which is connected to the cd burner.. all sounds are recorded directly into the computer using Cool Edit Pro 2.0... I've learded to turn Cool Edit into my own sampler... not only sampling from MP3's, but sampling whatever I decide to play myself... no matter if it's keys, the bass or just beat boxing every tweek made sounds better when originally recorded analogue.......

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no pre-production spot is complete with out a few crates to digg thru... Im a Cyber Digga, but I'll always be a crate digga.. if you dont know what I mean peep the earlier blogs about diggin..... this shit is serious!!!! support vinyl and keep the heaters in the collection

at the end of the day Im satisfied with what I have... at some points Im not, but I know this: it's not what you're fuckin with that counts, but how you fuck with it....... ya digg