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Podcast Choices

jim132 — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:45:38 +0000

I am an aspiring hip-hop/r&b music producer, but here in State College, we do not have any hip-hop/r&b stations. So, I have decided to subscribe to All Hip-Hop Review, HoodHype Hip-Hop Talk and Underground Music, and IndieFeed: Hip Hop Music podcasts to keep up the new music that is coming out. After all, one should know about what is currently going on in their field.

I listened to an episode of All Hip-Hop Review; in that episode I learned that Jadakiss, a very popular rapper from the Ruff Ryders label, is now has a joint contract with Ruff Ryders and Roc-a-fella Records. This is big news in the world of hip-hop, since Roc-a-fella is the prized company of Jay-Z, arguably one of the best rappers ever, and Jadakiss’s talent is respected around the rap community. He would give The Roc a huge popularity boost and anyone who loves hip-hop will have high expectations for the music released by Roc-a-fella, since they will be stacked with some of the most notable artists in hip-hop like Jay-Z, Kanye West, and now Jadakiss.

1.16 hmwrk (1st audio cleanup)

jim132 — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:34:29 +0000

I’ve taken random clips from my walk around campus. One is part of a conversation that I had with a friend that was passing by, and the other is of me tapping the container that our mtss ipods were kept in. Here’s how the audio sounds before and after i tried cleaning up the background noise by using noise reduction and taking out some of the treble with the equalizer in Soundtrack Pro.

1st Post

jim132 — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:00:01 +0000

My name is Javan Mason, and I am a senior in the Integrative Arts Program, focusing on music technology and audio engineering. I am taking this course in order to learn more about music production and video production. This will be very helpful for a future in music production; my goal is to have the skills to be a professional music producer when I graduate.

I honestly do not have favorite artists, but I do have favorite musicians who are music producers: Kanye West, Just Blaze, Swizz Beats, Alycia Keys, and Cool & Dre. My favorite websites are google (I find everything I need from searching there), nba.com (I am a basketball fanatic), youtube, flstudio.com (for music production plugins), and download.com.

Hello world!

jim132 — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:47:54 +0000

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