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About The New Beatmaker

Hi!  I'm Lee.  Welcome to my blog.  Here we talk music: news, reviews, interviews, tips, tutorials and more.  I'm also working on the upcoming podcast  Influenced  as a guest, writer and researcher alongside music aficionado Mark Williams and friends.  Watch this space! I have been a lover of music for as long as I can remember, an amateur lyricist for 25 years, a music writer for 15 years and a hobbyist musician and blogger for almost 10 years. My tastes range from jazz to house to hip hop and I love helping artists from all genres develop their sound. My music, videos, reviews and interviews have been featured in a variety of magazines and websites, including: B-Boy Tech Report Gimme That Beat Humanhuman Audio Skills Dream House Beats Where Did the Road Go Beat Tape Co-Op Push Power Promo Drum Magazine You can find my music on Bandcamp: Monkey Mind Sounds AKA LeeTNB And you can find me on Facebook: The New Beatmaker page Lee's personal page

Hip Hop Drums and Sample Pack Black Friday Deals: Producers Choice

Shout out to  theproducerschoice.com  for their massive Black Friday savings on everything on their site. For one day only, get 35% savings on all sample packs using the code BLACKFRIDAY in the checkout voucher code section. Choose from packs from Ski Beatz, Sean Divine and more, and styles from boom bap, to trap, from strings to RnB hooks and vocal samples.  All with 35% Black Friday Deal Savings To buy, visit  theproducerschoice.com

Mecca:83 'Translations' and Special Clear Vinyl Giveaway

The New Beatmaker favourite Mecca:83 drops a sublime 2-track with his buddies over at Groovement, 'Translations' Translations by Mecca 83 In addition, Mecca83 and Groovement are GIVING AWAY a one-of-a-kind clear vinyl 7 inch of the release.  Want to win it? Just share the Bandcamp link on either Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and tag Mecca:83 in the post. The winner will be picked at random next month. Related Posts: Exclusive Mecca:83 Interview: Future Vintage Mecca:83 'Loosies' Mecca:83, Golden Era Inspired Beatmaker Risin' to the Top Mecca:83 'Sketchbook Pieces' Nine of the Best Beatmakers, featuring Mecca:83, Ackryte, Central Parks and more  solarsoundsystem.bandcamp.com

Malice & Mario Sweet 'Enjoy​:​Like​:​Love': a Hugely Enjoyable Ride through Funk, Rare Groove, Soul and RnB

Filled with addictive, feel-good jams, Enjoy​:​Like​:​Love by husband and wife duo Malice & Mario Sweet is a hugely enjoyable ride through 80’s funk, rare groove, and contemporary soul and RnB. Whilst the project is of consistently high quality, immediate standards include the Summery, West Coast flavour of ‘Flo Joe’; the glossy rare groove of ‘AM/PM’; and the post-Drake RnB of ‘Kortney Luv’ and ‘Fantasee Island’.  The album’s diverse-yet-cohesive production is courtesy of Vitamin D, Evil Needle, Swish, Justo, Jake One and Tall Black Guy .  Vocally, Malice & Mario gel just like a married couple should, celebrating attraction, love and loyalty all over this, one of the albums of the year. Enjoy, like and love Enjoy​:​Like​:​Love today.  Enjoy:Like:Love by Malice & Mario Sweet Also available on iTunes .

Make Hip Hop Beats: 'Reclaiming the Remix w/ Maschine' with Devo Springsteen

Another great episode of this Dubspot series.  Host Shareef Islam chops it up with the underated Devo Springsteen about arguably his biggest track 'Diamonds (from Sierra Leone)' for his cousin, Kanye West.  I know quite a few people who wrote off 'Diamonds...' as a 'lazy' track.  I've always thought that was an unfair dismissal of the song. In this video, Springsteen shares just how much work he, 'Ye and Jon Brion put into it. Sidenote: I just might have to write a special Kanye West post in the near future.  Stay tuned. Video: youtube.com/user/dubspot Image: Jonathan Mannion Advertisement : Buy and download drums; industry quality sample kits from: theproducerschoice , hiphopdrumsamples, loopmasters and pluginboutique .  

King I Divine: 'Well Well' Video

Some more smooth, soulful, spacey ish from King I Divine .  'Well Well' is taken the album, "The Era of a Golden Aquarius", which is available now: tinyurl.com/lmrkkv3 . The video is directed by Hugo Lasarte. youtube.com/user/KingIDivineVEVO Related Post: King I Divine: 'Reign Showers'

Jake One Behind The Beat: Talks the Making of Chance The Rapper's 'Acid Rain'

One of the most in demand beatmakers in the game, Jake One, talks to The Drum Broker about making the sombre 'Acid Rain' beat for Chance The Rapper. Jake uses an ill Fender Rhodes flip, adding bass and two separate vocal harmony samples on top. The drums are courtesy of Jake's own Snare Jordan drum kit (available here ), providing that classic gritty boom bap drum sound. This is one of my favourite songs (and beats) in a long while: props to Jake One for going behind the scenes in how he made it, and props to the Drum Broker for sharing. Buy Jake One's 'Snare Jordan' Drum Kit Here 

Mixing Kick Drums: Pensado's Place 'Into The Lair'

    Perennial The New Beatmaker favourite Dave Pensado drops gems on how to smooth out a kick drum which has a severe - in Dave's words - 'peak and valley'.  He goes on to compress the kick, replacing some of the bottom end which was lost in the process.  This makes the kick sound more full than before and will enable it to stand out in the mix more.     Dave also shares his love of mixing an artificial drum sound with a live drum sample : try this technique yourself and let me know how you get on in the comments section below.  Video: youtube.com/user/PensadosPlace  Image: www.fotopedia.com Advertisement : Buy and download drums from some of the best suppliers of industry quality sample kits: theproducerschoice , hiphopdrumsamples, loopmasters and pluginboutique .