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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

Danny J Lewis attempts 'Sixty Beats in Sixty Minutes' for Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital





This past Friday, as a special Friday Forum Live, Point Blank Music School's Danny J Lewis attempted - in what would be some type of new world record I'm sure -  to create sixty beats in sixty minutes, to raise £1000 for the Great Ormond Street Hospital for children. Did he succeed?...  

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Not only is this a great way to raise money for a great cause, I also think the video llustrates how creativity can flow more freely if you do not over think things, especially in the early stages of a track.

I can fall victim to over-analysing everything about a track right from the beginning, often stifling the creative process from the jump.  I'm sure I'm not the only one to experience this problem.

However, when watching Danny quickly make loop after loop, it was apparent that inspiration for a track frequently came to him and, whilst Danny wasn't feeling every beat he made, there were plenty of loops that could easily become the foundations for fully fledged tracks in the future.

Should you feel inspired by any of the beats Danny made on-the-fly, you're in luck.  In a further act of generosity, Danny's uploaded all the loops onto his soundcloud page for you to use, royalty-free, in your own productions.

It looks like a lot of fun was had and for a great cause, too.  Props to Danny and everyone else involved in this. 
 
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