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
INTERVIEW: Hip hop / dub / electronica producer Sev Seveer answers quick-fire questions on the best of 2014 The New Beatmaker is very proud to announce part three of a five part special feature , breaking down the highs and lows of what proved to be another eventful year in music and music production, with some of our favourite writers and artists of the year. A The New Beatmaker favourite and an artist who features again and again on ' Soundcloud Sessions ', Sev Seveer's brand of production mixes hip hop, dub and electronica influences and creates something very personal and unique in the process. This very personal, unique approach is most evident perhaps on his 2014 project ''Constant Elevation: Odessa Star''. Said Sev upon it's release: '''Constant Elevation: Odessa Star'' is the soundtrack to my dementia-riddled late-grandmother’s journey through cosmic space at age 91. It is the sonic narration of my experienc