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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

Sev Seveer Shares His Favourite Hardware, Software, Artists and More

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

Evil Alex, walkingshoe, T-Funk, Carvalho and Phil Phlaymz Talk Best of 2014

INTERVIEW:  A selection of The New Beatmaker favourite artists answer quick-fire questions on the best of 2014 The New Beatmaker is very proud to announce part two of a four-part 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. Join The New Beatmaker and our very special guests as we share our thoughts on the best music, artists, hardware and software of 2014. Part Two: Artists and The New Beatmaker Friends Evil Alex, walkingshoe, T-Funk, Carvalho and Phil Phlaymz Share Their Favourites of 2014 and The New Beatmaker Shares Some of the Best Music of the Year Part one saw the The New Beatmaker catching up with two of my favourite DJs, bloggers and writers of 2014: Khalid Golding aka KO and J. Rizzle (be sure to check that out here ). Now, I welcome five artists that I consider very much part of the family: Evil Alex, walk

KO and J. Rizzle Reveal Favourite Artists, Albums, Software and More!

INTERVIEW:  Up In The Ear founder KO and Gimmie That Beat founder J. Rizzle answer quick-fire questions on the best of 2014 The New Beatmaker is very proud to announce part one of a four-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. Join The New Beatmaker and our very special guests as we share our thoughts on the best music, artists, hardware and software of 2014. Part One: Blogosphere Friends Share Their Favourites of 2014 and The New Beatmaker Shares Our Favourite Blogs / Websites of the Year The New Beatmaker couldn't think of a better way to start than by catching up with two of our favourite DJs, bloggers and writers of 2014: Khalid Golding aka KO and J. Rizzle. With his heartfelt writing on music, culture and society, Khalid Golding and his Up In The Ear blog quickly became a The New Beatmaker favourite in 2014.       

Bless 1 'Love'

REVIEW:  A 2014 breakthrough talent  g races the listener with wonderful, heartfelt and engaging instrumental hip hop project 'Love' The New Beatmaker took a bit of a break during the Autumn months of last year, and what better way to spend this hiatus than by enjoying some of the projects sent to the site during this downtime. One of the projects that immediately became a favourite was the instrumental hip hop project 'Love' by Bless 1 .  Love by Bless 1 Bless 1 is a versatile producer / composer from Chicago, with placements on networks including VH1, Spike TV, Oxygen, and TLC.  He also scores short films & webisodes for Dallas Penn & Rafi Kam aka The Internets Celebrities. "Love" is his first instrumental album release.  Bless 1 is equally comfortable making atmospheric dance tracks as he is soulful hip hop, but it's the latter style which he fully employs and explores so well throughout his debut full-length.  He explains the pr