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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

Superior Talks Hardware, Software and More

INTERVIEW: German Producer Superior answers quick-fire questions on the best of 2015

Hot on the heels of a successful year, including superb collabos with REKS, Planet Asia, and Declaime, the German beatmaker chops it up with The New Beatmaker on hardware, software and more.

 
A pensive Superior

Favourite hardware: 'Maschine Studio; Nice controller, nice pads, nice features, 2 colour displays – nice to work with.'

Favourite software and / or sample pack: 'Maschine Software, because it perfectly matches with the Maschine Studio controller.'
It really doesn’t matter with which tools you produce your music. At the end, it’s all about the result.
Favourite freeware: 'If you ask me, the best freeware is Audacity. It’s a perfect tool to edit the waves.'


Still going strong: Audacity is a Superior go-to. 

Favourite song: 'Of course, I have to choose my single „Superiority“ with Reks :-D'

Favourite music video: 'I really can’t choose one – there have been way too many. If I have to choose, it would be the live video of Oddisee & Good Company with Juju Rogers, Un vrai chantier à l’affranchi in Marseille. This had been the best concert for me this year.'

Oddisee & Good Company with Juju Rogers „Un vrai chantier 6“ à l’affranchi in Marseille. 

Favourite album: 'Petestrumentals 2“. Do I really have to say anything more about that?'

Favourite musician, producer or beatmaker: 'Oddisee and Pete Rock - Two geniuses'

Music based New Year resolution: 'The only conclusion I can make is: It really doesn’t matter with which tools you produce your music. At the end, it’s all about the result. So I will keep focusing on that.'

Amen to that.  Many thanks Superior, here's to a great 2016 for you.

For more Superior:

https://soundcloud.com/superior-productions-1/tracks

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