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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

Today's Future Sound Annual Fundraiser

NEWS:  Please donate to  US charity helping children learn vital skills through beatmaking and hip hop culture Mission: Today’s Future Sound (TFS) uses music production and media arts as vehicles through which to empower youth as artists and community members while fostering their well-being as individuals. Watch the video below and donate here: https://www.generosity.com/education-fundraising/today-s-future-sound-annual-fundraiser Come and say hello to The New Beatmaker at your favourite social media venue: soundcloud.com/thenewbeatmaker  facebook.com/thenewbeatmaker  twitter.com/thenewbeatmaker  leetnbm.bandcamp.com/ 

My 'Crystal City' Beat on Nub Music's Christmas Album!

NEWS:  Nub Music's 100xmas30 christmas album features Lee TNB AKA Monkey Mind's 'Crystal City' I have been a fan of the UK Indie music Powerhouse Label Nub Music since this Your Beats submission back in early 2013: http://www.thenewbeatmaker.com/2013/02/your-beats-feuertrunken-by-this-is-ethmo.html Since then the label has boasted a plethora of essential releases and have developed an ingenious music model with their '100x...' releases which echo the post J Dilla 'Donuts' ethos of short but sweet sonic compositions.  This ethos is part a reaction to the ADHD world of 140 characters and thirty second video clips that one finds themselves in; and partly a shrewd business calculation that seeks to get as much revenue back from streaming sites which independent artists especially often find themselves at odds with: Say Nub music: 'SO - when Spotify and other streaming companies now pay out a royalty for any track over THIRTY seconds long - why

Audified MixChecker Plugin

REVIEW:  Audified aim to take guesswork out of mixing across platforms The plugin is aimed at people who do not have access to multiple speaker setups like a professional recording studio would; as well as recreating many of the most popular diverse ways we listen to music today.  It's so difficult to make a track sound good accross different platfroms (from mobile phone, to car stereo, to different sized speakers) and Audified MixChecker is here to help. From Audified 'This ultimate mixing assistant will help you to get better mixes instantly. MixChecker saves your precious time.' 'You Mix for the People...turn your studio monitors into classic reference monitors or several consumer devices to hear, what your audience will hear. Uses iLok protection system.'

Sa'id 'The Best of Times'

NEWS: New album from MC, teacher and major inspiration for The New Beatmaker BROOKLYN, NY — Sunday November 6, 2016 — Sa'id (Amir Said), founder of BeatTips, the popular beatmaking and music education website, the independent publishing house Superchamp Books, and author of the books The BeatTips Manual and The Art of Sampling , just released his new album The Best of Times . The Best of Times features beats and rhymes written, produced, and performed entirely by Sa'id; and in addition to being entertaining, thought provoking, and full of feeling, it is meant to serve as an example of the ideas, methods, and practices found in his books. "This album represents one of the best ways for me to further discuss the kind of information and insight that you'll find in both The BeatTips Manual and The Art of Sampling ," says Sa'id. "Everything that I do with BeatTips is about continuing the discussion, finding new ways to help expand the beatmaking c

Carvalho 'Soul New'

NEWS: Multi-talented UK star storms back with an instant classic single, 'Soul New' Rob Carvalho is an artist influenced by Bob Marley, Stevie Wonder and Me'Shell Ndegéocello, sharing their ethos of 'music and message'. 'Soul New' will be released via traxsource 27th Dec & 10th Jan 2017. For more, see:  http://www.soultracks.com/first-listen-st-carvalho-soul-new youtube.com/thenewbeatmakervideo

Soundcloud Sessions 16

PODCAST: A playlist featuring heavy hitters f rom Booda French, Micall Parknsun, Mecca:83, Billy Danze (M.O.P.) and more Starting with hip hop from Booda French and Micall Parknsun, and ending with rock from Gentlemans Pistols (a bonus demo cut from my own Monkey Mind alter ego doesn't count). It's been a tough 2016 for everyone I think; and this is reflected throughout this session.  I'd like to take the time out to thank you all for your support this year and as ever, until next time, enjoy. Full Playlist - follow these great artists on Twitte r: BoodaFrench SolarSounds MAXOKREAM BILLDANZEMOP CozoneBeats SPITGEMZ AceMackMW DPSINCE02 ayowolfmusic BeatsByEsK bucktown_usa #BuildingBridges GeneralSteele Smifnwessun DuckDownMusic Sean Price Rest in Peace nubmusic Thereal_ARW artfrat14 howiewonder Jay_Bishop BLVNTRECORDS Blacmav ransomnoted K15music mishigami YoungHeavySouls timetravtoaster PtechSantiago ScottXylo fulgeance AcornTapes MurkoZiga LukeMcy0 hn