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
NEWS: I'm contributing to a new podcast exploring creative connections between legendary and emerging artists
Good news alert!
I’ve got the great honour and pleasure to be working on a forthcoming music podcast.
The podcast, called ‘Influenced’, will trace the path of new artists back to those which came before and reflect on how previous generations of music influenced those which followed their lead, be it directly or indirectly.
Playlists on Spotify and Apple Music will take the listener through our musical time travel in a mixtape fashion.
‘Influenced’ is the brainchild of a great friend of mine, Mark Williams. Mark is even more of a music enthusiast than me and his personality, charisma, enthusiasm and love for music is apparent to anyone who knows him, I’m sure.
Follow Mark Williams of ‘Influenced’ on Instagram here:
https://www.instagram.com/markinfluencedpodcast/
Follow Mark Williams of ‘Influenced’ on Facebook here:
https://www.facebook.com/markinfluencedpodcast
He’s assembled a great team of panelists and contributors who have an exciting mix of common ground and diversity in musical taste, skill sets and personality.
I’m probably going to be a bit more ‘behind the scenes’ in a research and writing role, but I may pop up on the microphone here and there too.
I’m sure that in the course of my own research I’ll be going down all sorts of rabbit holes, tangents and spin-offs which won’t make it onto the finished podcasts.
So, as well as ofcourse sharing ‘Influenced’ podcast episodes, I’ll be sharing some of my rabbit holes, tangents and spin-off work on thenewbeatmaker.com. Think of it as ‘Influenced by Influenced’.
Obviously, Covid-19 will probably dictate much of our production schedule, but we're aiming for the first Episode to air on 2 May. In the meantime, watch this space and follow Mark to stay in the loop.
Follow Mark Williams of ‘Influenced’ on Instagram here:
https://www.instagram.com/markinfluencedpodcast/
Follow Mark Williams of ‘Influenced’ on Facebook here:
https://www.facebook.com/markinfluencedpodcast
Good news alert!
I’ve got the great honour and pleasure to be working on a forthcoming music podcast.
Playlists on Spotify and Apple Music will take the listener through our musical time travel in a mixtape fashion.
‘Influenced’ is the brainchild of a great friend of mine, Mark Williams. Mark is even more of a music enthusiast than me and his personality, charisma, enthusiasm and love for music is apparent to anyone who knows him, I’m sure.
Follow Mark Williams of ‘Influenced’ on Instagram here:
https://www.instagram.com/markinfluencedpodcast/
Follow Mark Williams of ‘Influenced’ on Facebook here:
https://www.facebook.com/markinfluencedpodcast
He’s assembled a great team of panelists and contributors who have an exciting mix of common ground and diversity in musical taste, skill sets and personality.
I’m probably going to be a bit more ‘behind the scenes’ in a research and writing role, but I may pop up on the microphone here and there too.
I’m sure that in the course of my own research I’ll be going down all sorts of rabbit holes, tangents and spin-offs which won’t make it onto the finished podcasts.
So, as well as ofcourse sharing ‘Influenced’ podcast episodes, I’ll be sharing some of my rabbit holes, tangents and spin-off work on thenewbeatmaker.com. Think of it as ‘Influenced by Influenced’.
Obviously, Covid-19 will probably dictate much of our production schedule, but we're aiming for the first Episode to air on 2 May. In the meantime, watch this space and follow Mark to stay in the loop.
Follow Mark Williams of ‘Influenced’ on Instagram here:
https://www.instagram.com/markinfluencedpodcast/
Follow Mark Williams of ‘Influenced’ on Facebook here:
https://www.facebook.com/markinfluencedpodcast