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Music is Life ? Live it Up

Music is a magical gift we must cultivate and nourish. Casals says music fills him up with the wonders of life and the incredible marvel of being a human. Berstein says it is enriching and ennobling. Music teaches us to appreciate the wonders of life.

Music builds up the skills of creativity, cooperation and communication and helps us to see the world from a new prospective. We are introduced to the myriad rhythms, richness and diversity of human life. Music has a great power of bringing the world together.

In today’s busy and hectic world people young and old look for an opportunity to chase away their blues with good music. There is a variety of music available in the market these days. You can even download music from the net on to your computers and from there to your mobiles. No family function or gathering is complete without a good DJ system – everyone dances together enjoying themselves for hours. Music and a good voice are God’s gifts to humans. Even animals have now been proven to respond to music.

A disc jockey or a DJ is a person who selects and plays prerecorded music for an audience. In 1934 American commentator Waller Winchell coined the term “disc jockey” the combination of “disc” and “jockey” which is the operator of a machine.

In 1943 Jimmy Savile launched the world’s first DJ dance party playing Jazz records in England. In 1947 he became the first DJ to use twin turntables for continuous play.

In 1947 the “Whiskey-a-go-go” night club opened in Paris, France, considered to be the world’s first discotheque or disco deriving its name from the French word, meaning a nightclub where the featured entertainment is recorded music rather than an onstage band.

There are several types of disc jockeys –

Radio jockey – They introduce and play music that is broadcasted on AM, FM, shortwave or digital stations.

Club Jockey- Select and play music in a bar, club, disco or a rave.

Hip hop jockeys- They select and play music with multiple turntables with one or more backup.

MCs Reggae disc jockeys- In Reggae, the DJ is a vocalist raps, beat boxes or chats over digital music recording.

Mobile disc jockeys- They travel with a portable sound system and play at a variety of functions like birthday parties, marriages, and a variety of other events.

DJ equipments:

-The music recording is done in a DJ preferred medium eg. Vinyl records, compact discs, computer media files.

-A minimum of two devices to play sound recording for alternate back and forth to create continuous playback of music.

-A sound system for amplification of or broadcasting of the music.

-A DJ mixer, an electronic two channel mixer with a cross mixer with a crossfader to go from one song to another.

-Headphones used to play one recording while the other is being played to the audience.

-A Microphone so that the DJ can introduce songs and speak to the audience.

Several techniques are used by DJs as means to better mix prerecorded music like cueing, audio mixing of two or more sound sources. Club DJs use turntable techniques like cutting, scratching, needle drops etc. In part two of this article we will learn more about music.

12 inch Vinyl records?

where cab i find good hard to find genre “Oldies” 12 inch vinyl records in southern california? if not oldies, soul, r&b, reggea, and/or old skool hip hop?

Bash Compactor: A Night of New Music

Bash Compactor: A Night of New Music
A night at Webster Hall usually means you’re going to dance your ass off, get a drink spilled on you and lose your phone. The opening concert of the New Music Seminar , brought to you by Tom Silverman , co-founder of Tommy Boy Records , on July 19 didn’t disappoint.

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Do DJs still use vinyl records for scratching?

I haven’t been 2 keen on the hip-hop culture, but is scratching still a poplar form or technique in this music? Is this also perhaps y many popular singles r in the rap/hip-hop genre because of remixes & mash-ups? Or do DJs prefer any digital forms of remixing?

What equipment do I need to play vinyl/records?

I’m not a dj but i appreciate electronic music (trance, house, downtempo) and love indie rock and hip hop heavily influenced by turn tables & mixing. I love the warm sound of vinyl. I know I need speakers, a turn table, and reciever. Does anyone have any affordable recommendations?

2010 Official 100 Best Hip-Hop Web Sites, Pt. 1

At this point, imagining hip-hop without the Internet is like imagining modern life without electricity—vaguely comprehensible but clearly tedious, inconvenient and primitive. Whether the World Wide Web is actually the new streets is debatable, but the ease of exchanging music, words and ideas has forever altered the way hip-hop is created, marketed, distributed, sold and discussed. Albums, singles and videos leak online first. iTunes has replaced both local record stores and national chains. And Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and MySpace are increasingly narrowing the distance between artists and their fans. In an effort to help readers wade through the ever-deepening stream of information, XXL has assembled a list of the 100 Best Hip-Hop Web Sites: Blogs, lyrics archives, MP3 downloads, artist pages and digital record pools are all included here. Get your clique on point with the point and click.

#1Gigsblo.com

The #1 source for Hip Hop . features daily news

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1200squad.com
Back in the day, DJs joined regional record pools, where labels exchanged new vinyl for grassroots feedback. What’s vinyl, you ask? Oh, forget it. Now providing the same function with MP3s and also forum-style commenting, Cornerstone Promotion’s 1200 Squad offers free membership to DJs and filthy industry types.
2dopeboyz.okayplayer.com
Smart, knowledgeable blog that doesn’t think East Coast and underground are epithets.
24hourhiphop.com
Gossip, news and music (ostensibly) provided around the clock.
57thave.com
Thanks to memorable interviews, a syncopated delivery and awesome lyrics (“Bone a bitch in the butt, make her say ‘what, what’”), N.O.R.E. carved out a unique niche as rap’s thug clown. His Web site, which features hip-hop news, music, videos and all things C-N-N, keeps N.O.R.E. eating up the bandwidth.
allhiphop.com
Launched back in antediluvian 1998 by Greg “Grouchy” Watkins and Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur, AllHipHop became the grand dame of rap-news sites by virtue of dependable original reporting, opportune Q&A interviews and those famed e-mail blasts. Writing quality can seesaw between professional and greenhorn, but sprawling coverage of music, fashion, gadgetry and sports gives aspiring journalists a valuable place to amass clips and stylistically sand off the rough edges. All the while, members of the site’s teeming Ill Community message boards have spent eight long years scrutinizing the most important topic in rap-forum history: Jay-Z vs. Nas—who lost and why?
ballerstatus.net
Founded in 2002, this feverishly updated urban-lifestyle site focuses on music but dabbles in not-so-distantly-removed areas of politics, sports and fashion.
bbcicecream.com
Even if you’re not convinced by Pharrell’s $35,000 all-over-print sweatpants, this music, arts and culture blog has its thumb on the pulse of what cool is supposed to be.
beatsandrants.blogs.com
Beats, rhymes and snark.
bestofbothoffices.com
A hip-hop video Web site where the clips actually have music in them and/or rap-related content.
blogxilla.com
Some music, some relationship advice, lots of sex—hey, that also describes an understanding girlfriend on the side!
bobatl.com
A social network with Bobby Ray’s fans.
bossip.com
Unleashing “exclusive” scoops, such as “Gucci Mane, Is This Your Baby Mama???” this gossip blog specializes in music and entertainment news, with occasional forays into politics and current events. If Jay-Z or Beyoncé so much as breathes, they’ll gleefully document said lung expansion.
brandonsoderberg.blogspot.com
Better known as No Trivia, Soderberg’s blog gives rap the kind of intellectual, analytical respect that it deserves.
buckmarleyxxx.com
Blog with new MP3s and lots of exclamation points!!!
byroncrawford.com
Imagine the perfect blogger: witty, controversial, curmudgeonly and a bit portly from all those hours spent raging on the Interwebs. Now put him in St. Louis and have him write about rap. As evidenced by altercations with Bun B and Lupe Fiasco, Crawford is the rare blogger whose personality distinguishes him from the rest of the field. (Also can be found blogging on XXLMag.com.)
chamillionaire.com
The best place to hear Cham recount how Michael Jordan sonned him in a club.
cocaineblunts.com
With insightful writing and great access (the wide breadth of interview subjects includes Bun B, Too $hort, Freddie Gibbs and YZ), this site is as dope as its name.
complex.com
When they’re not showcasing turquoise flannel shirts, the online appendage of Marc Ecko’s men’s magazine, Complex, stays in the news cycle with timely pieces—fake Twitter conversations, lists of Jay-Z’s lousiest songs, an online sepulchre for dearly departed rap mags—and the ingenious Complex Soundboard of trademark audio snippets (killa!).
concreteloop.com
Urban-entertainment blogging since 2005.
cratekings.com
One-stop site for producers: interviews, beat battles, drum kits and advice on how not to get stuck for your papers when using samples.
daily-math.com/weblog
Hosted by Combat Jack, a music lawyer turned scribe who once worked with artists AZ, C-N-N, Tragedy Khadafi and Color Me Badd (holy flashback!), Daily-Math melds insider insight, smart humor and sharp writing. Whether discussing how he succumbed to Gucci Mane’s charms or reviewing video games, Jack stays ripping it.
dallaspenn.com
A heavyweight in numerous ways, always-entertaining Dallas Penn and friends chew the fat about hip-hop, sneakers, food and ever-important boozing at New York City industry events.
datpiff.com
Calling itself “the authority in free mixtapes,” this site backs up its boast with a monster collection of freebies from big names and uploads from users (most of which you might not need to hear).
daveyd.com
Here lives the politics of music from Davey D, veteran Bay Area–based hip-hop historian and activist.
dctobc.com
Rap music and news, plus some sport, out of D.C. and Boston… And then some.
differentkitchen.blogspot.com
An eclectic mix of fresh music, antiquarian nostalgia and the random entry about Afghan elections.
djsmallz.com
Home of Southern Smoke—and we’re not talking about brisket.
down-south.com
News, music, videos and reviews for those enchanted by hip-hop beneath the Mason-Dixon Line. Lots of Gucci, lots of Jeezy, even some Lil Wyte!
dubcnn.com
For all of the endless griping about the East Coast’s fall from grace, the West Coast’s plunge into obsolescence has been even more devastating. Carrying the flag for the beleaguered region is DubCNN, a site that covers both legends (MC Ren, Warren G) and the future (Nipsey Hussle, Young Giantz).
fakeshoredrive.com
Due to the popularity of Kanye, Lupe Fiasco and legions of upstart rappers in skinny jeans, there may be a perception that the Windy City’s hip-hop scene has gotten ultra trendy. Stand corrected at FakeShoreDrive, a Chi-Town–centric blog that also covers Bumpy J, Bo Deal and that good gangster shit.
getrightmusic.com
Cherished resource for free mixtape downloads.
globalgrind.com
Launched in 2007 with funding from Silicone Valley venture capitalists and Russell Simmons, GlobalGrind gets by with a good amount of aggregated content supplemented by exclusive guest blogs. GG’s original material can be compelling, but the combination of a glossy design with a low user-comment rate gives the site the feel that the public hasn’t picked up at the right pace.
grandgood.com
Video clips and music, with an eye on the ’80s.
gyantunplugged.com
Citing inspiration from radio big-bug-mouth Wendy Williams—a fine idol if trafficking in gossip is your life’s ambition—Atlanta-based Gyant dishes dirt and snares some exclusive interviews.
hear-it-first.net
In this era of instant gratification, sometimes making a pilgrimage to buy mixtapes from your trusty local bootlegger is a richly rewarding experience. Oh, screw that. Go to Hear-It-First and download the latest singles, DJ blends and street albums from artists both famous and obscure.
herfection.com
An emphasis on hipster-hop and rappers who view Kanye as their fashion god.
hiphopdx.com
A few mandatory links to Lil Wayne mixtapes and Soulja Boy MP3s notwithstanding, HipHopDX’s editorial bent leans toward the subterranean realm of lyrics-heavy true-school rap (yes, it apparently still exists!). Releases from Lupe Fiasco, Nas and Atmosphere earn rave reviews here, and HipHopDX takes advantage of the Web’s unlimited space to run comprehensive interviews with artists like Royce Da 5’9”, Cormega and Ras Kass. Capable writing and extensive features make HipHopDX a valuable outlet for rap fans from the land of the lost.
hiphopgame.com
Aside from news and audio, HHG drops an array of East Coast–oriented interviews with grizzled veterans, hopeful upstarts and beatmakers.
hiphopisread.blogspot.com
Ever wonder where rap’s hottest producers get their samples from? This gem of a site is like a virtual dig spot, offering compiled playlists of hip-hops’s original source material, minus all the digital dust, of course.
hiphopofficial.com
Hip-hop purists with a dash of modernity.
icedotcom.blogspot.com
It’s a hodgepodge of good ripped hip-hop content with some extra fluff.
illdoctrine.com
Jay Smooth—founder of NYC’s venerable Underground Railroad radio show on WBAI—drops video blogs and jewels about hip-hop, racism, homophobia and politics, without being preachy. Word.
illroots.com
Interviews, reviews and some mixtapes with Mick Boogie.
itsthecons.com
He’ll eventually put an album out, but until then, here’s Consequence.
itsthereal.tumblr.com
Borscht Belt goin’ ham! The witty Rosenthal brothers (Eric and Jeff) bring levity to hip-hop, with video-based sketch comedy featuring artists like Cam’ron, Clipse and Capone-N-Noreaga. “Sure, you could joke about his affiliation with Young Money,” they quip about Drake, who they laud for being half-Jewish. “But it’s not like he’s an accountant.” L’chaim!
joebuddentv.com
Whether beefing with members of Wu-Tang Clan, talking hoops with Milwaukee Bucks guard Brandon Jennings or showcasing his ex-girlfriend Tahiry’s ample hindquarters, Joe Budden continues to ignite controversy with his opinionated video blogs. When you go indie, sometimes all press counts as good press.
kanyeuniversecity.com
Splashed in a pastel, Harajuku motif, Kanye West’s Web site uses a spacey, animated city to direct visitors toward streaming song clips (and the iTunes store), his charitable foundation and Kanye’s Travel Ventures, a budget online booking agency that highlights flight and hotel deals comparable to those found on a zillion other sites. The blog is updated several times daily, with fashion photos, interior-design links and MP3s that underscore ’Ye’s eclectic sense of cool. And although he’s abandoned the claim that he works without a ghostblogger, the all-caps rants about Twitter impersonators and apologies to Taylor Swift distinctly appear to be his handiwork.
karencivil.com
News and exclusives from a New York industry insider formerly affiliated with Dipset.
kevinnottingham.com
Underground rap shit.

What’s your favorite classic hip-hop track that was originally only released as a 12 inch vinyl single?

A song that wasn’t made for an record but instead it was made for the dj’s?

We Are Hex, “Hail the Goer”

We Are Hex, “Hail the Goer”
A new batch of songs (an economical eight in total) by the nervy, aggressive, dark art-rock band. by Scott Shoger [image-1]We Are Hex Hail the Goer Roaring Colonel Records Whether or not the members of We Are Hex are still living together (in the so-called Hex Haus) in a dubitable near-Southside neighborhood doesn’t matter at this point. Because they’re living in a Hex Haus of the mind. “We ain …

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Real instruments or sampling to make sick hip hop beats?

Im really interested into creating hip hop beats. Im more into hip hop such as: Dr Dre. 2pac, Above the Law, Snoop Dogg, Mobb Deep, A Tribe Called Quest, Roots, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Big L, Wu Tang Clan, Lords of the Underground, Nas, etc… I love the idea about collecting Vinyl records( especially since hip hop uses many samples from them), but then theres instruments I enjoying playing and know a lot about such as playing guitar, bass, drums. I dont know what should I do to create some great quality hip hop, should I go learn the actual instruments such as the guitar, bass, and drums or should I just sample music like most of the producers do? And please explain in detail why as well.

Thank you very much for your help.

What is your favorite , still open, vinyl record store that sells hip hop, techno, breaks, ghetto tech, etc.?

Please please list the name, address, phone number or more importantly the email address of the BUYER or anyone at the store.