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SXSW Strategies for Success
When: Tuesday, February 2. 7:00 pm
Where: La Zona Rosa. 612 W 4th St
This March thousands of artists and music business pros will converge in Austin to discuss industry trends and advance careers.
What will you be doing?
You can’t just show up at SXSW and wait for the magic to [...]

Talk about a hectic ass month. Seems like i got a big show twice a week these last couple.  Been planning a lot of got things in the coming months, here and abroad.  Locally there some things happening i want you to be informed about.
Firstly, the Wednesdays I do are changing format. Why try [...]

I recently took up yet another bad habit, guests of my house can be a testament to that. At around the hour when my roommates get home from work an annoying, yet calming, sound of grown men tinkering with tiny skateboards takes over. That’s the least funny part too. Trying to transfer from [...]

Here’s a sneak peak of the upcoming Camp Lo album!

Check out the portfolio at sinceeighty6.com to check out more classic designs.

I wonder how many websites there are out there? All these new technologies are mashing and melding to form a more perfect union. Between the social networking sites, the forums, the fancy animation sites and all the boring plain jane html sites out there, i rustled up a list of sites that a) [...]

DJ Skills: The Essential Guide To Mixing..And.Scratching

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Network Technology For Digital Audio

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Sound Synthesis and Sampling

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The Recording Engineers Handbook

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Digital Audio Broadcasting

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The Mastering Engineer’s Handbook

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Music Theory For Computer Musicians

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Logic Pro 8 Audio and Music Production

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I’d love to tell you where I found links for these books but i don’t want the site to get shut down. Enjoy these [...]

I one day will get Nuendo 4 on my mac!

Taliesin emailed this out the other day and I finally got a chance to listen to it (which unfortunately i don’t do too often). It’s kind of my style in the sense that he’s half timing and double timing some of the mixing and it stays eclectic. He says he made if for [...]

I spent last week in New York with a bunch of friends (that’s why i haven’t posted in a minute). Present among the week were some of my favorite djs on the planet. Que Bajo guys, uproot andy and geko jones were there, dutty artz dj rupture, Argentinas zizek crew, Nacional records in [...]

Red Stripe presents a celebration of Jamaican music
Featuring Terry Lynn & John Hugo
Friday, June 26th
8 – 11PM
The Independent (501 I-35 at E. 5 & Brushy) Austin, TX
Additional DJ sets by Wildlife, Johan Hugo!
Plus songs from Terry Lynn’s critically acclaimed album “KingstonLogic 2.0”
Free Red Stripe Lager
This is a private, RSVP only event. You must be 21+ [...]

Ever wonder how people in other parts of the world communicate? Italian PR professional and former Microsoft Italy marketer Vincenzo Cosenza has posted an interesting visualization today. Using Alexa and Google Trends Cosenza did just that. There’s seems to be some doubt if you read the comments but it’s still pretty interesting.
Here’s [...]

This post is a bit premature. I was intending to post this once I finish my ’skate video’ but it’s taking me to damn long. So instead I’ll show you what I’m working with here. For those of you that don’t have an iphone, maybe this will persuade you. There’s an application [...]