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What Akai MPC Sampler do you use?

1000

What kind of music do you make.

HIP HOP

What other gear do you rock in your studio setup?

Ensoniq EPS 16+

What`s the best produced album of all time?

It's A Big Daddy Thing

If you could only have 1 piece of gear in you setup what would it be?

Akai MPC 1000

Who are your musical influences?

KRS-ONE, DJ Premier, Big Daddy Kane, Rza, J Dilla, Madlib, Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, Carole King, Bob James, Pigface, James Taylor, Jim Croce, Gangstarr, Pop Will Eat Itself, Renegade Soundwave, James Brown, Patr00, The Jonesz, Kevin Manthei, and everyone on this network.

Tell us about yourself and your music.

I love vinyl.

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http://treesreachingdown.bandcamp.com

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http://treesreachingdown.bandcamp.com/album/i-need-rent-2

Posted on May 9, 2010 at 2:25pm —

Download "I NEED RENT $" (instrumentals) for free.

http://www.divshare.com/download/launch/11227239-55d

Posted on May 1, 2010 at 12:46pm —

Mediocrity and pop music in general.

Ignore it, and it will die from the lack of your attention. Trust me, I know sometimes you hear about the latest, trendy here-today "artist".. and perhaps think "SHIT!, How come I don't get that kind of media attention?!" Rest assured, they will be gone tomorrow. This is a cycle and it will keep repeating. Every year, there will be a series of characters. You get the New Kids On The Block, Debbie Gibson, Tiffany, Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, whatever... And almost a

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Posted on April 21, 2010 at 3:30am — 1 Comment

Try this approach.

Don't start the process with the drums. Make your melodic loop first. Then start loading up drums that fit the mood and overall sound. Turn the loop off (mute it). Record your drum part. Make a sequence with just the melody loop, and one with both. Make up the rest for yourself..

Posted on October 28, 2009 at 1:51am — 1 Comment

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At 12:58pm on July 29, 2010, Dan Pedersen said…: "take it slow" sounds like a reagga band on acid... really cool retro band-echo effekt abouth 3min

At 3:31pm on July 27, 2010, manny san augustin said…: fa sho thanks

At 7:45pm on July 26, 2010, Dan Pedersen said…: Thank you so much Mr. DD, I really appreciate it... But right now i'm really pisstoff on my self. I've done som extremly stupid thing tonight. The case is, that i have overwritet alllll my data to "inner harbor" whit the new number i'm working on... and now i only have one smacked wav. I'm an idiot!!!

Btw i haven't purchased the OS yet, but i hope soon.

At 4:22am on July 25, 2010, Dj Sparkle said…: TO RESPOND ABOUT THE SP12, NAHHH I HAVEN'T HAD AN SP12 SINCE 93...AND YOU DO NEED A FLOPPIE DRIVE....IT RUNS OF THE BIG FLOPPIES FROM A COMMODORE 64 DISK DRIVE.....AND I SWEAR I STILL HAVE ONE OF THOSE DRIVES FOR IF I EVER GET ANOTHER 12 FOR CHEAP *LOL*..MY SP1200 FLOPPIE DRIVE IS GARBAGE..I'M BOUT TO REPLACE IT WITH A ZIP 250 DRIVE SOON

At 3:33pm on July 22, 2010, 4 Eva Blesst said…: WORD MY MAN....THANK YOU FAM!

At 6:22am on July 22, 2010, Dj Sparkle said…: sorry i haven;t responded...just logged on right now and i just read your post....thanks for the comments...and whatever you wanna know about the eps 16+..i will let you know..i have the keyboard and the rack module...as well as a shitload of sound disk for them....i also have blank disk for them....i hate not being able to save my stuff..so i use the floppies..and zip disk