Rae Rosario - "So Sexy"
Produced by ILLMIND
This one is for the ladies... Rae is a hot up and coming singer from Frisco... you'll be hearing more of him real soon! He writes and arranges all of his songs... just an overall talent to watch for...
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Class Act: G-UNIT Producer Illmind teaches beats at Harlem Children’s Zone
(swiped from www.nodfactor.com)
What do you do after you’ve made beats for Little Brother and 50 Cent? Teach someone else how to do it.
Two days a week Jersey producer Illmind packs a classroom at the Harlem Children’s Zone to instruct high school aged novices on the fine art of beatmaking.
“I was on Craigslist doing random searches for music and I saw Harlem Children’s Zone come up and Music Production. I clicked on the link or whatever and it took me to the site,” explains the G-Unit producer. “I sent them my little bio and discography and had a little mini interview and they were feeling my vibe. I came in and did a trial class session with ten kids for half an hour. I brought in my ASR-10 and vibed out with the kids.”
The Harlem Children’s Zone was founded in 1970 as a pioneering, non-profit, community-based organization that works to enhance the quality of life for children and families in some of New York City’s most devastated neighborhoods. Formerly known as Rheedlen Centers for Children and Families, HCZ, Inc.’s 15 centers serve more than 13,000 children and adults, including over 10,000 at-risk children.
“The kids knew my work, I really didn’t expect them to,” he says. “It was cool cuz it’s up to the kids to determine if they want you to teach there. So after the session they told me they wanted me and I got hired.”
Illmind’s classes meet on Monday and Wednesday from 4:30 to 7:00 pm and his curriculum is entirely up to him.
“A lot of them want to do different things. I have five MCs and six producers and the rest want to be A&Rs, so I modeled my class like a record label so they get a feel of how the music industry works. I’ve got the producers making beats on the laptops and the MCs writing to the beats and the A&Rs giving them feedback. The Marketing people have to make MySpace pages and write bios. They’re keeping busy. It’s crazy.”
The classroom is equipped with six laptops running FL Studio (Fruity Loops) and he’s put in an order for a Roland Fantom keyboard and Propellerhead’s Reason.
“We’re gonna build a studio in the basement,” he says proudly. “My class is the biggest class in the building. I’m taking the kids to Baseline studios for a class trip.”
Interest in the class is growing and enrollment has doubled from the previous year. Illmind hopes to have the students showcase their finished work later this year at Harlem’s historic Apollo Theatre.
“These kids are so into it because it’s an after school program and it’s voluntary,” says Illmind. “They’re just real hungry. The goal is to give them an alternative to being on the street.”
To find out more about the Harlem Children’s Zone, visit their website at http://www.hcz.org
written by: Jerry Barrow
What do you do after you’ve made beats for Little Brother and 50 Cent? Teach someone else how to do it.
Two days a week Jersey producer Illmind packs a classroom at the Harlem Children’s Zone to instruct high school aged novices on the fine art of beatmaking.
“I was on Craigslist doing random searches for music and I saw Harlem Children’s Zone come up and Music Production. I clicked on the link or whatever and it took me to the site,” explains the G-Unit producer. “I sent them my little bio and discography and had a little mini interview and they were feeling my vibe. I came in and did a trial class session with ten kids for half an hour. I brought in my ASR-10 and vibed out with the kids.”
The Harlem Children’s Zone was founded in 1970 as a pioneering, non-profit, community-based organization that works to enhance the quality of life for children and families in some of New York City’s most devastated neighborhoods. Formerly known as Rheedlen Centers for Children and Families, HCZ, Inc.’s 15 centers serve more than 13,000 children and adults, including over 10,000 at-risk children.
“The kids knew my work, I really didn’t expect them to,” he says. “It was cool cuz it’s up to the kids to determine if they want you to teach there. So after the session they told me they wanted me and I got hired.”
Illmind’s classes meet on Monday and Wednesday from 4:30 to 7:00 pm and his curriculum is entirely up to him.
“A lot of them want to do different things. I have five MCs and six producers and the rest want to be A&Rs, so I modeled my class like a record label so they get a feel of how the music industry works. I’ve got the producers making beats on the laptops and the MCs writing to the beats and the A&Rs giving them feedback. The Marketing people have to make MySpace pages and write bios. They’re keeping busy. It’s crazy.”
The classroom is equipped with six laptops running FL Studio (Fruity Loops) and he’s put in an order for a Roland Fantom keyboard and Propellerhead’s Reason.
“We’re gonna build a studio in the basement,” he says proudly. “My class is the biggest class in the building. I’m taking the kids to Baseline studios for a class trip.”
Interest in the class is growing and enrollment has doubled from the previous year. Illmind hopes to have the students showcase their finished work later this year at Harlem’s historic Apollo Theatre.
“These kids are so into it because it’s an after school program and it’s voluntary,” says Illmind. “They’re just real hungry. The goal is to give them an alternative to being on the street.”
To find out more about the Harlem Children’s Zone, visit their website at http://www.hcz.org
written by: Jerry Barrow
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
www.nodfactor.com
Wuddup people!? Peep my man Jerry Barrow's (former Scratch Magazine Editor-In-Cheif) new website, www.nodfactor.com for the latest info, news, blogs, etc on hip-hop production, dj'ing, and more!
Friday, March 14, 2008
SXSW - Day 1
Wed. moring red eye flight from JFK not too many people on the plane so i had 3 seats to myself knocked out for 3 hours and changed over from Houston to Austin got to Austin checked in the hotel Maria was already chillin then we both got ready and headed to the convention center BIG UP to my man Karim (shout to Jeff too!) for hookin me up with a pass so we checked out the Fader Fort got some free booze and heard some ill (pun intended) music and checked out some levi's on display then me and maria got hungry so we ate at this restaurant and sitting behind us was that guy from Nsync the short gay looking one who was probably the least successfull he had 2 body guards and no one cared, including us so after that we went back to the Fader Fort and then hit up a meet n greet down the block saw the who's who of underground industry heads there and got a free Scion bag and t shirt more free booze but i started to turn red so i stopped fast forward a few hours me and maria take a ride on one of those bicycle carts and that was mad fun plus the weather was beautiful so we went to Iron Works BBQ which had the most banging BBQ ribs and each of our plates had enough ribs to feed a whole family then after that we went back to the Fader Fort and saw Pharell and Chad from the Neptunes and said wats up to them then hopped in a cab and headed to Amy's Ice cream for some bangin treats and walked to American Apparell next door and we both copped a few things then took a cab back to the hotel and caught up on some much needed rest!
today is day 2... another long day of panels, meet n greets, shows, booze, free swag, and good food... stay tuned...
today is day 2... another long day of panels, meet n greets, shows, booze, free swag, and good food... stay tuned...
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