ICYMI: Soundcloud Sessions 18 Part One 'Valentine's Day' Special: A Collection of Social Hip Hop, Future Beats, Dance, Rock and more  In case you missed it when it dropped on Soundcloud , here's another chance to capture The New Beatmaker's Soundcloud Sessions Valentine's Day special.  Dig in folks. In case you missed it when it dropped on  Soundcloud , here's another chance to capture The New Beatmaker's Soundcloud Sessions Valentine's Day special.  Dig in folks.

A The New Beatmaker Favourite Comes Correct yet again 'The next serving from the Handpicked roster comes from Bristol beatmaker Ile Flottante, who’s Beats of a Third Kind project bridges the gap from Terra to Stellar, sending you blasting through the solar spectrum, fat caps in hand, with a broadcast of bomb beats designed for bumping in your boombox.' Beats of a Third Kind by Ile Flottante As well as his all original productions, the cassette-only b-side of the tape houses a recording of Ile Flo’s live set from supporting Samiyam at Stereo Cafe Bar, Glasgow, Scotland. Artwork & internal photo booklet from Mark Worst expecttheworst.co.uk Layout & Manufacturing by TUNER mrtuner.co.uk Printed at Lunar Studios LTD lunarstudios.co.uk Follow The New Beatmaker: Facebook ,  youtube ,  Twitter ,  Soundcloud . 

Soundcloud Sessions 17: A Collection of Social Hip Hop, Future Beats, Dance, Folk and more     In honour and celebration of the New Year, here is a Soundcloud Session with renewal, determination, focus and re-birth as the theme. Wishing you all a healthy, happy, successful and safe 2017. Looking to showcase, or improve your music?  mailtnbm@gmail.com   .

Today's Future Sound Annual Fundraiser: Please Donate  Mission: Today’s Future Sound (TFS) uses music production and media arts as vehicles through which to empower youth as artists and community members while fostering their well-being as individuals. Watch the video below and donate here: https://www.generosity.com/education-fundraising/today-s-future-sound-annual-fundraiser Come and say hello to The New Beatmaker at your favourite social media venue: soundcloud.com/thenewbeatmaker  facebook.com/thenewbeatmaker  twitter.com/thenewbeatmaker  leetnbm.bandcamp.com/ 

I have been a fan of the UK Indie music Powerhouse Label Nub Music since this Your Beats submission back in early 2013: http://www.thenewbeatmaker.com/2013/02/your-beats-feuertrunken-by-this-is-ethmo.html Since then the label has boasted a plethora of essential releases and have developed an ingenious music model with their '100x...' releases which echo the post J Dilla 'Donuts' ethos of short but sweet sonic compositions.  This ethos is part a reaction to the ADHD world of 140 characters and thirty second video clips that one finds themselves in; and partly a shrewd business calculation that seeks to get as much revenue back from streaming sites which independent artists especially often find themselves at odds with: Say Nub music: 'SO - when Spotify and other streaming companies now pay out a royalty for any track over THIRTY seconds long - why then write longer songs?  WHY not adapt to the modern day media, and write songs that are indeed thirty secon...

Audified Aim to Take the Guesswork out of Mixing Across Platforms File under: How to make beats on your computer. From Audified 'This ultimate mixing assistant will help you to get better mixes instantly. MixChecker saves your precious time.'

New Album from MC, Teacher and Major Inspiration for The New Beatmaker  BROOKLYN, NY — Sunday November 6, 2016 — Sa'id (Amir Said), founder of BeatTips, the popular beatmaking and music education website, the independent publishing house Superchamp Books, and author of the books The BeatTips Manual and The Art of Sampling , just released his new album The Best of Times . The Best of Times features beats and rhymes written, produced, and performed entirely by Sa'id; and in addition to being entertaining, thought provoking, and full of feeling, it is meant to serve as an example of the ideas, methods, and practices found in his books. "This album represents one of the best ways for me to further discuss the kind of information and insight that you'll find in both The BeatTips Manual and The Art of Sampling ," says Sa'id. "Everything that I do with BeatTips is about continuing the discussion, finding new ways to help expand the beatmaking communi...