http://www.modernbeats.com/hit-talk Hit Talk - Hit Music Production News Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:13:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en VJ Oz is a musician, music producer and video producer from Columbus, Ohio. Oz's impressive mastery of video and music production is the result of studio experience in memphis, and an appreciation for the best talent from all musical styles. Visit VJ Oz's site here. Location: I'm from Columbus, Ohio, for ... http://www.modernbeats.com/hit-talk/vj-oz/ To mix a song correctly, and to build your audio mixing skills, there is nothing more important than a quality monitoring system. At Hit Talk, we've stressed this important truth over and over. Yet with today's technology, we're not just talking about aural monitoring. Coupling with visual monitoring can only improve your mixes. An ideal ... http://www.modernbeats.com/hit-talk/analyze-your-mix-visually/ Hip-hop's G-Funk: the musical brainchild of Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. Its roots have spread far and wide throughout rap and hip-hop, changing the landscape of modern music permanently. Dre's most legendary release, The Chronic, is the quintessential G-Funk album. Because of this benchmark contribution to modern music, and because of ... http://www.modernbeats.com/hit-talk/dr-dre-nuthin-but-a-g-thang-learn-mix-production/ After 5 years in the business, Marcella Araica's list of mixing credits is astounding: Timbaland, Madonna, Snoop Dogg, TI, Britney Spears, Keri Hilson, Nelly Furtado, DJ Khaled; it's enough to leave any self-respecting sound engineer dumbstruck. Very few people in any profession, let alone the music industry, can claim to have risen ... http://www.modernbeats.com/hit-talk/marcella-araica-hit-sound-engineer/ When Hit Talk interviewed Jack D. Elliot, it was between a production session for a new Kylie Minogue song and a meeting with Diane Warren and Kelly Rowland to talk about songs to use for Rowland's upcoming album. Before that, it was television theme production and remixes for for NYC Prep, ... http://www.modernbeats.com/hit-talk/jack-d-elliot-the-value-of-hustle/ Out of the hundreds of reader questions we have answered during Hit Talk's first year, perhaps none is more persistent than how to attain a hotter, better-mastered mix. It's a persistent question because attaining a bold, big sound requires inspired production wizardry and skill at every single stage of the ... http://www.modernbeats.com/hit-talk/mastering-audio-with-t-racks-3/ If Jeremy Harding's only claim to fame was managing Sean Paul, it would be more than enough. The young superstar, Paul, has grown his career from its nascent stages, by rocking Kingston dancehalls with hip up-tempo reggae riddims, to full-fledged international stardom, recently greeting thousands of screaming fans from a ... http://www.modernbeats.com/hit-talk/jeremy-harding-manager-of-sean-paul/ How does an up-and-coming emcee, producer or rapper stand out starkly on the music industry's radar? If you think the answer is spending many long hours submitting your material to as many A&R recruiters as you can find, you might be surprised at what an iconic A&R veteran has to ... http://www.modernbeats.com/hit-talk/hit-talk-interview-ar-e1-music-deathrow-record-distributor/  It's easy to judge a song by its chart performance or the amount of money it makes. On those counts, Flo Rida's "Right Round," a re-conceived version of the 80's smash hit "You Spin Me Right Round" by Dead or Alive, has been a huge club and radio success. The triple platinum single ... http://www.modernbeats.com/hit-talk/flo-rida-right-round-synth-audio-production-and-audio-recording/ A few months ago, in one of our Reason production tips, we wrote about how to use mixing gear (or the Reason mixer) to transform mono sounds into captivating stereo images. Since then, many of our readers have asked privately how to replicate that effect using a standard software DAW ... http://www.modernbeats.com/hit-talk/stereo-samples-timbaland-style-production/