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Whattup yall, as you can all see, I'm not cut out for this blog stuff, simply cause i am a little bit unorganised when it comes to updates and what not, but im back and i thiought it would be a good idea to document my trip to the states, i leave in 2 weeks, i bought me a nice little (actually the shit is kinda bulky but it was $140!!!) camera, and i'm good to go! so i'ma try and fuck with the video editing, hopefully film some ill stuff on the way! I'm heading to the beats on the beach conference in Miami too so i'll def get some footage! for now though i'ma try and film my beat making process and put it up! peace yall

Heres some terrible photos of the lab! sorry the only camera i got is on my phone and it sux! but youll get the idea hahaha

some of my records in melbourne, most of my records are back home on the gold coast but i got some gems here too!

heres my midi controller and one of my monitors, i use the roland ds 50-a digital monitors, i like them, i've had them for a looong time though, around 7 years, its almost time for a change!

Pimp cup and bottle of Henny, lab essentials

The laptop and extra screen, i HIGHLY recomend an extra screen or a big screen if your working with audio programs such as pro tools or nuendo etc etc, makes a world of difference, i wish i had a bigger screen x 2 though!

Right hand monitor with my M-audio solo box on the top

My turntable, numark! shout out to Flagrant for the homy hookup prices! but no thanks to the shitty mixer i decided to get to save a couple of bucks! :(

The bottom of the barrel crappy Numark mixer, I only suggest this one for peoeple with a budget of -$40 and only intend to use it as an orniment of some sort! nah it is the cheapest mixer and it does the job but, dam! silly me! new one soon maybe!?

Under the yellow tarp is my Yamaha dx 7 keyboard, which im thinking of selling, i just got it but i want the dx 100, or my money back! haha its for talk boxing only but i realised i can use my nuendo vst's to do the same shit!! once again badddd habit of spur of the moment purchases!

and there yall have it! my lab, nothing special but its how you work it not what you got!

SORRY!!!!

So sorry for the lack of blog activity yall, I have been flat out busy and still havnt got a camera to record any footage of me working or anything, i will however post some photos up of my lab for yall tonight!!

In other news, I recently won the battle held at Sha Money's one stop producers conference in Arizona!!!! I am very happy to win that shit, it was judged by top producers including, premo, pete rock, hi tek, sha money, swizz beats, no i.d. and more! it will open up alot of doors for me and im extatic about it!! for real!!!

ok I'm about to take some photos for you to see my lab so stay tuned

M-phazes Production on an add!

http://www.slf.org.au/festival/tvc

check it out, i scored the add, nothing special, its suppose to be cheesy haha peace!

Updat.....again!

ok, so i'm not dj'ing anymore! (read below) and i am releived, i will still be backing phrase up vocally though, which will be much more fun and less daunting! that is all! peace yall

Panic mode yall!

This week has already been hectic as shit, and it's only fuckin tuesday! I got a job offer for an add, i'm gonna be doing the score, and that has to be done by friday! THEN my boy flagrant is sick, he is Phrase's DJ (same crew as me), and they have a gig on the main stage of a huge festival on saturday, but flago's sick, so i have to dj for it, and I havn't rehersed or even gone over the tracks!!!! this is a video from last years festival, the same stage we are playing on!!

Kiss My Grass crowd

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Don't get it twisted though, it's gonna be dope, just alot of pressure put on me a few days before the event, but fuck it! anyway just wanted to vent, more usless stuff soon! oh and i will be putting up footage of beat making! i promise! stay tuned, spread love!
peace yall!

Update!!

Whattup yall, I'm tried recording the progress of this beat I'm making, i ran the footage back and my beat sounded like a lofo version of spank rock on crack....so yall aint gonna see that haha, which brings me to the conclusion, i need a proper video camera!!!! any suggestions drop them in the comments, i need somthing good for dvd's i guess and small? when it comes to this stuff i'm midly retarded so any help is good!!!! other than that its not too hot today so i'm gettin down to some serious beat business, hopfully they will all be monsters!!! and i'ma get a camera soon so i can show you guys how i do my thing! peace!!!

Just to clear things up

My man redell wrote a comment in my 'talk box' blog, he said talk box is dope, but t pain is an epidemic, well somthing like that, and I totally agree, t pain is wack. BUT, just to clarify for anyone else that might get it confused, what T pain does is TOTALLY different to what the talk box is, talk box uses a synth and your 'mouthing of words', notice i said mouthing not actually saying, to make the sound made famouse by Troutman. What T Pain does is called 'autotuning' and this is a program that automatically pitch shifts your voice to the nearest pitch you designate it to, say if you set the autotune to C, and you sing and record a vocal part in c but your a tad bit flat, it will automatically correct the pitch but keep the same time. What this basically means is you can be a crap singer but sound like your hitting every note perfectly, well with t pain it is blatant autotuning but most singers run their vocal through more subtle autotuning just to tidy things up, i do it, and i guarentee 99% of recording artists do it to!
The main difference, well the way i see it is, you need to be able to play the keys in order to be a good talk boxer, you need to hit the right notes at the right time, same with the pitch bend and modulation wheels, and youll find alot of talk boxing is done with one hand on the keys and one hand on the mod and pitch bend wheels, this takes ALOT of practise and talent to be able to do this all while mouthing the lyrics.

I hope this clears the confusion about T pain and talk boxing up, if you want to learn more about autotune go here: http://www.antarestech.com/products/auto-tune5.shtml

Illest cover of Close to You, and it's off a movie!!! called Mirrormask?

Talk Box

Whats up whoever reads this (please leave comments so i know this isnt a waste of time)
Well i've decided i want some talk box on a track, what is a talk box you ask? peep the talk box here:
you have probably heard roger troutman killin this shit back in the day! shit is NUTS, if you wanna know how it works look here: http://www.blamepro.com/talkboxC.htm
my boy Kid who played keys on the soon to be finished Phaze One project is gonna make it all happen for me (he is a BEAST on the keys, no lie!) hopfully next week sometime, I'll try and remember to video tape that shit to show yall! cant wait!!!!!

TIIIIIIRRREEEDDDD

Yes, the drinking and lack of sleep from xmas and new years is finally catching up to me and I am sitting here WANTING to work on music, but my brain and eye's won't let me! going back to work didn't help much either!
In other news though I saw De La Soul for the second time on new years day and they never cease to amaze me. The most consistant and refreshing hip hop groups in the world! without a fucking doubt! I also had the pleasure of meeting them at a private party down the road (thanks flagrant!!!!) and you know that i know that you know that i gave them a beat cd! fingures crossed huh? blackalicious and people under the stairs were also there and yes they got the beat maker hassling them as well! they are all really good people and great artists!
I also got to see Gotye live for the second time (he played at the arias) and I think I'm a groupie of this man (no homo), the man is amazing and if your sleeping your a clown and need to wake up! :D have fun, spread love!
till next time