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Independent hip hop artist, REL!G!ON, is a producer from Vancouver, Canada. Here’s a single from his album, “Revelationz I”. It’s called ‘Pyramids’ feat. Planet Asia and Jasiri X.

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www.religionbeats.com

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Xcel Beats is one of the music industry’s most sought after music producers. He’s produced hits for DTP’s Shawnna, Ludacris, Bun B, Yung Berg, and many others. In this interview with IndieHipHop.net, he gives advice on what artists and producers should be doing to make their way towards a successful music career.

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Producer, d.C. hails from southern California and is trying to make the world a more beautiful place with his music, and when you hear what he’s bangin out, it’s obvious that he’s accomplishing his goal.  NYOIL, Fokis, Sahtyre, Darkim Be Allah, Wordsmith, Jus Mic, and Vice are among some of the artists that he’s worked with. He recentetly ranked top 3 for the Dynamic Producer x Common Remix competition.

www.soulplusmind.com
www.myspace.com/soulplusmindmusic
www.twitter.com/dcsoulplusmind

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Ritchcraft, Qwest, and Jansport J., met over Twitter and discovered that they all made remixes. They decided to mesh those remixes into an album. The album is a collection of remixes of some new and old hip hop gems. They named the album “Frootloops” because they all Read the rest of this entry »

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Finding the right music to go with your flow is essential to leaving lasting impression as an artist. A debate I recently had with some producer partners of mine started with my belief that the artists who made the biggest impacts in hip hop, used only one or very few producers. My feeling is that the music created with these unions, defined them as artists and sometimes defined an entire era.

When the producer is like a part of the group, somehow a unique sound is created that can’t be duplicated without that original unit. This sometimes creates musical movements. Some legendary examples of this have been:
Public Enemy, N.W.A, Mobb Deep, A Tribe Called Quest, Wu Tang, The Death Row Movement, The Cash Money Movement, Eric B and Rakim, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, Gangstar…etc Read the rest of this entry »

Hip Hop and R&B Producer, Bryan Micheal Cox discusses the importance of maintaining good relationships and how most times this can be more of an asset than actually having good music!

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DJ Stupac hails from Denver, Colorado and is the first DJ to be profiled on Indiehiphop.net. Every DJ profiled on the this blog plays indie hip hop artists and openly accepts submissions for their mixtapes and projects. Get at them!! Exposure is what its all about and I don’t waste time with people that are not serious about their game.

Currently Dj StuPac is working on a new mixtape with Denver, Colorado artist Hypnautic called “The Movement” that also features many other Denver heavy hitters, such as Julox and Fat Lee. Dj StuPac is also working on a mixtape hosted by Denver native DJ KTONE THE TURF DJ called “WHITE MEN CAN’T DJ” and “A GANGSTA RESUME HOSTED BY CTE’s ROCCETT as well as “SLEPT ON SLAP VOLUME: OUTKAST hosted by DJ BIG SPADE aka DR. XCLUSIVE. Just recently dropped are “SOUTHLAND TALES VOLUME 4 and BEDROOM BOOM BLENDS. Dj StuPac is a 2009 SEA nominee for mixtape rookie of the year, a Crunk Energy Drink Dj (www.crunkenergydrink.com) and runs his own production company Down Rite Durtay Productionz.

DJ STUPAC INFO:

www.myspace.com/djstupac
email: djstupac@gmail.com
www.twitter.com/djstupac

If you’re a hip hop artist or producer, odds are, you either have or will be faced with the issue of using a sample in your music. The biggest problem with this is that most people wait until their music project is completed before they start dealing with the legal aspects associated with clearing those samples.

Typically, most independent releases selling no more than 10,000 records, remain under the radar and never draw broad enough attention to face the legal ramifications of not clearing samples. Having low sales expectations of your project and not clearing samples is still a dangerous place to be. You could have an unexpected huge hit from that release and find yourself in a very defenseless position. The owner of one uncleared sample could have that record pulled from your project or as for an unreasonable amount of payment because they are aware that you’re in a vulnerable spot.

So I’ll begin to walk you through the proper steps for getting samples cleared. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve been producing music professionally for most of my adult life, and it’s been my only source of income for a long time. It hasn’t all been lavish and high profile, but I consider myself very fortunate to be able to make a living doing something I love to do. I’ve placed music in films, produced for many artists, TV programs and made a lot of commercial jingles for big companies.

I get occasional emails from producers asking me “how can I be a successful producer in the industry?” Truth is, success is only defined by your individual goals. You can aspire to be a Timbaland, Dr. Dre or some little known music production manager for a TV show, who makes a very comfortable living. The better you are at your craft and producing different styles of music, the more opportunities will be available to you.

Sometimes you have to create your own opportunity if there doesn’t seem to be any. For example, I started Quickbeats.net because, in my travels, I was meeting a lot of hip hop artists who were gifted but couldn’t afford to pay the cost for professional studio production. So, I decided I’d make quality hip hop beats available, on the internet, to independent hip hop artists at an affordable price. Read the rest of this entry »

Abstrakt Soundz is a independent hip hop producer born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He and artist Element joined forces for the first time to create the cleverly crafted album, Great Expectations. Indie Hip Hop and Ab got together to discuss the emerging underground hip hop scene in Cali and what this talented producer is focused on for the future.
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Abstract Soundz Myspace page…www.myspace.com/abstraktsoundz