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How To Use Maschine Mikro – Loading Groups, Sounds, and Samples

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman March 11, 2013 10:05 am

Maschine Mikro birthday cake

This video tutorial is a guest post from Andrew Chellman. Andrew likes to make music and lots of it. Check him out. I recently received Native Instrument’s Maschine Mikro as a birthday present. Yeah, I know…suuuhhh-weeeet!!! My birthday cake was a Maschine (see image at the end of this article). Without referring to a user’s […]

Big Lo’s Magnum Opiates Adventure

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman March 11, 2013 9:12 am Tagged With: Hip Hop, rap

Magnum Opiates by Big Lo

Who’s God’s right? Who’s God’s wrong? Who’s God’s weak? Who’s God’s strong? I found God at an opiate parlor in Hong Kong, being seduced by a harlot humming a love song.” Despite the debauchery and degradation that might be signaled by the above quote, Big Lo‘s new album Magnum Opiates is the perfect display of […]

Speak Deluxe With Award Winning Marla Mase

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman March 9, 2013 9:43 am Tagged With: New York, producer, singer, songwriter, United States

Marla Mase - SPEAK Deluxe cover

Marla Mase is a writer, performer, producer, singer, and songwriter from New York City. Not limiting herself to music, she also writes plays, monologues, short stories, erotica, blogs and poems. She just finished her first tour of China where she was invited by Friends of the UN to perform for UN Global Peace Day in […]

Grown Up Avenger Stuff

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman March 9, 2013 9:16 am Tagged With: Alternative, indie, North Carolina, Rock, United States

Sparkleton by Grown Up Avenger Stuff

Grown Up Avenger Stuff have arrived to save the day with their new album Sparkleton. This 4 piece indie rock group from North Carolina formed in 2009 and have been working nonstop to save the world one rock song at a time. They have been touring internationally and regionally in support of their critically acclaimed […]

Cojones Bend To Transcend

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman March 9, 2013 8:40 am Tagged With: Alternative, Rock

Cojones - Bend To Transcend - cover

Get ready to rock with Zagreb, Croatia’s one and only Cojones and their unique style of alternative-psychedelic-stoner rock on Bend To Transcend. These guys played Stone From The Underground 2012, one of the biggest underground music festivals in Europe, and they have completed 5 European tours with stops in Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, Czech Republic, […]

FM Down Creates Their Own Style of White Noise

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman March 8, 2013 12:05 pm Tagged With: Alternative, Rock

White Noise by FM Down

FM Down is a group of music veterans from Wisconsin who have come together to deliver their own style of White Noise. We recently interviewed them. Will Wall can be found handling vocals and guitar. He has performed in numerous indie groups throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin including The Holy Rifles and First Step To Failure. […]

Teen Girl Scientist Monthly Presents Modern Dances

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman March 8, 2013 8:46 am Tagged With: dance, New York, Pop, United States

Modern Dances by Teen Girl Scientist Monthly

Brooklyn-based Teen Girl Scientist Monthly has released their new album Modern Dances. It’s really hard to pick a favorite track on this one because they are all catchy, full of energy, and make you want to get up and dance. This is a pop dance extravaganza fit for anyone needing a quick workout. Between June and […]

Crooked Saws Record in Mo-Fi

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman March 8, 2013 7:31 am Tagged With: Blues, Rock

Mo-Fi by Crooked Saws

Today I want to introduce you to a band called Crooked Saws and their authentic, soulful blues rock we shall call Mo-Fi. With 2 microphones and an old reel to reel machine, Crooked Saws spent an afternoon recording this album. Using Kickstarter, (reference our discussion on crowdsourcing), they raised $500. The album was pressed, they […]

Domino Grey’s Facial Recognition Technology

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman March 8, 2013 6:39 am Tagged With: dance, Electronic, Hip Hop, New York, Pop, United States

Butterfly Affect Part 1 - Facial Recognition Technology

Domino Grey is a master storyteller through sound. His new album Butterfly Affect: Facial Recognition Technology is a hypnotizing journey through soundscape’s influenced by the genres of dance, hip-hop, and deep house music. If you check out our interview, you will notice that Domino is a very busy man doing many things under many aliases […]

Interview with Mammothor

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman March 7, 2013 7:28 am Tagged With: Alternative, Boston, classic rock, Massachusetts, Metal, Rock, United States

Mammothor

I had sent out an email to everyone with 3 or 4 band name ideas, Mammothor being one of them, and didn’t get any positive feedback so I wrote a song called “Mammothor.” A few months later at practice everyone suggested we called the band Mammothor and I realized no one had read my email […]

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