The Underground

  • “iTunes is as good as dead, but Apple Music is rising from its ashes”…

    All the answers you need to know on Apple’s killing of iTunes is below… iTunes is as good as dead, but Apple Music is rising from its ashes. After 18 years of iTunes, Apple is ending the app and channeling you to Apple Music, Apple Podcasts and Apple TV instead. The three apps will be…

  • Press Pause: The History Of Pause Tape Production

    Good write-up on the history of pause tapes. Here’s an excerpt… A good pause button and a vivid imagination were all young hip-hop enthusiasts needed to create something out of their sense of wonder. Using a boombox or stereo with dual cassette decks, aspiring DJs and producers would play and record a sample from another…

  • Record Store Day 2019 (Event)

    Heads up to my NYC brethren…

  • Plugs 1,2, & 3 Vs. Tom Silverman…

    Tommy ain’t my mf’n boy… Via DJ Filthy Rich: pic.twitter.com/CCHgPvDREk — DJ Filthy Rich (@djfilthyrich416) March 1, 2019

  • Jay Smooth no longer at WBAI…

    And so, here we are. This is incredibly painful, despite all their efforts to make the decision easier. But there is no other choice. I will no longer be broadcasting on @WBAI. pic.twitter.com/3B17N0dAlO — jay smooth (@jsmooth995) July 19, 2018 Salute to Jay Smooth for sticking to his principles on this… Since 1991, Jay Smooth…

  • New Year’s Eve Mix.. NOT

    The good news is i was able to get into DJ mode for NY’s Eve last night at the homestead. I decided to also pop in a CD blank to record the festivities and share it with ya’ll today. Yaaay! ..NOT Bad news part: It was not to be as all i got was ‘CD…

  • DJ Perly: “When I heard my name as the USA champ, I was surprised and just overwhelmed with joy”

    Salute to DJ Perly, the first female to win a DMC title. Boricuas, represent! This year’s national champion goes by DJ Perly, and she represents Hip-Hop’s very birthplace. The Bronx, New York native outlasted dozens of other competitors at the competition hosted by D.I.T.C.’s Lord Finesse, besting runners up Dwells (also representing NYC) and Los…

  • This music production tool is the reason why all new music sounds the same…

    The Click… Imagine music as a recipe. Would you be able tell whether it had been made with artificially engineered ingredients or fresh produce from the farmer’s market? Canned tomatoes might work just fine—but maybe you wouldn’t know what you had been missing until you tried the same dish with heirlooms, each beautifully misshapen with…

  • Brian Eno explains the loss of humanity in modern music…

    VIA In music, as in film, we have reached a point where every element of every composition can be fully produced and automated by computers. This is a breakthrough that allows producers with little or no musical training the ability to rapidly turn out hits. It also allows talented musicians without access to expensive equipment…

  • Soundcloud days might be numbered…

    Oh, damn… The biggest platform for sharing music, especially fire internet rap bangers, has reportedly been pushed to the edge. A new report suggests that the streaming platform Soundcloud only has enough cash to survive for 50 more days. Soundcloud employees quoted by TechCrunch, said that SoundCloud cofounders, Alexander Ljung and Eric Wahlforss, told staff…

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