Beast of the Beats II
Yesterday (Sunday) was the iStandardproducers.com "BEAST OF THE BEATS II" and there were i think 20 producers who were winners of previous Monthly Beat Battles from NYC, Philly, Chicago, and Atlanta, who all came together to battle it out for some pretty awesome prizes and supreme bragging rights. The competition was heated as everybody brought their best shots.
When the dust cleared, producer "The Letter C" stood atop the rubble as the winner of Beats of the Beats II. A very big congrats goes out to The Letter C, and as i was a sponsor of the event, The Letter C also wins a free mixdown from me. I wish i could offer a free mix to all of the producers as they were all incredibly talented. The top 4 winners were
1. The Letter C
2. JPat
3. Canei Finch
4. El Boogs
Some of my other personal favorites included PersuaZion, Pyro, and the Rockstars, but man, everybody really had some heat. The event was at a club in Manhattan called "Touch", which just had a monsterous sound system and a nice stage area. The judging panel included industry heavyweight Dave Lighty - A&R at Jive Records, and Pete Rock, whom i recorded his Soul Survivors album with. I havent seen Pete in 10 years! though we worked together on "Dogs of War" for the Ghostface Killah "Fishscale" album. Also, much to my complete surprise, Just Blaze was in the building, which i didnt know at first and apparently i walked right past him when i went over to say hi to Pete Rock and totally missed Just Blaze. When i found out Just was there, i went back to and caught up with him for a good half hour, I havent seen him in a while, though not long ago we did a bit of work together on the Saigon project.
Anyway. What a night. Congrats to all the producers and Kudos to Don Di Napoli and J Hatch of istandardproducers.com for putting on such a high profile and well run event!
-Ken Lewis
When the dust cleared, producer "The Letter C" stood atop the rubble as the winner of Beats of the Beats II. A very big congrats goes out to The Letter C, and as i was a sponsor of the event, The Letter C also wins a free mixdown from me. I wish i could offer a free mix to all of the producers as they were all incredibly talented. The top 4 winners were
1. The Letter C
2. JPat
3. Canei Finch
4. El Boogs
Some of my other personal favorites included PersuaZion, Pyro, and the Rockstars, but man, everybody really had some heat. The event was at a club in Manhattan called "Touch", which just had a monsterous sound system and a nice stage area. The judging panel included industry heavyweight Dave Lighty - A&R at Jive Records, and Pete Rock, whom i recorded his Soul Survivors album with. I havent seen Pete in 10 years! though we worked together on "Dogs of War" for the Ghostface Killah "Fishscale" album. Also, much to my complete surprise, Just Blaze was in the building, which i didnt know at first and apparently i walked right past him when i went over to say hi to Pete Rock and totally missed Just Blaze. When i found out Just was there, i went back to and caught up with him for a good half hour, I havent seen him in a while, though not long ago we did a bit of work together on the Saigon project.
Anyway. What a night. Congrats to all the producers and Kudos to Don Di Napoli and J Hatch of istandardproducers.com for putting on such a high profile and well run event!
-Ken Lewis
posted by Protools Mixing at 1:29 PM
1 Comments:
You didn't mention the cool bar that was backlit white and when you put a drink down there was a blue light that showed up right under the drink and moved if you moved it! Well worth paying $8 for a Heiniken!
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