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Dubspot Student Spotlight! Jubilee, DJ Berlin, Fame Cohen, Nick Bohme, Lauren Plevy
DJ / ProducerThis month’s installment of Dubspot Student Spotlight features an exciting array of up and coming DJ/producers and talented artists. Throughout this series, our goal is to shed some light on the exceptional DJs and producers emerging out of Dubspot’s front
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Sound System Culture In New York City – From Dub to Techno and Beyond
FeaturedDubspot contributor Mike Styels gives us the low down on some of the best electronic music sound systems in New York City, including Tower of Sound and Tsunami Bass. It was like a ghost had passed through me. It might
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Logic Tutorial: MIDI Drum Programming + Trap Beat Patterns (Pt 1 of 3) w/ Shadetek
Logic ProDubspot instructor and course designer Matt Shadetek returns with another episode of Secret Knowledge, our video tutorial series of production tips, techniques and advice for Logic users. In the first installment of this three-part video tutorial, Shadetek looks at some
[read more...]Electronic Music Theory: Learning From Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5
Music FoundationsPicking up the thread of our Electronic Music Theory series, Dubspot contributor Michael Emenau looks at Beethoven’s 5th Symphony and unearths musical ideas and concepts to inspire our electronic productions. In this article, I will analyze the first movement of
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Video: ‘The Tempest’ Innovative Analog Drum Machine / Synth from Dave Smith + Roger Linn
Video TutorialsIn this video, electronic musician and Dubspot instructor James Bernard takes a deeper look at the Tempest, an innovative analog drum machine and synthesizer from electronic musical instruments design giants Dave Smith Instruments and Roger Linn Design. In this video,
[read more...]Dubspot NYC Ableton Live User Group (5/7) Laura Escudé + Dan Freeman: Live Performance Tips
EventsAttention New York Ableton users! On Tuesday May 7th from 9:15–11pm, our Dubspot Ableton User Group continues with instructor / host Dan Freeman (C0m1x) and special guest instructor Laura Escudé (Alluxe, Electronic Creatives).
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Ableton Live 9 Tutorial: How to Create Dance Music Synth Leads w/ Analog
Ableton LiveIn this video tutorial, Dubspot instructor and Ableton Certified Trainer Michael Hatsis (a.k.a. !banginclude) demonstrates how to create flavors of popular dance music leads using Ableton Live’s unique and versatile synthesizer instrument Analog. In this tutorial, Dubspot instructor and Ableton
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Traktor DJ for iPad Tutorial Pt 1 w/ Endo: Harmonic Mixing, BPM Detection, Touchscreen DJing +
DJ Tips & TricksIn part one of this three-part video tutorial looking at Native Instruments Traktor DJ for iPad, Dubspot instructor Mike Henderson a.k.a. Endo takes us through some of the key features including the track recommendation engine, harmonic mixing, automatic BPM detection,
[read more...]Seven Lions (OWSLA, Santa Barbara, CA) – Dubspot Interview @ Ultra Music Festival
Artist & LabelsDubspot’s Nate Mars catches up with rising EDM star Seven Lions during Miami’s Ultra Music Festival to ask about his music production process, how he prepares his DJ sets in Traktor, signing to OWSLA and more.
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5 Female Electronic Music Producers We Love: RYAT, TOKiMONSTA, Vaccine, Kate Simko, Cooly G
Artist & LabelsDubspot blogger Rachel Dixon presents five female producers who are influencing their genres with unique contributions: RYAT, TOKiMONSTA, Vaccine, Kate Simko, and Cooly G.
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Flying Lotus (Brainfeeder / Warp Records, LA) – Dubspot Interview @ SXSW
Artist & LabelsWhile visiting SXSW in Austin, TX earlier this year, the Dubspot team got a chance to talk with West Coast musical innovator Flying Lotus about his musical influences, his creative approach, and some of his latest production projects. The Dubspot
[read more...]Ableton Live Producer Program @ Dubspot – Course Reviews / Student Experience!
Ableton LiveIn this new video, Dubspot students talk about their experience participating in our 3-month intensive Ableton Live Producer Certificate Program. Students learn how to create, record, produce, and perform music using Ableton Live.
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On Tour w/ Badawi in Japan – From Unit Club to Japanese Toys (Tokyo / Osaka / Tohoku)
Artist & LabelsIn this latest episode of On Tour, Dubspot instructor and dub champion Raz Mesinai (a.k.a. Badawi) travels to Japan to perform at Tokyo’s Unit Club and see some of the country’s beautiful sights.
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Marley Marl ‘Classic Recipes’ – Recreating Biz Markie ‘Make The Music With Your Mouth, Biz’
Video TutorialsIn the fourth installment of Classic Recipes, the legendary DJ/producer Marley Marl explains and demonstrates how he produced and mixed the lead single off Biz Markie’s 1986 debut album Goin’ Off.
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Sound Design Tutorial: Create Dutch-Style Synth Leads w/ Absynth (Native Instruments)
Sound DesignIn this tutorial, Dubspot sound design instructor and course designer Evan Sutton (aka Astrolith) shows how to create Dutch-style synth sounds with Native Instruments Absynth. Dutch-style synth leads are useful for many different types of music aside from dutch house.
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