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Mechp is a fuckin poser. He makes beats, raps and does shit he calls "hip hop influenced instrumental music that has been kicked in the head by classic soul and spit on by 60's orchestral pop" .... wtf does that even mean?

Tags: monster, island, art

Howdy,
As I'm sure some of you know, since I repeat this fact every few months in a blog, I'm a painter by training and a "graphic designer& (Click here to read the rest)

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Scan Records, Listen

Tags: scan, your, records!

Check out this awesome little project I stumbled across.
This guy scanned a record and wrote a decoder to play the contents of the record from the sc (Click here to read the rest)

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After having my interest piqued by the mention of the Optigan in [url=http://www.em411.com/forum/5317/1/155371/c64OptiganCasioRoland_PMA5_amp_mor.html (Click here to read the rest)

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The end of an Era

Tags: bye, bye music, :(

Well, my 6 year old powerbook has finally breathed it's last. It happened about 2 hours ago and when it went down it took all of my music with it. In (Click here to read the rest)

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Tags: willy wonka, monome, dope

I just saw em411 alum Deadelus here in Minneapolis and he absolutely killed it. He played live with a monomachine (which he had tilted toward the audi (Click here to read the rest)

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Nipple Song LOL

Tags: I'm a Butter He, Oh Shit, Nipple

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No Country For Old Men

Tags: Cohen Bros, Film

I saw this film last night and was pretty blown away. Without giving away anything, I can say that it is a supremely skillful and well written meditat (Click here to read the rest)

Read more | 23 comments | 19 people liked this blog.

Tags: andy, computorz, art

Hi folks,
Some of you may know that I am an artist first and musician second. I've been working digitally a lot lately with my Wacom tablet and Pho (Click here to read the rest)

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InDesign Users: HELP!

Tags: invinci-page, won't delete, InDesign

I know some of you are InDesign gurus, and google + the Adobe support site/forum (which is in shambles right now) have been no help, so I pose this q (Click here to read the rest)

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Basic Beatmaking Guide

Tags: drums, beats, basics

Here's a screen shot of a really basic hip hop beat:
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and here's a copy with some guiding notes (Click here to read the rest)

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Em411 FAQ & Links

Tags: info, links, faq

This will be an evolving list links to blogs with helpful info.
If you post a link here I'll add it to the main list here in the main blog section (Click here to read the rest)

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Creepy/Dope Video

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Watch at least until the creepy eyes part. (Click here to read the rest)

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I hate page formatting.

Tags: downlording, WORK SUX

Not sure how many of you graphic designers out there have ever taken a "design" job that is less design and really just formatting text... (Click here to read the rest)

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Modular Triggered by Drums

Tags: doepfer, juno, drums, modular

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I stumbled upon these videos. This is better than that guy that did the Spac (Click here to read the rest)

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I met my Idols, Booker T and the MGs!

Tags: booker t, soul, OMFUG!

This blog is a bit belated, but I figured some of you would appreciated it, so I thought I'd share.
Last Wednesday my girlfriend and I headed down (Click here to read the rest)

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MPLS Bridge Collapse

Just thought I'd let everyone know that I'm okay and it's looking like there aren't going to be too many casulties. The bridge that collapsed runs (Click here to read the rest)

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Tags: busking, disk, samples, cheeeezecake

So I've wanted to do some busking forever and with the recent arrival of a USB-Zip drive, assembling a busking disk for my MPC has become easy enough (Click here to read the rest)

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I'm in London, Paris, Scottland

Tags: London, Paris, Oban, Me

Hello everyone I didn't get a chance to send out the word before I left because liife is hectic, but I'm in the big LDN for two more days, then off (Click here to read the rest)

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Classic Vinyl Downloads

Tags: clickin nugglet, soul, vinyl, samples

Do you like free music? Do you like classic soul/jazz/funk/samba? Do you want it free on teh internetz? If yes, peep this shit:

[url=http://diggers (Click here to read the rest)

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Tags: mechp, andy, art

As some of you may know, I am not primarily a musician, but rather a painter/drawer/printmaker. This semester I've been exploring digital painting an (Click here to read the rest)

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Best Free Find EVAR

Tags: Free, MK3, HOLY SHIT

Today, as my girlfriend and I drove to meet a friend for breakfast, I spotted a Coin-Op Arcade cabinet with a sign on it from the car. I shrieked like (Click here to read the rest)

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Psychadelic Soul & Funk Mix

Tags: psychadelic, funk, soul, egon

I thought I'd throw a link up here because this month's Stones Throw Podcast is particularly good. It's a mix of Psychadelic Soul and Funk by ST's (Click here to read the rest)

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It's Just Like A Mini Mall!

Tags: flea market, rap, mini mall, remix

I don't know if you guys have seen this or not, but there is a remix contest happening and I think I just might have to get in on it.

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I sux (Click here to read the rest)

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Tags: poop, smiles, hearts and frow

I love them. Give'em to me!
I'll start with jdg's modern classic:

[poop (Click here to read the rest)

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JB RIP: songs in tribute

Tags: tribute, jb, james brown, breaks

The loss of James Brown is one that will be felt around the world.
What better way to send him off than to make some seriously groovy, funky music in (Click here to read the rest)

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Mechp-Private School Dropout

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Mechp-Lightning Days

Abominable Snowman

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Brass Tacks- Deadly Nightshade

Mechp- Eminent Domain

Mechp-I Can't Believe

Mechp- The Showdown

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