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Rachel Flowers – Hearing Is Believing

Rachel Flowers lost her eyesight at 3 months old. At two years she picked up the melody for “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” on the piano, learning to play every song she heard shortly after. Rachel began her formal training at 4 1/2 through the Southern California Conservatory of Music, studying piano, music theory, ear training, music history, Braille music code, and adaptive computer music…

Splice Beatmaker & the Hype$h!t REMIX Competition

Technology is making huge strides for producers and music lovers all over the world.

This was going to be the theme for today’s release but I just received without a doubt the sickest use of the Hype$h!t samples so far. Jeremy Conundrum Bliss came through today with this insane mix using the Hype$h!t Drum & Bass pack available HERE on Zivxiz!

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This release contains the sounds and midi bits I created in composing the song “Science Fact”, featured on American Dad S08E07.

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Free Beat Box and MC hype sounds from Blacktacular!

Host of the NW DNB Battles for over a decade and a warrior of the Portland dance music community since anyone can remember, Ashanti Blacktacular Hall brings unbelievable energy to his performances and is the back bone of the promotions game in the Pacific Northwest.

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ASMR: Changing The Way We Think About Music

Your dad flipping the pages of his newspaper when you were a small child.. Someone leaning in behind you to whisper in your ear.. A gentle trickle of water or a just audible breeze.. It’s similar yet different for each of us.. It’s ASMR. A physical response; tingles on the back of your neck, for instance; triggered by the often unexpected audio/visual experience. Your brain releases a cocktail of…

6/13/17 Hologram Pacific Anthology

The magic of psychedelia lives in the forests of the Pacific NW.

☶hologram.pacific☶ is proof of its existence.

Listen on Soundcloud, Mixcloud or download mp3 here.

This week's release features Gabriel Caetano who writes and produces music in Brasília Brazil.

This week’s release features Gabriel Caetano who writes, performs and produces music in Brasília, Brazil. Well known among the global digital music community as someone who openly shares his skill and inspiration with others, Gabriel also challenges himself by performing heartfelt covers of artists his FB followers choose by vote on his youtube channel. He teaches music production technology work…

How To Make A TalkBox

“A talk box or talkbox is an effects unit that allows musicians to modify the sound of a musical instrumentby shaping the frequency content of the sound and to apply speech sounds (in the same way as singing) onto the sounds of the instrument. Typically, a talk box directs sound from the instrument into the musician’s mouth by means of a plastic tube adjacent to their vocal microphone. The…