SoundTaxi Media Suite

What is SoundTaxi Media Suite

SoundTaxi Media Suite is a set of 5 software products into a single package (5-in-1). It includes an Audio and Video converter, a web video downloader, a music downloader, a DVD copier and a Web radio recorder. The set includes as we said 5 different tools which are:

• SoundTaxi Media Converter
• RipTiger Online Video Downloader
• GetRadio Internet Radio Recorder
• TuneGet Music Downloader
• 1Step DVD Copier.

Those tools will cover all your multimedia needs without having to look for standalone products. The software is simple to use, even for the beginner, and the entire set is 64% cheaper compared to the total price you would pay if you purchased the products separately.

Tools included in SoundTaxi Media Suite

SoundTaxi Media Converter

With SoundTaxi Media Converter you can convert videos and music into any other format without any restrictions. You can now play all your songs and movies on iPod, any other MP3 player, CD player, mobile phone or PC – without any problem. SoundTaxi Media Converter converts video files and music from iTunes, Zune, Napster, Yahoo music, MSN Music etc.

RipTiger Online Video Downloader

RipTiger lets you download online videos from sites such as YouTube, Google Video, Yahoo Video, MySpace, MetaCafe, Daily Motion and many other sites. You’ll be able to convert the downloaded videos into popular formats such as MPEG2, WMV, AVI and more that will work on your PC as well as your iPhone, PSP, or other portable device. RipTiger is able to download more formats than any other software available.

GetRadio Internet Radio Recorder

With GetRadio, you can listen to web internet radio on 25,000 radio stations. Listen to classic rock, pop, jazz, electronic, hip hop, blues, rap, disco, country, pop and much more. Select the music genre or the station and GetRadio legally records songs with no loss of quality. You can even select specific artists to record.

TuneGet Music Downloader

TuneGet lets you search and download free music. It takes just 2 simple steps and downloads take only seconds. You can even find songs that you can’t remember the exact title or the artist! TuneGet has an amazingly large database and includes just about any music genre. It’s legal to use and there are no subscription fees.

1Step DVD Copier/Ripper

1Step DVD lets you easily convert DVD to iPod, DivX, iPhone and many other formats. You can even back up your DVDs to other DVD disks or to your PC without losing quality.

MIA Sings Against Virtual Media, Government, and Bad Journalism

M.I.A. is nearly impossible to review without heaps of research into her political views and life. It’s also impossible to not acknowledge the recent New York Times debacle in which journalist Lynn Hirschberg’s unfavorable profile caused M.I.A. to retaliate by posting the reporter’s phone number on Twitter. If there’s one thing that M.I.A. wants us to know, it’s that she doesn’t follow rules.

The same can be said for her music. While the dubstep influence is still apparent on many tracks on her new album, /\/\/\Y/\ (Maya), M.I.A. strays from her world and alternative hip hop genres of the past and adopts a more industrial, electronic and punk-influenced sound. Maya pushes M.I.A. further from the mainstream despite her major success with “Paper Planes,” but this move is not a bad thing. Once exalted by hipsters until she headed too close to the public eye, Maya takes M.I.A.’s sound and vision somewhere that neither side would expect.

While her past two records were named for her father (Arular) and mother (Kala), the new release is M.I.A.’s first name. Many of the tracks seem like she is justifying herself and her views, to some degree, while also acknowledging that she is proud to be successful.

Born in London, Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam had a rough childhood, including a move to her family’s native Sri Lanka and her father becoming a political activist. The story is long, but it is easy to see where her political side began.

The album is also a rant against social media and Google, in the sense that our connectedness through the internet also means we are directly connected to the government (this is blatantly stated in the album’s opener, “The Message”).

The most experimental track seems to be “Steppin’ Up,” which opens with the sound of power tools put to a steady rhythm that could be a slow club jam if it weren’t for the surprise industrial vibe. It’s over this mesh of beats and found sounds that M.I.A. raps “You know who I am,” and “I run this fucking club.”

“Teqkilla” is also somewhat experimental. It’s very hard to pinpoint exactly where she’s headed in the song musically, but the beat is catchy and the electronic, almost classic-Nintendo sound effects are a great addition. It does drag on a bit at over six minutes, but the track is nice to jam to mindlessly, as most of the album is filled with politics and social opinions.

The first official single, “XXXO,” which also has a remix featuring Jay-Z, is definitely the most radio-friendly, both musically and in content. There’s still an industrial-like sound, but there are also aspects of techno and pop. It’s also mostly a song about a troubled relationship in which M.I.A. sings, “You want me [to] be somebody who I’m really not.”

“Lovalot” may be the best song on the album, sonically. It has a slow, rolling beat and a steady rap with some interesting stops and starts to really draw attention to the lyrics. She starts out by saying, “They told me this was a free country. Now it feels like a chicken factory.” She also proclaims that she “really love[s] a lot,” but she’ll still fight back. Of course with references to the Taliban and bombings, it keeps to the underlying theme of M.I.A.’s career.

Perhaps Lynn Hirschberg was right to say that M.I.A. speaks like a “trained politician,” as many songs feature her echoing vocals preaching as if she was a world leader addressing her nation. The first track released, “Born Free,” samples classic punk rockers Suicide and features M.I.A.’s booming, reveb-laced voice over powerful electric guitars and a fast cymbal rhythm proclaiming that she was “born free.”

The video is also a statement on racial cleansing in the sense that it can happen anywhere–even, apparently, in a white country that decides to get rid of all the redheads. Meanwhile, “Meds and Feds” is a stomping rock track with hard guitars and the repeated line “I just give a damn.” M.I.A. knows where she stands and wants us to know it, too.

Many reviewers and bloggers find M.I.A. hard to digest. It’s easy to simply analyze the music or to dismiss her as “old news,” but the fact is that she may be one of the most influential artists in the past few years, even working with artists like Christina Aguilera. Still, it seems she really couldn’t care less what critics think, because after all, as she says on the album, “All I ever wanted was my story to be told.”

M.IA. may not be part of the hipster underground, but Maya is far from a sellout album. In a world of pop music laced with product placement, copying styles and over-the-top images, it’s refreshing to hear an artist truly paving her own way, no matter what society says.

It’s also nice to have an album that could be taken at face value or analyzed much deeper in terms of political statements-a task that takes more than one small article. Maya hits stores on July 13 on her own label, N.E.E.T. Recordings, but a few tracks are already up on iTunes. She also headlines Hard NYC on July 24 on Governor’s Island.

The Black Eyed Peas : IXS

The Black Eyed Pea is an International fame American hip-hop group. They are from Los Angeles, California, America. The group is composed of will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo and Fergie. Their music styles are pop-rap and alternative hip hop. The Black Eyed Peas Group was created in 1989 when will.i.am real name William Adams and Apl.de.ap real name Allan Pineda met and started rapping plus performing together around Los Angeles. They also got opportunity of signing to Ruthless Records that is run by Eazy-E, after inviting the attention of the nephew of Jerry Heller who is Eazy-E’s manager. Having another friend in their group, Dante Santiago, they named their trio Atban Klann.

In the beginning of their career, The Group faced some problems. Their first album, “Grass Roots”, was never released as Ruthless did not consider the social themes mirrored in the group’s music to be marketable to their listeners. The Group was renamed as Black Eyed Pods by Atban Klann. However, Finally it was decided to name it Black Eyed Peas, because – as will.i.am stated on the front cover of the Monkey Business album, “Black Eyed Peas are food for the soul”. There were also changes made in the team of the band. The band replaced their original third member with Taboo real name Jaime Gomez, plus had Kim Hill as a steady background singer. Contrary to many hip-hop acts, they opt to perform with a live band and chose a musical and clothing style that wildly different from the “Gangsta Rap” sounds of other Los Angeles-based hip-hop acts at the time.

Most of the performances of the band were exhibited in the local club circuit since the mid-’90s beside fellow acts like Ozomatli and Jurassic 5. Then they launched their second album named Bridging the Gap in 2000. This album contained the hit “Request + Line” featuring Macy Gray. In 2003, they released their third album, Elephunk which proved to be a superhit. Importantly, The lovely voice of Stacy “Fergie” was featured in this album.From this very album the anti-war anthem “Where is the Love?” came. (possible protest against the Iraq war which began the same year the song was released. in 2003) featuring an unaccredited Justin Timberlake that proved the band’s first major hit, mounting at #8 on the US Hot 100, in addition topping the charts almost everywhere else, counting six weeks at #1 in the UK where it was the biggest-selling single of 2003.

Another great song of “Elephunk” was “Shut Up” that ranked at #2 in the UK. However, One of the critic commented on this song as “the single most vacuous, pointless, vile and generally loathsome song in a generation”) and topped the charts in many other European countries including France and Germany. Elephunk was an international success and went gold and platinum in the US, UK, Germany and other European markets. The third single from the album, although significantly restyled from the original Elephunk version, “Hey Mama” hit the Top 10 in the UK, Germany and other European countries and reached #23 in the US.

The Black Eyed Peas continued enjoying their work and wrote many new songs.Their next album, Monkey Business, was released on June 7, 2005. The first single of the album, “Don’t Phunk with My Heart”, was an instant hit in the U.S., going to number three on the Billboard Hot 100. This song rested on the highest pinnacle yet of their career and they brought home another Grammy for Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group. The song also became three in the UK, and five in Canada, and number one in Australia. Though it also earned some criticism due to its obscenity. Another song form the same album “My Humps”, instantly achieved commercial success in the U.S. and reasonable substantial radio play regardless of the sexually suggestive lyrics; also reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100. Black Eyed Peas released an iTunes Originals play list of their greatest hits in Sept 2005, as well as some that were re-recorded especially for purchase through iTunes. The play list involved popular songs like “Don’t Lie”, “Shut Up” plus a new version of “Where Is the Love?”

It is worth mentioning here that Black Eyed Peas also involved themselves in the social welfare services. They established the Pea Pod Foundation to help suffering children globally. The foundation is administered by the Entertainment Industry Foundation. On February 6, 2006, At a concert in Hollywood, California the band was joined by Sergio Mendes, Jessica Simpson, and other stars to benefit the foundation.

Keeping in view of the modern trends, Black Eyed Peas also produced a remix album, named “Renegotiations” on March 21, 2006. It is actually the Remixes” to iTunes. It includes remixed versions of Ba Bump, My Style, Feel It, Disco Club, They Don’t Want Music, Audio Delite at Low Fidelity, plus also the standard version and video of “Like That”. And the next week it was released on CD without the music video. Others who took part in it were on the EP included DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Erick Sermon, DJ Jazzy Jeff, and Large Professor.

Wedding DJs: To iPod Or Not to iPod

It’s no secret that Utah is the wedding capital of well, the world… Chances are if you’re reading this article you’re either planning on getting married yourself, or are helping a friend or loved one plan their wedding. Planning a wedding can be a crazy thing, especially without any help. Recent polls of newlywed couples are showing that one of the most important things that couples neglect to do when planning a wedding is taking adequate time to arrange the wedding entertainment. You might be surprised to find out that upwards of 80% of all wedding guests are saying that the thing they remember most about a wedding reception is the entertainment. While the bride and groom are the stars of the show, it’s clear that providing adequate entertainment for your guests is one of the best things you can do to put together and unforgettable wedding.

In looking for logical and economic ways to cut the costs of putting on a wedding, more and more couples are turning to iPod’s as the main source of entertainment at their weddings. Some reception centers have a PA system built into their venues making an iPod seem like an easy alternative to hiring a professional DJ. Many couples automatically think that hiring wedding DJs is going to be too expensive. Misguided wedding planners are even recommending turning to an iPods to save some money rather than hiring a professional wedding DJ. While initially this may sound like a great idea, here are some very important things to consider before deciding to go the do-it-yourself route with your wedding entertainment.

The first and perhaps most important job for a professional DJ is to play music that your guests are going to enjoy. Good Djs are able to read the crowd and play music that best fits the atmosphere you are trying to create, and appeals best to your guests. Let’s see an iPod on shuffle mode do that! The only real way of keeping a smooth flow of music going is by having a Dj who can react on the spot to the preferences of you and your wedding guests. Developing the skills necessary to read and react to a crowd isn’t a task that can be left to just anyone. Skilled professional DJ’s should have ample experience performing in front of crowds and have a good feel for what type of music to play within the first couple of minutes of being at your wedding. He needs to be able to “read the crowd” and select each song based on what the crowd will be most responsive to at any particular moment.

A DJs responsibility is to run the show. When a DJ is running the show that means that you don’t have to. A professional DJ is not afraid of speaking in front of large crowds and is able to gain “control” of a room. A DJ is not there to boss you and your guest around, but rather to keep the flow of events that are already happening going on. A professional DJ truly is the Master of Ceremonies for your entire event. An iPod can’t make announcements (at least not yet, check back with me tomorrow…) A DJ knows how to do such things as: handle your grand entrance introductions with appropriate music cued in the background, introduce the first dance and parents dances, announce the cake cutting, and set up the bouquet and garter toss. Do you really want to worry about those sort of things instead of thoroughly enjoying your special day?

Besides the professional skills a DJ has to offer, the person in charge of the music needs to have a very broad knowledge of music and experience playing all different types of genres. Simply listening to the radio or owning a lot of CDs does not qualify someone as having a broad knowledge of music. Unless you’re a music collector, chances are you don’t have a music library with big band swing, the latest international salsa hits, current pop music chart toppers, oldies, classic rock, hip hop and dance tracks along with everything in between. A professional DJ will have thousands of title selections and the ability to match the right type of music to your guests. Unless you want to subject your guests exclusively to your musical tastes, chances are you’ll probably have to buy some more music to better suit all of your guests. Do it yourself would have to spend hours on iTunes and hundreds of dollars on music to put together a playlist just to last long enough to cover the average reception. Once you get to that point all of the cost savings of deciding to use an iPod have been lost and you’re out several hours of your time.

Professional audio equipment is another important thing a DJ brings to your reception. Some reception centers have built in PA systems, however most of them are completely inadequate for the size of the venues in which they run. If your chosen venue doesn’t have a PA system, that leaves you with the responsibility of tracking down speakers, amplifiers, microphones, and mixers. Most wedding-sized PA systems that are available for rent run anywhere from $250 to $500 dollars per day, and that doesn’t even include set-up. Do you know the difference between a mini plug, an RCA plug, a quarter inch plug and an XLR plug? Once you’re able to track equipment down, in most cases you’ll need to provide a truck or van to lug all the equipment around. Are you starting to get the picture?

If planning and organizing all this is beginning to sound like just one big hassle, you’re right! Once rental fees and the hassle of putting together playlists and untangling raveled cables is tallied, hiring a professional DJ can end up being the more economical choice than even the do-it-yourself iPod approach. You’d definitely be better off hiring a professional. A professional DJ takes care of everything for you. Is it possible to do it all yourself? Sure it is, but after hearing about all the hassles involved who would really want to?

Free Radio iPhone

If you haven’t heard it yet, AccuRadio is the internet’s leading independent radio broadcaster, the quintessential personalizable, multichannel streaming radio listening service. Enter FlyTunes, a company that has just created a mobile version of “Hurricane”, its patent-pending streaming technology, and you have a partnership that was made for iPhone.

At the April 14th RAIN (Radio and Internet Newsletter) Summit in Las Vegas, FlyTunes announced the launch of a complete mobile AccuRadio portal which combines a user-friendly interface, targeted advertising delivery, and enhanced streaming quality (QoS). Best of all, this new mobile radio service is iPhone compatible. This gives satellite radio giants Sirius and XM a run for their money, as they still scramble to get support on the various smartphone OS platforms.

Webcasting, or internet radio, currently serves over 50 million American listeners each month. And already AccuRadio – as the self-avowed “Next Generation of Radio”, and one of five nominees for the 2008 Webby Awards (“the Oscars of the Internet”) in the category of Best Radio – serves a good half-a-million of them, at least. That number is poised to swell now that smartphone users can access the service through their handheld devices – including the iPhone. Not only that, but the service is also available for users of the iPod Touch.

Whatever your musical tastes, AccuRadio has it, offering Rock, Pop, Classical, Country, Jazz, Broadway, and more: over 320 different genre-specific stations in all. Other categories to titillate mobile music fans include Oldies, Blues, Soul, Hip-Hop, Latin, Swing, Cabaret, Celtic, Reggae, Native American, and Chinese Pop. Now that’s variety! Plus, as if that wasn’t enough, AccuRadio even lets users build their own radio channels, if they like.

On the critical side, the mobile interface is still more like standard, traditional or “terrestrial” FM radio than satellite or internet radio in that it doesn’t yet display the name of the song playing, and doesn’t let users skip past songs they don’t like. Stations load up as a QuickTime movie.

If webcasting was once the new frontier, mobile webcasting has now taken its place, and rightfully so. Our culture is one that is increasingly on the go, and not everybody is crazy about the idea of listening to the same music from their iTunes library or other MP3 collection over and over again. The innovation of the FlyTunes’ AccuRadio mobile platform allows people on-the-go the same ever-changing variety of audio entertainment that commuters have had for decades through their car stereos.

Hip Hop Music Sales Slump in Digital Age What Does This Mean For the Industry?

Hip hop music was huge in the United States just a few years ago. At one point in 2000, sales even hit a record high of over 1.8 billion USD. That was when Hip Hop R&B had over taken all other genres of music in terms of record sales. To find out why Hip Hop music sales are slumping currently, one has to rewind a little and understand how Hip Hop all started out.

Before Hip Hop got accepted into the mainstream, many Hip Hop artists pretty much stayed underground to practice their art form. No one knew Hip Hop was going to become the titan that it would develop into. When Hip Hop first began, it started out in the streets. It was a movement by people who were disadvantaged, or were ostracized by the community – they were looking for a way to express themselves and their plight. And express themselves they did.

Hip Hop music is spontaneous and witty. For example, when a battle takes place between two artists, the lyrics are never pre-written. Each competitor will be given the opportunity to rap for a certain period of time. The audience is the judge. The culture of rap is that the judging audience is never biased making it a truly democratic art form. Whoever comes up with the most original and creative lyrics will win the battle. Of course, there is an element of like and dislike. So the lyrics have to connect with the audiences as well. The final results of the battle is based on the cheers of the audience. Whoever receive the loudest cheer, wins the battle.

As you can see, Hip Hop arises out of a need for talented artists to be heard. And the artists became really good from years of practicing. As they practice, the world remains largely unaware of what is happening. It wasn’t until the artists become more entrepreneurial that Hip Hop starts to take off.

Unlike other type of music, the Hip Hop community accepts was far reaching in content and profanity in the lyrics. The market finds it refreshing to hear such profanity in the records. And soon, Hip Hop music took off like a bullet with as much variety in tone as there were people. From the angry rebellious rap, to the happy its a party time songs.

The market soaked it all in mainly because they believed that the artists were just doing their thing – they were voicing repressed feelings, from lack of opportunity or showing you how to enjoy yourself and life. So record sales continued to soar. Recording artists like Eminem, 50 Cent Lil Wayne, Jay Z, T.I and Gucci Mane all did very well in the industry.

Unfortunately, the success of the Hip Hop industry has hit a turning point. In a few short years, sales for Hip Hop music begin to decline, and it continued to decline year after year. Some recording labels, once worth millions of dollars, are now near bankruptcy.

It is clear that the market has taken the time to learn about Hip Hop music and culture and have fully embraced it. After earning billions of dollars in the industry, and being widely accepted in the mainstream, what is the source of the decline in sales?

Many will argue, its all due to the Internet. The new Internet age has brought about many new opportunities along with many new threats to the old industries. Now its easier then ever to commit piracy and unfortunately the record industry has been resistant to change. Too stuck in the old mind frame and old distribution channels to fully embrace what the Internet could really mean for them.

Hip Hop artists are now being heard all over the world. There is no longer the element of distribution channels or lag from the artist to the market. Why? Because the Internet makes it instantaneous. As such old walls have been broken down where people had to wait for months or search relentlessly to be able to acquire all of an artists past works.

As such artists must continue to evolve in order to continue thriving. Perhaps it’s still back to basics. No more focusing on big marketing budgets and record label driving initiatives. Maybe what the Internet has done is take Hip Hop out of the corporate boardrooms and back to the streets where all that counts is just great rap music lyrics from the heart.

Hip Hop Music Production – 3 Essentials For Producing Your Own Hip Hop Music

The Hip hop music production of today uses drum machines, samplers, online beat makers, live instrumentals, samplers, live vocals, sequences, and synthesizers. If you can imagine it, you can probably use it. This genre of music includes all the various processes that go into the production of the music. As a producer, your role is to assemble the instrumentals of each track.

Putting together a hip hop instrumental is an art form what the hip hop music producer is known for. This is typically called the beat, while in the role of producer you are known as the beat maker. The biggest change that is now happening in the industry is that advancing technology which is eliminating the job of producer in hip hop music production.

The good news for Rap and Hip Hop artists is that today artists themselves are now taking of the production of the entire hip hop beat. For new and emerging artists this is even more so. The new age of beat making applications can do three times more than anything a retired hip hop producer could do.

Young and happening artists are discovering they can create anything from laying down vocal tracks, to creating instrumentals, and finally mixing and mastering their complete track right from the comfort and convenience of their own home. Further, they can do it for only a fraction of the cost! A modern beat making application for hip hop production can be purchased on the web for less than $30 USD.

Amazingly, for this incredibly low price even the beginning producer can get their hands on the most prized functions and tricks. In addition, having access to comprehensive online tutorials and a support networks means you can instantly begin producing your own music today even if you do not have any knowledge of laying down hip hop beats.

Obviously, this is causing quite a power shift in the industry as artists gain more control. Still though, there are a few fundamentals to hip hop music production that every newbie hip hop self-producer needs to know.

1. The first thing you should know is that the drum beat is the most fundamental component of your track. The complexity and pace of the drum beat dictates what speed and impact the entire production will have. Everything is supported by the drums. It is recommended that you keep them as simple as possible when starting or you will likely run into problems!

2. The second consideration is where to get your drum beats from. They can be downloaded, sampled from online sources, created by a drum beat maker, or you can create them yourself own your own beat making application. This can take some skill though so many musicians often begin with a download then move up to creating their own beats.

3. Finally, start with the basics then increase the complexity gradually. If you want to learn hip hop music production, this is the best way. Once you are happy with your drum beat, you need to develop the percussion and sampling elements of your song. You need both to add emphasis to your sound and create a great work of art.

Interested in producing your own tracks? Looking for a way into this amazing industry so you can do what you love? There are now lots of options for everyone. You have to start somewhere though. So get your hands on a great beat making application.

Instrumental Hip-Hop Music

Indian Hip-Hop is a wonderful mixture of conventional Indian musical rudiments with hip hop music. Hip-Hop changed all the dynamics of world music in 1990s. It’s a form of music which focuses more on message or lyrics of the song than the music. To understand Indian instrumental Hip-Hop music we will have to look at instrumental and Hip-Hop music separately. Indian instrumental music is a part of the great tradition of Indian classical music. Indian classical music is one of the prime constituent of wonderful Indian heritage. Whereas Hip-Hop originated from Afro-American culture and now it is more of a global phenomenon. The mixing of these two forms of music results in captivating instrumental Hip-Hop music.

Instrumental Hip-Hop music redefined the music scenario to the extent that it is considered as a genre of its own. It is one of the most experimental forms of music. Slowly India is also catching up with this new genre. Instrumental Hip-Hop uses one or more local music with other instruments. For example, Indian instrumental hip-hop music mixes few of the Indian languages with percussion or other Indian instruments like Veena or Sitar and thus comes out a completely new form of music which is soothing to the ears. Other experiment includes using Indian movies songs with numerous instruments.

Indian hip-hop musical segment is still in evolution stage. Though, few of the Indian artists have managed to make a name for themselves on international scale. One of the most popular Indian Hip Hop artists who is credited to carve a niche for himself is Asoka. Basically a solo performer, he has worked with famous rappers as well. Asoka has worked with one of the world’s most popular rappers, The Outlawz. Not only that, he has prominently featured in major mix tapes. Other prominent Indian hip-hop artists are Srik, OBB, Sagar, PRX etc.

Audio Production – How to Become a Hip-Hop Music Producer

There are many upcoming music producers interested in audio production in hip-hop. This urban genre of music appeals more to the youth which you must be aware of with your techniques. This means you have to be different and unique, and these qualities are what most of the hip-hop production houses and artists are looking for. With the right knowledge in music production, the next thing is to find your way into the list of notable hip-hop music producers in the industry.
Since your interests are in hip-hop music and audio production, you have to know how to make these kinds of beats. Make nice hip-hop beats because you will need them when you want to show artists looking for suitable beats to sing or rap over. The best way is to know places where you can find aspiring hip-hop artists so you can offer them your beats for “mix-tapes” or sell them for a small fee and if you have good beats, you can be sure your chances of them and the public liking them is a lot higher.
You should also make sure you attend all the events you can that will keep you in contact with hip-hop artists, other music producers and any interested parties so you can introduce yourself and what you do. Network is crucial in the music business and you have to learn how to sell yourself. You could also give samples of your work and remember to make follow ups since it is likely you are not the only one doing that and they may have received a lot of samples from other aspiring hip-hop music producers who also love audio production.
Make sure you network with people you share interests with and this means other people aspiring to be hip-hop music producers. Through discussions and forums, you can get to know what other people are doing to make it in the industry which could be very useful to you.
There is need to know all that is happening in the hip-hop industry including the changes that you need to adopt especially to do with technology. Since music technology is changing rapidly and people’s needs and tastes are also changing, the artists too will need to be into audio production that are up to date to give them an edge in the industry since they know their fans will also like it.
There are music producers equipment that you will use in your work which you must have. On top of being aware of the music technology in the industry, it is also important to be aware of the different hardware that are introduced so that you get some knowledge and understanding as to how they operate.
Perhaps the most important thing is to have a genuine interest in what you do and strive to make your skills better in audio production. Practice always makes perfect. Listen to a lot of hip-hop music and learn the tricks with the best productions. You can consider listening to your favorite producers to try to emulate their style and as you get better slowly evolve and develop your own.