Studio Leaks . Info

So Studioleaks' owner Koolo is the person who has been dropping the Eminem leaks lately, just recently leaking an Eminem EP: Straight From The Vault (which you can find on studioleaks.info , you will have to make an account and can find it in the exclusive section).

On his forum Koolo has stated that he will be leaking other artists' songs now, not focusing on just Eminem.

Interesting to see where this will go.

Also by the way, I have a new video up, it's an entry for a contest in which I have progressed to the second round, check it out here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOFaldS0ta0 - thumbs up, comment, favorite and help me win!

Reader member thing count

Since I'm not an admin to the blog, I figured I'd ask our readers how many people actually read these. I can only so far see three, so if you actually read our posts, please comment on this and make up a username, because we might have a forum within the next month or two, depending on our free time.

Eminem Leaks 2010 (Download Added)

http://sharingtbh.com/f5qxu2dsrx3w
(Contains all song below excluding I Need a Doctor - Echo & Living Proof aren't on there because they are going to be on another project)

Well a person supposedly from Saudi Arabia going by the name Koolo or NotAfraid2Leak on Twitter has apparently bought and is continually buying unreleased Eminem tracks and leaking them gradually.

So far the leaked tracks include:

• Syllables - Eminem Feat. Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, Ca$his & Stat Quo
• I Need a Doctor - Dr. Dre Feat. Eminem & Skylar Grey (Detox)
• Echo - Eminem & Royce Da 5'9'' Feat. Liz Rodriguez (Bad Meets Evil?)
• Living Proof - Eminem & Royce Da 5'9'' (Bad Meets Evil?)
• Difficult - Eminem
• Dudey - Eminem Feat. Obie Trice (Obie added a chorus to Difficult)
• Topless - Eminem Feat. Nas (Ghostwrite for Dre)
• Cocaine Feat. Jazmine Sullivan
• Hello, Good Morning (Remix) - Diddy-Dirty Money Feat. Eminem
• Hit Me With Your Best Shot - D12 (Eminem's rap group)
• Uh Oh - Eminem
• Give Me The Ball - Eminem
• Fly Away - Eminem Feat. Just Blaze (Blaze singing...)

There's a future rumored to be leaked track is titled G.O.A.T. (Greatest of all Time)

should be interesting how this plays out.

Artist Spotlight: Skylar Grey

Okay, okay, okay since her performance at the grammys was many peoples first notice of her I decided she deserves to get the first Artist Spotlight.

Well Known song she's apart of
-Featured singer in Dr. Dre's "I Need a Doctor"
-Co-writer of Eminem's "Love The Way You Lie"
-Featured singer in Lupe Fiasco's "Words I Never Said"
-Featured singer in Diddy-Dirty Money's "Coming Home"
-Featured singer in Fort Minor's "Where'd You Go" (under the name Holly Brook)
-Co-writer of T.I.'s "Castle Walls"
ect.ect.ect.

I actually found a video of her original Demo of Love The Way You Lie, here it is along with other Skylar Grey/Holly Brook songs/features

2011 Grammys: Nominations, Predictions & Wants (& Winners)

Key: Red = Prediction, Blue = Want *Winner*

Record Of The Year
-Nothing On You (B.o.B Feat. Bruno Mars)
-Love The Way You Lie (Eminem Feat. Rihanna)
-Fuck You (Cee-Lo Green)
-Empire State of Mind (Jay-Z Feat. Alicia Keys)
-*Need You Now (Lady Antebellum)*

Album of The Year
-*The Suburbs (Arcade Fire)*
-Recovery (Eminem)
-Need You Now (Lady Antebellum)
-The Fame Monster (Lady Gaga)
-Teenage Dream (Katy Perry)

Song of The Year
-Beg Steal or Borrow (Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs)
-Fuck You (Cee-Lo Green)
-The House That Built Me (Miranda Lambert)
-Love The Way You Lie (Eminem Feat. Rihanna)
-*Need You Now (Lady Antebellum)*

Best New Artist
-Justin Bieber
-Drake
-Florence & The Machine
-Mumford & Sons
-*Esperanza Spalding*

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
-Haven't Met You Yet (Michael Buble)
-This Is It (Michael Jackson)
-Whataya Want From Me (Adam Lambert)
-*Just The Way You Are (Bruno Mars)*
-Half of My Heart (John Mayer Feat. Taylor Swift)

Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group
-Don't Stop Believing (Glee Cast)
-Misery (Maroon 5)
-The Only Exception (Paramore)
-Babyfather (Sade)
-*Hey, Soul Sister (Live) (Train)*

Best Pop Collaboration
-Airplanes Pt. 2 (B.o.b, Eminem & Hayley Williams)
-*Imagine (Herbie Hancock, P!nk, Indie.Arie, Seal, Konono No 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare)*
-If It Wasn't For Bad (Elton John & Leon Russel)
-Telephone (Lady Gaga & Beyonce)
-California Gurls (Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg)

Best Rock Performance by Duo or Group
-Ready To Start (Arcade Fire)
-I Put a Spell On You (Jeff Beck & Joss Stone)
-*Tighten Up (The Black Keys)*
-Radioactive (Kings of Leon)
-Resistance (Muse)

Best Hard Rock Performance
-A Looking In View (Alice In Chains)
-Let Me Hear You Scream (Ozzy Osbourne)
-Black Rain (Soundgarden)
-Between The Lines (Stone Temple Pilots)
-*New Fang (Them Crooked Vultures)*

Best Metal Performance
-*El Dorado (Iron Maiden)*
-Let The Guilt Go (Korn)
-In Your Word (Lamb Of God)
-Sudden Death (Megadeth)
-World Painted Blood (Slayer)

Best R&B Performance By Duo or Group
-Love (Chuck Brown, Jill Scott & Marcus Miller)
-Take My Town (Chris Brown & Tank)
-You've Got a Friend (Ronald Isley & Arethra Franklin)
-Shine (John Legend & The Roots)
-*Soldier Of Love (Sade)*

Best R&B Album
-The Love & War Masterpiece (Raheem DeVaughn)
-Back To Me (Fantasia)
-Another Round (Jaheim)
-*Wake Up! (John Legend & The Roots)*
-Still Standing (Monica)

Best Contemporary R&B Album
-Graffiti (Chris Brown)
-Untitled (R.Kelly)
-Transition (Ryan Leslie)
-The ArchAndroid (Janelle Monae)
-*Raymond V Raymond (Usher)*

Best Rap Solo Performance
-Over (Drake)
-*Not Afraid (Eminem)*
-How Low (Ludacris)
-I'm Back (T.I.)
-Power (Kanye West)

Best Rap Performance By Solo or Group
-Shutterbug (Big Boi, Bosko, Cutty & Mouche)
-Fancy (Drake, T.I. & Swizz Beatz)
-*On To The Next One (Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz)*
-My Chick Bad (Ludacris & Nicki Minaj)
-Lose My Mind (Young Jeezy & Plies)

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
-Nothin On You (B.o.b & Bruno Mars)
-Deuces (Chris Brown, Tyga & Kevin McCall)
-Love The Way You Lie (Eminem & Rihanna)
-*Empire State of Mind (Jay-Z & Alicia Keys)*
-Wake Up Everybody (John Legend, The Roots, Melanie Fiona & Common)

Best Rap Song
-*Empire State of Mind (Jay-Z & Alicia Keys)*
-Love The Way You Lie (Eminem & Rihanna)
-Not Afraid (Eminem)
-Nothin On You (B.o.B & Bruno Mars)
-On To The Next One (Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz)

Best Rap Album
-The Adventures of Bobby Ray (B.o.B)
-Thank Me Later (Drake)
-The Blueprint 3 (Jay-Z)
-*Recovery (Eminem)*
-How I Got Over (The Roots)

New Google Chrome Update

Google Chrome just updated, and it now has it's own app store. It already had an extension store, where they were all free. It now has extensions, apps, games, themes, all featured it's own store, that looks like the iTunes store. I actually like it a lot. I want a mac, but since I'm poor as hell (cuz I can't get a job that's any good), and my parents won't get me one. This is basically the same thing, but just in a web browser. It has payed, and free apps. Just like the app store. I don't care if it's an exact copy of the iTunes store.

It also features Atari games from the 2600 and a few flash games. It's awesome.

I love it.

Lady Gaga "Born This Way" Review

Before I start the review, I would like to state I have a tendency to be biased against mainstream artist such as Lady Gaga, so my review may reflect that. Do not flame me for my opinions, because that is what this is.

The Instrumental: Sounds like every other pop beat out nowadays. For a person who has an ability to get basically any producer she wanted I would expect a more original, better beat.

The Vocals: Didn't surprise or impress me in anyway. Again just another pop song.

The Lyrics/Theme: The theme has a amazing meaning and thought, and could have made a great, meaningful song, but the lyrics didn't hold up. I didn't feel the words, it seemed like it was to generic.

Overall: Overall the entire song reminded me of "When Love Takes Over" By David Guetta & Kelly Rowland but with a less interesting (in vocal abilities and style) singer and a more generic pop beat. Personally I think it could have been a great song, but didn't reach it's potential. However knowing the normal music listener it'll be called the greatest song ever and will only give me more of a reason to put on headphones than listen to the radio and hear a bunch of "Little Monsters" singing the song.

Garageband Recording Tips & Tricks 1

okay, so for all my music I use Garageband to record, edit & finalize my stuff, so here are some of the techniques I use. There are probably better ways to do it, this is just my way.

1. Panning out to get a 'Stereo' sound

For rapping vocals you usually don't want to record to separate tracks for both sides, so you would duplicate the layer containing your vocals, pan 1 slightly to the left (about 15%) and the other slightly to the right (also 15%), then add some reverb (or increase the reverb) to one of the layers a bit (10 or so) and add a slight echo to the other layer (4-5) and this small differentiation in sound will make the output sound more full and strong.

For pop, rock, rnb, ect. (this isn't always the best, just depends on the song style). You just want to separately record to tracks, the thing is the timing must be on point, don't be lazy, get it perfect! then lean one track to the left and one to the right (not by much) alternatively you can record 3 tracks, push 2 to either side at a stronger level and leave the other one in the middle for a powerful sound.

If your recording an entire band (separately) you can pan each instrument to a different area to create a more "live" feel.

For rappers to create a strong presence on certain words or phrases you can record ad-libs. Basically you would just be recording another layer and only say/rap the words/phrases you want to strengthen. You can also add an echo or other effects to the ad-libs to make them stronger/last longer, or record them differently than you did originally (like maybe hold the last word longer to help your vocals flow a little better and smoother.

Well this is my first "Garageband Help Article" I'll probably do more of these as I see fit, so check back and email me or comment any questions or topics I should cover.

WTF?!

I just found out Hollywood Undead's new member's stage name. Or it's probably his real name. It's Danny. Just, Danny. Nothing creative like Johnny 3 Tears, or Deuce (I know he's not in the band anymore, I'm just making an example), but it's something retarded. Danny.

GOD I hate that name. It's just dull. Ugh. They need to change it. Don't get me wrong, I like Danny (not the name, his skill), but having your persona something as simple as a first name is just lazy.

To Do List

So I have a to do list when it comes to my music...and I needed to put it somewhere so I would remember the stuff

Get The "Shadows" Music Video Done - Feb 15

Vudukat's New Era Contest - Feb 23

SAiNT & TommyTizzle's Just A Human Contest - Feb 22

The Webb Cypher 2 - No end date as of now

Release "MTV Era"

Release "Blood Diamonds"

Release "To Write"