Recording Session With RC

I had my first recording session with RC in the SSL today which went well considering the time frame we had to work in

RC's an artist who I'd worked with before I came to Manchester three years ago. What I like about him is he's not afraid to tell you how to improve certain elements of a track, he urges you to work at a certain level and maintain that level of professionalism.

We managed to get half of the track done and its sounding good, there's still a lot of work that needs to be done to it to get it sounding like a full body of work.

Commercial Recording

I started to think about quality control and maintaining a level of professionalism throughout the course of making the EP.  As some of the artists featuring on the EP wouldn't be coming to Manchester to record the vocals in the studio, it got me thinking whether I wanted to risk them recording the material in their own studios and then giving it back to me to mix.
When it comes to recording artists up here in the studios I know that the material will sound on point and to my satisfaction. I have to think long and hard about if I want the artists who can't make it to Manchester to record the material and send it back to me.

First Track For The EP Complete

The EP is fully underway and coming along nicely. The first track is complete and will feature an artist from Manchester called R.C.

Tomorrow I will be having a meeting with R.C to chat about the track, so we can put our heads together and share ideas on how to structure the overall finished product.

For the EP I'm mainly producing all the tracks in Logic 8, this will be the main audio workstation I will use to construct the majority of the tracks. I will also be adding live instrumentation back in the studio and also when it comes to the mixing and mastering stages of the tracks this will be done in the Neve.

Hip Hop Hypedog: Introducing Mazworth

Hip hop hypedog posted an article about me on their blog. The article also features some of the tracks I played at the Louis Den show in October.

"Manchester native Mazzie aka Mazworth is one to keep an eye on. A part of the ever-growing creative force that is Louis Den, he has been sitting in the wings, honing his craft and it seems that he is ready to step out. He recently took part in the Louis Den Beat Cypher and sent through some of tracks he had prepared for the night, which was a collection of ideas that showcased him in his element.

First up is "Crest", a melodic down-tempo ride through filtered synths and swinging percussion, holds the most iTunes spins to date but for those that like their beat music served on a platter of sample chops with a side of mono leads, then the second offering, "Spooky Sample Flip" is for you. The final track "Prophecy" is a hypnotic bleep-fest that is sure to win him accolades from 8-bit fanatics the world over.

According to the man himself, an EP is in the works for 2011."

Full article:  http://hiphophypedog.blogspot.com/2010/11/introducingmazworth.html

Major Project Proposal - Aims & Objectives

The main aims and objectives for this module are to commercially release an EP to the general public. As well as releasing the EP I will also be organizing and hosting a launch event for the release to the public. One other idea which I hope the EP will benefit from is to appear on a number of local radio stations like Unity Radio and All FM to promote the EP on air, this will hopefully help get more of the public down to the live show and help promote the EP further before its commercial release.

When I come to release the EP I'm hoping to release it digitally via iTunes, Amazon, HMV and Spotify. As well as a digital release I'm also looking to have some hard copy's pressed and put in independent record shops to sell to the general public.

The EP itself will contain not only my own production, but also elements of live instrumentation. There will also be numerous artist features throughout the EP, such as Dr Syntax, Rewd Adams, Truth, Jimmy Rygun, Hollie-Jay and R.C...

SSL Recording 3 Session

Yesterday I had a recording session in the SSL with a drummer for my recording 3 module. For this module I had to produce a track of around five to fifteen minutes of professional standard material.
As well as using microphone techniques to record any instruments for the composition I also had to edit and master the project and also add elements of MIDI to the composition.

Sivey Productions

This weekend I met up with my friend and fellow producer Sivey.
Hailing from London, Sivey has established himself in the UK scene over the past five or so years and continues to take the scene by storm. He has produced for the likes of Lowkey, Skandal, Stylah, RTkal, Nino Bless and had numerous plays on 1Xtra and Kiss FM.

It was great to catch up with Sivey and share production tips with him, he's been a big influence to me over the past few years and has helped me as a producer progress with my own production.

Be sure to check out some of his music via the links below.

Sivey - Time To Die



RTKAL - Wa Gwan (Sivey Remix)