10 FOR TUESDAYS - WHAT IF.....PHARRELL WILLIAMS (PART TWO)

In 2005 Pharrell was voted as Esquire magazines ‘Best Dressed Man In The World.’ He has been seen by many in the world as a major fashion icon and has worked with the likes of Louis Vuitton and other big brands on numerous products.

Pharrell is a massive Star Trek fan and was inspired to name his record label ‘Star Trak’ after the franchise. You will also notice his use of the Vulcan Salute in many pictures.

10 FOR TUESDAYS - WHAT IF.....PHARRELL WILLIAMS (PART ONE)

Okay for this weeks ’10 For Tuesday’s’ we are going to profile super producer/artist/designer and much more Pharrell Williams. We are going to delve deep into his life and hopefully bring you 10 interesting facts that you did not know about him. So lets get straight into the action.

 

Pharrell is one half of the production duo ‘The Neptunes’ with long time friend Chad Hugo, but I bet you don’t know how the two met. Back when they were at school they both attended a summer camp for musicians. From then on they formed numerous bands, which eventually led to the formation of ‘The Neptunes’, and as they say the rest is history!

THIS WEEKS MUSIC NEWS (24TH FEB)

The Brit Awards took place this week and there was massive controversy when producers cut short Adele's speech half way through due to an over running schedule. Adele was fuming and showed producers the middle finger whilst leaving the stage.

HAS MUSIC GONE DIGITAL - PITCHFORK MEDIA

Hey StudioBookers once a month we are going to take a look at some of the music industries biggest publications in our latest feature 'Has Music Gone Digital?'. For this first edition we are going to take a look at Pitchfork Media.

Pitchfork Media is an Internet publication that was established by Ryan Schreiber in 1995. The aim of Pitchfork is to provide its readers with music criticism, commentary, news and artist interviews. Originally it was set up to provide information on independent music (mainly indie rock) however over time they have extended their coverage to include electronic, pop, hip hop, dance, folk, jazz, metal and experimental music.

10 FOR TUESDAYS - KRUISEMODE

Welcome back to our '10 For Tuesday's' series. This week we have New York based producer Kruisemode. So lets get straight into it.

When did you start making music and what was it that led you to start?

I started making music in high school back in 2006. At the time I was probably the biggest Bloc Party fan on the face of the planet so a lot of my music sounded very influenced by them. I used to use Audacity with a free drum machine that I downloaded and recorded everything live one track after another. What lead me more into the beat production side of things was the ‘Silent Alarm’ remix album. After that, a friend finally introduced me to DAWs and here I am now. Back then I was more of a house music junkie so most of my early productions were of that genre.

THIS WEEKS MUSIC NEWS (17TH FEB)

The Grammy Awards took place last Sunday and the big winner of the night turned out to be Brit Singer Adele. Adele took home 6 Grammy's equalling (held by Beyonce the record of most gong's taken home by a single female artist in one ceremony.

THE WORLDS GREATEST RECORDING STUDIOS - PART ONE

Welcome to StudioBookers 'Worlds Greatest Recording Studios' series. In this feature we will aim to take a look at some of the worlds best studios past and present and attempting to detail what makes them so great. This first edition will see us take a look at Abbey Road Studios, Motown Hitsville USA, Electric Lady Studios and Olympic Studios.