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Imagine a conference where you have over 100 music producers / beat-makers in attendance from all over the United States... all thirsting for knowledge... all eager for name recognition... and all with the creative ability to create masterpieces for any top artist in the music industry. This is what took place this past Wednesday (July 30th) through Friday (August 1st) at the 7th Annual Dynamic Producer Conference in New York. This year, BlackVibes served as one of the sponsors for the conference. BlackVibes.com, Inc. executives were in attendance to partake in this momentous affair.
The conference took place in the heart of Manhattan at the Radisson Hotel off Broadway. You could feel the electricity in the air as unfamiliar but highly talented producers filled the ballroom eagerly waiting for the first of many panel discussions. BlackVibes.com, Inc. set up camp right outside the ballroom where flyers and IVEGOTBEATS.COM promotional materials were distributed. Marshall Lyons II and James Keys were present to answer all questions.
James Keys served as a panelist on the Management Panel where top industry managers explained the "do's and don't's for up-and-coming producers & how to set your career on a successful path." There were also panels on publishing, record labels, legal advice, and independent projects. The night was capped off with an R&B/Pop Competition where producers opened up their "arsenal of attack" by broadcasting their best R&B tracks.
Thursday continued on the same high note that Wednesday ended off on. By now, it was apparent that the Dynamic Producer Conference was one of the elite conferences to attend for producers. Producers now recognized which promoter, sponsor, record label executive or established Beat Maker was in attendance and demo CD's, promotional materials and even T-shirts were being distributed all over the room. More panel discussions took place which provided diverse information. These discussions were useful for novice producers. Information was presented on engineering, songwriting, and what artists in the industry are looking for in terms of beats.
A "My Beats Are The Illest Beat Battle" also took place where producers again played their best beat production for everyone to hear (a DJ both was set up in the front of the ballroom). The producers were then given the grand opportunity to have their work critiqued by established producers and executives in the industry (Bad Boy, GOOD Music, KOCH, etc.). By now, each producer present was attempting to prove that his/her sound was unique and worth the listening.
It is easy to see how big a event such as the Dynamic Producer Conference is for an up-and-coming producer. With such influential persons in attendance, one hot beat can provide a big "pay-off" / career boost for such the lucky producer.
Friday being the last day of the conference, producers laced each other, record company A&Rs, established executives and sponsors with more demos, flyers and promotional materials. More information panels were offered on such discussions as overlooked placement opportunities (such as television commercials), honest opinions of the industry, A&R roles and responsibilities and even salaries for producers. The conference closed out with a celebratory "Conference Afterparty."
The organizer of the Dynamic Producer Conference, Felisha Booker did an excellent job providing an educational and entertaining forum for talented, novice producers to gain valued information which could be used to promote their career. Ideals were shared, stories were heard, networks were established and talent was received. Sponsors such as BlackVibes were able to successfully promote their companies; and at the same time, gain valued access to many unheard of producers (and their networks). The Dynamic Producers Conference was a success, and BlackVibes.com, Inc. is looking forward to participating in the 2009 conference! - ERNEST WYATT
Article Mention in March 24th, 2008 Issue of Billboard Magazine for our Jesse McCartney Remix Competition!
Scratch Article - M-16
Playaz Circle f/ Lil Wayne - "Duffle Bag Boy"
If you were to tell Tuscaloosa, Alabama native Josh "M-16" Banks that the best thing to come out of his hometown is Interstate 20, he probably wouldn't be too insulted. Hiting that highway is what's putting him on the map.
The 21-year old producer made a name for himself with three-hour trips to Atlanta, where he would win Dynamic Producer beat battles against beatmakers from around the country and, more importantly, build his confidence. "If it wasn't for those battles, I wouldn't have the motivation," admits the soft-spoken beatsmith, who also won the Atlanta leg of Scion's King of the Beats competition and eventually placed third in the NYC finale. "I used to doubt my beats, but [at the battles] people like them. Being a hood boy from Alabama, I didn't think I could make it."
It took another drive, this time one hour east to Birmingham record pool, to fully convince him though. It was there that he met Disturbing the Peace/Def Jam recording duo Playaz Circle, who would order a gang fo his organ-powered beats for mixtape work. But there was one beat they had to set aside for the album.
"I couldn't play around with that one," says Playaz Circle member Tity Boi, about the track that would grow into the street anthem "Duffle Bag Boy," featuring Lil Wayne. It's church revival-tinged organs and revelation inducing bells over woofer friendly kicks made a perfect backdrop for the song's street gospel. "[M-16's] production has a hungry sound to it," Tity Boi adds. "we've got great chemistry together. All of the songs we make are gonna sound like a marriage."
While his immediate plans include recording new songs with Playaz Circle and his own Hustlin' Friends collective, M-16 hopes that outside artist will come calling. "There's really a big producer movement going on down here," he says of his home state. "There are people who are really on their grind, bur for some reason, people don't believe you until you go somewhere else." Sounds like the highway is about to get some heavy traffic. - MAURICE C. GARLAND
Scratch Article - "Politics as Usual"
Birds of a feather flock together. Or at least they did at the sixth annual Dynamic Producer Conference, which took place at New York's Park Central hotel from August 1st-3rd. Producers from across the globe attended panel discussions, met A&R executives and competed in cash prize beat battles in hopes of advancing their careers.
"We are the longest running [producer's] conference with an actual track record that shows the impact we've made on up and coming producers who are now contenders in the game," said Felisha Booker, who founded the conference in 2002 in hopes that it would help unknown beatmakers place tracks. "This year was the beat year that [DP has] had."
A new addition to the conference was the Scoring Principles workshop, which detailed how to produce music for commercials. Also, team-oriented beat battles brought producers together to showcase their hottest tracks for one common cause--cash! But perhaps the most revealing panel came at the hands of Dynamic Producer alums Versatile, Dilemma, Frequency, and Jim Bond, who described the transition from hustling producer to placing tracks with some of the biggest names in hip-hop, making the value of an oranization like DP clearer than ever. - CHRISTOPER GITTENS
Dynamic Producer gives the underdogs the tools to succeed. IN THE MUSIC game, it's often about who you know. That's the theory behind the Dynamic Producer organization's annual conference. In its sixth year, the New York based meeting of the minds (scheduled for August 1-3) aims to foster the careersof up-and-coming beatmakers via education, networking and good old-fashioned competition. "In the early years, we would wait for label execs to come to us," remembers Felisha Booker, Dynamic Producer's founder. "But our hustle became more aggressive the year we decided we would take producers directly into the label boardrooms."
Since 2002, the conference has given its members direct access to A-list producers and A&R's like Just Blaze, Hi-Tek, and The Neptunes, among others. According to Booker, this year's conference will feature close to 20 different showcases and competitions as well as a host of panels that will discuss music publishing, vocal production and hardware versus software.
And while Dynamic Producer members have already placed songs with Jim Jones, Snoop Dogg and Young Jeezy, Booker says their mantra remains the same as it was when they began. "We created this movement to help the underdogs and that's just what we've done--minus the pressure to sign management contracts or give up publishing!" To get access to the conference and DP's increasingly valuable network, visit dynamicproducer.com to learn more about becoming a member. RASHAUN HALL
Scratch Article Dynamic Producer Conference Nov/Dec 2006
On Nov. 14, 1957, in the small upstate New York town of Apalachin, Joseph Barbara hosted over 50 mafia heads for a convention at his plush estate home. Unfortunately, local police took note of the high volume of shiny Cadillacs, Fedoras, and out-of-state license plates, broke up the party, and arrested an unprecedented number of influential criminal masterminds with a lucky few escaping through surrounding woods.
At the end of July 2005, Dynamic Producer, La Cosa Nostra for up-and-coming producers, hosted their own meeting of the minds. The conference attracted the attention of hungry beatmakers from across the globe, industry heavyweights with their eyes peeled for the next super-producer, and some of the most respected, established talent in the biz; no arrest reported. NOAH RUBIN
Vibe Article Network November 2006
So you've got FruityLoops and a dream, but do you, Sir Bedroom Producer have an outlet? May we suggest looking into the online producer communities like IllMusik (illmusik.com) and Future Producers (futureproducers.com), which other members offer invaluable tips about what to do behind the boards as well as in the boardroom (assuming youve got the heat like that). And these forums are great places to share tracks. But it's Dynamic Producer (dynamicproducer.com) that gets our vote for best in the bunch. It's annual Dynamic Producer Conference brings members to New York each summer for a weekend of networking and How Can I Be Down?-like panel discussions. Beat that. CAMREN SCOTTScratch Article “Buy The Book” – March/April 2006
From the dynamicproducer.com camp comes “The 10 Track Commandments.” Written by founder Felisha Booker, this handy guide breaks down how aspiring producers, should handle their business inside and outside the boardroom. Each chapter elaborates on directives such as securing A&R meetings, successful bartering strategies, and helpful tidbits to get your tracks from demo to official production credit. Overall, the beats shouldn’t be harder than your work ethic. MARTIN A. BERRIOS
The Source Article Beat Street Dec 2003
What was simply a great idea in 2000 is fast becoming a fixture in the industry. Established as a worldwide support group for aspiring music producers, the second annual Ear to da Streets Producer Conferece pays homage to beatmakers everywhere and lends its hand in the evolution of the craft.
"We help producers learn about the business and get into the industry," says conference founder Felisha Booker. Our mission is to foster producers through continuing education. We provide seminars and workshops with executives from the music industry who talk about the business.
This year, the conference included nine panels, over 30 panelists, and a handful of showcase events. Among the festivities was the producer soundstage, where established producers such as DJ Shok and Kanye West had a chance to introduce their new acts, and a beat battle judged by DR Period, The Alchemist, and Rocwilder. "We had 12 producers from all over going beat for beat on who had the best battle tracks," adds Booker.
The organization is set to change its name to Dynamic Producer and launch an interactive virtual magazine."We work hard to set ourselves apart from other people, whether it be in education or in the music industry," states Booker. "We wanted a name that was gonna speak for the direction we're headed in.' TORY FREDERICKS