Battle Of The Beatmakers Championship Round: Big Pops vs. Neenah
September 1, 2010
Here’s a clip a from BOTB championship held this past Saturday in Toronto. This clip is of the final championship round featuring Big Pops vs. the eventual winner Neenah. Follow the youtube link to see more footage from the other contestants.
EVENT: America’s Next Top Music Producer
June 15, 2010
Lights, Camera, Action Your ON!!!!!!! America’s Next Top Music Producer will be airing live in NYC a reality show where music producers compete to see who will be crowned “Americas Next Top Music Producer”.
DJ’s, Producers, Singers, Songwriters, and all Musicians
come out and be a part of the most live studio audience, and network with some of the hottest producers in the music industry.
This event will be held at Kennys Castaway’s located at 157 Bleeker Street on Wednesday, June 23rd at 6pm. Workaholics leave work at the door and enjoy music inspired by Notorious BIG’s Classic album
“Ready To Die”.
Trust me you don’t want to miss this!!!!! For
tickets to our studio audience please RSVP at www.ANTMP.com
P.S. Come early for a good view. Happy Hour from 5-7 P.M.
RULES FOR ENTRY
1. Entry fee is $25 per participant; payable in cash, money order or via PayPal at www.antmp.com Each Producer receives 5 free tickets.
2. Each participant must be willing to sign a release to have their image and music appear on America’s Next Top Music Producer©.
3. You must be 18 years of age to enter the competition and 21 years of age to enter the venue on the day of the event unless you are a participant. NO EXCEPTIONS!
4. Each participant is required to bring the machine that their music was created on to check-in at 5:30pm on the day of the event. You will be disqualified and forfeit your entry fee if you arrive after 6:00pm or are unable to do so.
5. All music must be submitted on CD at check-in. Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES will music be allowed to be played by any other means!
6. There will be three rounds of competition consisting of 90 second timeslots in which the participants will be allowed to play as many pre-arranged beats as they choose. During each timeslot the participant has access to the microphone and can use it as he/she chooses which includes, but is not limited to: singing, rapping, chanting, beat-boxing, or playing an instrument. Nobody else is allowed access to the microphone during this time.
7. Each round will consist of head to head competition in which the winner advances to the next round and the loser is eliminated from competition.
8. There will be a panel of two judges with the crowd serving as the third judge.
9. In the event of a tie, which will be determined by the host, each participant will be given 30 seconds to play a single beat without any usage of the microphone.
10. Each producer must include at least one “Ready To Die” sampled/inspired beat during the first round of competition.
11. Each participant must submit a photo and contact information to appear on www.antmp.com
12. This event, The Ready To Die For Beats Episode, will be held at Kennys Castaway’s, located at 157 Bleeker Street. This event will begin promptly at 7:00pm. Entrance to the venue is at the discretion of Kennys Castaway’s and its agents.
9th Annual Dynamic Producer Conference June 11th-13th
May 11, 2010
We are very proud to announce that Nodfactor will be an official sponsor of this year’s hottest producer conference in the country, the 9th annual Dynamic Producer Conference! What makes this conference so special and sets it apart from the rest is the fact that they don’t limit the producers to participate in only one showcase. As you see below there are numerous battles/showcases that take part over the three day event, allowing producers who may specialize in one particular area to really shine. With all the panels and networking opportunities Dynamic Producer is definitely worth the investment. Click here for registration and more info.
Friday, June 11, 2010
10:00am – Bread & Butter: Understand the most important facets of copyrights and publishing that apply to you
1:30pm – Majors Redefined: Learn about the infrastructure of record label A&R divisions,talent development initiatives
4:30pm – Analog Technique: Learn analog secrets to achieving optimal instrument and vocal sound
9:00pm – What The Pro’s Hear: Major A&R’s/Artists/Managers play music that impresses; Attendees then play music
10:00pm – Major Composers – Major producers/songwriters discuss their journey, challenges, triumphs, tools for success
11:00pm – I Make Hits Music Competition – 12 producers battle in 4 categories
Saturday, June 12, 2010
10:00am – Digital Decade: Learn how to sell, license, and distribute your music online
1:30pm – In Sync: Uncover music licensing secrets from buyers/sellers experienced in placements of music in Film, TV, Video Games, etc.
4:30pm – Stellar Sound: Learn how to achieve the best mix you can with what you have
9:00pm – What The Pro’s Play: Major Producers/Songwriters play their top shelf tracks/songs; Attendees then play music
10:00pm – The Chop Shop: 12 producers flip samples & compete against each other
11:00pm – My Beats Are The Illest Beat Battle: 16 producers battle in a competition playing their best Hip-Hop beats
Sunday, June 13, 2010
11:00am – Sound Clash: Learn tips & tricks to creating and manipulating sounds
2:00pm – Executive Producer: Learn how to put together an album project from both a creative and business perspective
5:00pm – Urban Music & Entertainment Keynote: A major industry professional discusses the evolution and future of the music business
8:00pm – Dynamic Soundstage: Dynamic Producer & Songwriter members introduce their artists for groundbreaking live performances
9:00pm – Freestyle Formula Farewell: See what happens when singer/songwriters vibe to and write songs on the spot to beats they never heard before
2010 A&R Power Summit Beat Battle
May 11, 2010

(The A&R Power Summit Producer Showcase Saturday, May 22nd @ The Helen Mills Theater in NYC)
First off let me say Nodfactor will be in the building looking for new producers to feature in our Hydrosonics section so if you are going participate play something new and refreshing!
There are two ways to participate in the beat battle. Producers can participate in the weekend event by paying the $280 registration fee plus an additional $220 if selected for the showcase.
Producers looking to only participate in the beat battle are required to pay a flat registration fee of $250.00
For more information and/or registration for the A&R Power Summit just click the link!
The A&R Power Summit Producer Showcase Grand Prize Package
- Automatic Nomination for “Best Emerging Producer” at the 2010 Underground Music Awards
-Automatic Nomination for “Most Original Producer” at the upcoming Urban Producer Awards
-Producer of the Month Profile on Producer Palace.com and Hip Hop Palace.com
-Featured Interview in the “Producer of The Month”section of The A&R Chronicles
-Featured Interview to be Placed on Home Page of the following websites: Underground Music Awards.com, Hip Hop Palace.com, Urban Buzz Factor.com, Talent Scout Connect.com. and Producer Palace.com for 8 weeks
-Interview on Promo Radio 24/7FM with Jesse Jess
-E-Blast advertising single or album via ThatsHipHop.com (50,000 database)
-Weekly eblasts to fans announcing single or album updates (E-Blasts will be sent out once a week to a database of 85,000 for 4 weeks)
-One (1) Billboard Publicity News Wire Press Releases
VIDEO: Producer Battle At SXSW – Red Bull Big Tune (ALL ROUNDS)
April 7, 2010
Catch all of the rounds of the Red Bull Big Tune beat battle at SXSW this year. This is the first time the battle was done by invitation and 14 KT ended up battling it out with Budo in the finals. Watch to find out who won.
Semi Finals
Finals
iStandard Beat Battle NYC March 15th and 16th 2010
March 12, 2010
Yours truly will be judging on Tuesday with Dame Grease, Sean C & LV. If you’re in NYC (or within an hours drive) come through!


EVENT: The Board Games BEAT Battle
January 19, 2010
VIDEO: Just Blaze Vs. Alchemist @ RedBull Big Tune ATL
November 4, 2009
Just spotted this new video on Nahright:
Props to Missinfo.tv
“Thanks to DJ KillaTouch for this footage from last night’s epic Red Bull Big Tune Battle of the Beats event at Opera in Atlanta. Jadakiss performed, and aspiring producers battled for the chance to collaborate with a major artist (last year’s winner, C-Sick, got his track laced by Nas)….then Alchemist and Just Blaze went beat for beat in a friendly “beat-off” (lol, ok, that didn’t sound right)
I can’t wait for more footage of this to come out (hit me if you see any), looked amazing!”
I would love to see one of these between Pete Rock and Premier…just back and forth for like…an hour LOL
VIDEO: Celebrity Beat Battles, Beast Of The Beats
November 2, 2009
iStandard Producers Beast Of The Beats 3 was straight vegan…off the meat rack. Lots of talented producers came out to show their skills and some established heavweights competed in a celebrity beat battle. I’ll be posting the different rounds here as I get them up.
Amadeus vs. Rsonist
Bink vs. Digga
Illmind vs. J Cardim
Street Radio Vs Illmind
Rekstizzy @ Ignantwitted got the final round up:
EVENTS: Beast of The Beats 3, November 1st
October 26, 2009

The homeys J Hatch and Don Di Napoli over at iStandardProducers are laying the smack down with Nodfactor, Illroots, YoRaps and a host of heavy weight producers and sponsors. This Sunday Nov. 1st you NEED to be at Club Touch!
Sunday November 1st, 2009
@ Touch (240 W52nd St, NY NY 10019)
$25 at door, 21 and over w/ ID, Dress Code Casual
Doors open @ 3pm, Show from 430pm- 1030pm
www.TouchNewYorkCity.com
Watch 35 National iStandard Producer Winners from June 08- Oct 09
Compete for an elite prize package including:
-The Roland Fantom G6
-Rane Serato/ Scratch LIVE
-Over $2000 worth of gear from IK Multimedia
-5 A&R Meetings
-5 Interviews
-A song mixed by Grammy Award winning engineer Ken Lewis and Much More!!
Confirmed Judges include Mega Platinum Producer/Songwriter/Singer
Mario Winans
(WE WILL ALSO BE HONORING HIM WITH THE iSTANDARD ‘iNFLUENCE’ AWARD)
iStandard will also be doing it’s 1st EVER Celebrity Beat Battle including
BINK (Producer for Jay Z, Redman, Lost Boyz),
AMADEUS (Producer for 50 Cent, Papoose, Talib Kweli),
ILLMIND (Producer for Eminem, 50 Cent, LL Cool J),
JIMI KENDRIX (Producer for Jay Z, Papoose, G Unit),
RSONIST OF THE HEATMAKERZ (Producer for Juelz Santana, Nelly, Cam’ron) AND MORE TBA!

Check a clip of M-Phazes blowing$hit up at last years event.




