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		<title>Sample This Now #1: Damn Sam The Miracle Man</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Bond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey everybody.  Happy belated new year.  To kick things off, I am starting a new feature on the site called &#8220;Sample This Now&#8221;&#8230;  It&#8217;s pretty straightforward.   I&#8217;ll post one cool song from my stash  for you to sample, interpolate, enjoy, whatever&#8230; Thats pretty much it.  Keeping it simple for the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Should You EQ Your Samples When Making A Beat?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 04:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Bond</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beat Making]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the years I&#8217;ve seen a lot of people ask the question&#8230; &#8220;Should you EQ your samples when you are making a beat?&#8221;  Surprisingly, I&#8217;ve heard people argue on both sides of this.  In reality (for people who actually make beats people like) there is only one correct answer&#8230;    ...]]></description>
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		<title>Scorpio Sample Mix Volume #60</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 05:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Bond</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Samples]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[More goodness from the  Scorpio61&#8242;s Sample Mix Volume #60! Chock full of gems!  Keep reading for more info&#8230;! PS   Big news coming soon&#8230; Full Tracklist &#38; Download Here&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The Jim Bond Discography</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Bond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is for anyone who ever wondered about the tracks I (Jim Bond) have produced.   I&#8217;m in the process of collecting all of them in one spot.  Unfortunately some of them are so obscure that they don&#8217;t even exist on youtube though&#8230; I&#8217;ll get to everything eventually, but ...]]></description>
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		<title>Event Alert:  Beast Of The Beats 5, NYC</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Bond</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve said it before and I will say it again &#38; again.  If you want to be successful in the music business, you need to get out and network.  With that in mind, iStandardproducers.com is holding their 5th annual Beast Of The Beats next month (Nov 5th and 6th) in ...]]></description>
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		<title>Berklee College Of Music: Music Business Handbook</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 21:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Bond</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Berklee College Of Music (Not sure why this site is different from the official berklee.edu site&#8230;  Looks kinda shady but nonetheless it&#8217;s legitimate), just released part 2 of their music business handbook series.  They cover a bunch of music biz topics ranging from copyright law to unpaid royalties to general ...]]></description>
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		<title>“The Docutape”</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Bond</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Videos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Came across this video today.  It profiles 7 producers who unified to create the Docutape soundtrack.  Always good to see up and coming producers putting that work in&#8230;  Check out the album on itunes after you check the video&#8230; Just picked up a couple tracks myself. Check out the album ...]]></description>
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		<title>Dave Chappelle Beat Making Videos?!?!?!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 03:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Bond</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beat Making]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, not really beat making videos&#8230;  but you have two short videos of the arguably funniest man ever (not Hi Tek) messing around on the MPC in Hi Tek&#8217;s Tek Lab studios.  I&#8217;d like to know who pulled the Britney Spears record out of  Tek&#8217;s crates&#8230;. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Watch The Throne Documentary</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Bond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Here is a short &#8220;Documentary&#8221; for Jay-Z and Kanye West&#8217;s Watch The Throne album session they had down in Sydney Australia.  Don&#8217;t expect anything too great from a music perspective, this is no Fade To Black.  Best highlight to me is Kanye giving weird gifts to Jay for his ...]]></description>
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		<title>Yes I.D. Sample Identified… Nas f/Common “Ghetto Dreams”</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 05:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Bond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heard that new Nas f/Common track, &#8220;Ghetto Dreams&#8221; today&#8230; Always liked this track NO I.D. sampled for it, never used it myself though. This is some real early George Clinton writing/production from 1966 (That&#8217;s him on the left)&#8230; The Parliaments &#8220;Let&#8217;s Make It Last&#8221; PS There are a TON more ...]]></description>
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