Monday 18 June 2007

JME, Skepta, Klashnekoff Freestyle - History In The Making

Kano - Me and My Mic (Live) (Ft. Kate Nash)

Kano and Kate Nash perform “Me and My Mic” live at The Anson Rooms, Bristol for MTV UK’s Spanking New Music Week


Grime albums/mixtapes



Wiley Play times over



http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/3344558/Playtime-Is-Over/Product.html






Scorcher - leaders of the new school




http://www.ukrecordshop.com/shop/catalog/Scorcher__Leader_Of_The_New_School_p_19737.html





Dizzee Rascal - Maths And English





http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=12;1;61;-1&sku=447935








Grime Wave: Compiled and Mixed By DJ Semtex






Track Listing

1. Murkle Man - Jammer
2. Stand Up Tall - Dizzee Rascal
3. Creeper - Cage & Danny Weed
4. Pow - Lethal Bizzle
5. Mic Check - Kano (2)
6. I Can C U - Crazy Titch
7. Bogey Man - Roll Deep
8. Warp Speed - Flirta D
9. Drink Bear - Bear Man
10. Hype Hype - SLK
11. No - Lethal Bizzle
12. When I'm 'Ere - Roll Deep
13. Rudeboy - Regal Players
14. Gangstas - Wiley
15. Marxman - Jammer
16. D Double Signal - D Double E
17. Call My Name - Sway & Wonder
18. L Dot Man - L Man

http://astore.amazon.co.uk/uk01-21/203-4555631-5667140?%5Fencoding=UTF8&node=1

Top 20 Grime tunes to hear

Kano Ps and Qs

dizzee rascal-"i luv u"

wiley "wot u call it"

b live - merkers

more fire crew -oi

Jammer - murkle man

newham generals - we are generals

ruff sqwad - xtra

D Double - Anger Management

Flirta D - Warpspeed

wiley stormy weaather

Lethal B Ft Allstars - Pow

Bashy - Never See Me Fall

so solid - rap dis

Seb-Zero- Who am i

Ms Dynamite & Akala - Kick You Out (Ft. Purple, Doctor, L Dot Man, Bearman)

Skepta Autopsy

ghetto-top_3_selected_

Nasty Crew - In Da Place

JME serious

Top Grime djs

DJS:

Maximum

Bossman

Logan Sama

Mac 10

Plasticman

Target

Cameo


http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/garage/

http://www.rinse.fm/

Top Grime artist to look out for

(In random order)



1.Wiley
2.Ghetto
3.Scorcher
4.Wretch 32
5.Devlin
6.Skepta
7.JME
8.Lethal
9.Kano
10.Dizzee
11.Jammer
12.Flirta D
13.Bashy
14.Jendor
15.Tempa T
16.Big Narstie
17.Seb Zero
18.J2K
18.Tinchy Stryder
19.Remerdee
20.Flow Dan
21.Trim
22.Demon
23.Black da Ripper
24.D Double E
25.Faction g
26.Ruff Sqwad
27.kano
28.frisco
29.durrty goodz
30.bearman
31.Nolay
32.doctor
33.Prez t

Thursday 10 May 2007

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 can be seen as an improved software in a sense that with 2.0 it is n improved version of web 1.0.web 2.0 brings with it new features which has made the web more user friendly and open sourced.
Bryan Alexander says the three main concepts of web 2.0 are,

Social software-blogs, podcasting, videoblogs.
Micro content
Openness

Alexander also says ” taken together, this set of concepts informs a way of making, sharing, and consuming digital documents” that pinpoint to an emergent group of practices that are crucially more important than any label can account for.
Leading sites, which propelled web 2.0, have been sites like flickr, You tube, Wikipedia and blogging sites.
These sites gave users control on what content was put up and formed online communities.

Powerpoint Presentation on grime"s growth













Saturday 5 May 2007

Urban Classic Live Grime

Urban Classic was a meeting of musical cultures that brought together some of the biggest names in UK black music with the BBC Concert Orchestra in a ground-breaking live event.

Grime producer DaVinChe and jazz musician Jason Yarde joined forces with conductor Charles Hazlewood, who lead a 36-piece BBC Concert Orchestra alongside several UK grime artists, to create a 70-minute musical suite of grime, hip hop and classical music.

The music was performed live for an audience on Thursday 16 February 2006 at Hackney Empire and was broadcast on 1Xtra Live on Saturday 18 FebruaryUrban Classic was a meeting of musical cultures that brought together some of the biggest names in UK black music with the BBC Concert Orchestra in a groundbreaking live event.

Grime producer DaVinChe and jazz musician Jason Yarde joined forces with conductor Charles Hazlewood, who lead a 36-piece BBC Concert Orchestra alongside several UK grime artists, to create a 70-minute musical suite of grime, hip hop and classical music.

The music was performed live for an audience on Thursday 16 February 2006 at Hackney Empire and was broadcast on 1Xtra Live on Saturday 18 February

-BBC 1Xtra


http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/events/urbanclassic/features/event.shtml








The growth of grime



Grime music has now become widely known though out the world manly thanks to the Internet, with grime acts touring and spreading the music afar. Guys like Kano and Dizzee have help make that step form the estates to overseas.




the independent- article on grime development

Grindie music: what happens when indie and grime collide

Beccy Lindon on the latest sound clash to gain ground in the capital
Published: 29 March 2007


Genre-crossing collaborations can be a real hit and miss affair and the rock and rap fusion teeters on the edge of genius and heinous. The Americans have been mixing things up musically since Run DMC and Aerosmith in 1986, but the UK urban and indie scene have traditionally remained poles apart.

Then in 2006, London producer Statik turned out a couple of quality grime re-workings of Bloc Party and The Rakes tracks and everyone started hopping up and down in excitement. Statik promptly jumped on the positive feedback by coining the term "grindie" and releasing a mixtape where he threw grime MCs over Larrikin Love and Ladyfuzz tracks and had Pete Doherty handling the shout-outs. Statik declared that grindie was a new "movement" but there was something slightly incoherent and synthetic about the sound. In a time when music fans are searching for unprocessed singer-songwriters like Lily Allen and Mika, the cut-and-paste nature of grindie felt slightly uncomfortable.

Fast forward to 2007 and a new brand of grindie has slowly begun to emerge. Bands and artists who are genuinely influenced by both genres are giving birth to an energetic hybrid of grime and punk and the indie kids are eating it up.

http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/features/article2401665.ece






germen grime blog
http://www.voco-me.de/blog/


Wednesday 28 March 2007

Downloading music - Bittorrent

Another method of downloading music provide by other peers is bit torrent; this program allows users to upload torrents on websites and allow peers to download it from them. The good thing about torrents is u can download from many other peers who have the file making for a quicker download.




http://www.mixtapetorrent.com/mixtapes

Downloading music-Sendspace,rapidshare and bittorrent

Because most of grime tunes are mainly released in limited records shops many fans use the net to find and download they songs. To do this there are many choices from programmes like lime wire where u can find more of the popular tunes to uploading sites where u can request types of tunes or upload tunes for your friends or others to download.
The main sites that do this are rapid share and send spaces, these sites are the main sites used by many people in forums to upload tunes for others.


http://www.sendspace.com/
http://www.rapidshare.com/







Many fans and artist make use of these sites making hard to get music a little easier if u belong to the community, this maybe forums like Rwd, Real Rap talk, Sohh and Allhiphop.

Tuesday 27 March 2007

MySpace Pt3

Online networking sites like Myspace is a prime feature of web 2.0 and allows people form all areas to connected and collaborate. To see how artist use this and others like it I decide to interview one grime/hip hop artist to see how it has help him and if networking and promoting has become more online based.
Illamadi is a new up and coming artist who uses MySpace was a form or free promotion and networking.



Thursday 15 March 2007

Journey of grime pt2 Myspace music




As grime spread online, artist began looking at other ways in which they cold get they music heard were promoting them self’s at the same time. In step Myspace an online website which allowed any and everyone to upload whatever on they own personal page.
Many grime artists did this uploading images and videos and songs of them perform in the hope of promoting them and they music. This proved to be a good move and soon MySpace was filled with artists, Djs, produces and music companies and people trying to break though and meet others in the scene. This allowed people to meet others involved and networking around the scene become easier.

http://www.myspace.com/

Friday 9 March 2007

Journey of Grime Pt.1 radio to internt radio

When grime started to make waves in the U.K the main medium for its outlet was pirate radio stations where Mcs and produces would play they tunes and rap of some beats, hitting listening within the radio range. The popularity of the music saw more stations pop up all over the U.K. "The emergence of grime is intrinsically connected to its origins on UK pirate radio, with many performers honing their skills and achieving underground success before approaching the mainstream". After this success these stations moved online in the form of internet radio, where the Djs and Mcs could interact with the listeners thought email and msn. Listeners could also watch the Djs and though a web cam set up on stations websites. This lead the way for other well known grime radio stations to go online too.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/garage/
http://www.pyroradio.com/
http://www.rinse.fm/

http://www.axefm.co.uk

Thursday 1 March 2007

Underground Grime Scene

For this research project i plan to look at and document the growth and development of the Grime music scene though the internet.

wikipedia has a page on the grime scene where it talks about the origins and development of the music."Grime is a sub-genre of urban music which first emerged in London in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, drum and bass, dancehall and hip hop.[1] The music is typified by sparse and minimalist 2step breakbeats, generally around 130-140 beats per minute, and an aggressive and fast rapping style - often in double time"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grime



Along with forums and many other peer-to-peer networks they are blogs that document and inform on the scene and the latest happenings.
This blog charts the grime scene news, events, parties, gossips, headlines and pictures. Not only do fans and listeners post and leave comments artists do too, leaving information about shows, songs and posting their latest videos.

http://prancehall.blogspot.com/

Rwd magazine is a magazine which follows the urban acts, and on its online website has a forum for fans to come together and post about they interests relating to urban music. In the grime room on Rwd many people post links and up music and talk about the latest songs and news.


http://www.rwdmag.com/forum/index.php?&sid=



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Saturday 17 February 2007

Posting videos on your Blog, Hi5, Myspace








Adding videos to your blog is also an easy and straightforward process.
On site like You Tube you are shown and able to take the video of your choice's code. All
You have to do is copy the code than paste it on your page. This works on all blog sites and Hi5, MySpace and many others.










Videos and pictures can be used to show others things you have found on the net or made your self. From being funny skits to music videos the simple code used to upload the video or image allows people from all over to bring and post things that people may not have been able to see elsewhere.

Thursday 15 February 2007

NAS

















Not only can u post notes on blogs but also posts your images, videos and links. Using uploading sites such as www.photobucket.com, www.flickr.com and many others. These sites allows you to make a code that you can paste on other sites allowing you to view images without having to up it from your own hard drive.

Blog lines, RSS

This week we learned how to use RSS feeds (Real simple syndication). After logging on bloglines, I set up an account and thought the site I am able to subscribe to people blogs. Which enables news and me to keep up to date which they new posts.

RSS feeds are good for students, teachers and businesss, webblogs generate a behind the scenes code in a language similar to HTLM called XML. This code usually referred to as a feed. As is true with traditional syndication, the content comes to you instead of you going to get it.

We also watched and learnt about web 2.0, leaning the changes to the net which gave the user more control and saw the internets open source being used in new and ground breaking ways. Web 2.0 has seen a rise in an online community where people from all over can get together and connect.

Thursday 1 February 2007

How to make a blog!

Creating a blog is a simple easy thing to do here are 4 simple steps to making a blog
Step1

Making a blog is easy to do but first you have to choose which blog site you want to use. They are many different sites and when you have decide which one you like best you can simply sign up.
www.blogger.com

Step.2
After signing up you will need to choose a blog name, choosing something that is related to what your blog will be about is a good idea.

step.3
Next you can choose from a list of templates of the style you would like your page to look like. You are also able to make changes to fonts and colours to your liking.

step.4
At this stage you are ready to start blogging, simply create a new post and start posting.
And that's the simple and quick way to start up a blog and start blogging, welcome to blogging

My first post welcome, ur all welcome!

Welcome to my blog on this page, I will be carrying out some research and documenting my findings with images and text. Feel free to leave comments and add to my research, all input would we be welcomed.