# my new "original" music group/side project **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 6, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-original-music-group-side-project/49620 "2008-06-06T02:06:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![djdstar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/djdstar/32/7617_2.png) [@djdstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/djdstar)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-original-music-group-side-project/49620/1 "2008-06-06T02:06:43Z")
2 weeks ago I founded this new side project with my man L-ion. it’s called HOODS UP! and it’s designed to make dirty dirty house tracks that mold all sorts of genres into one…and make it go as hard as possible. we have three tracks up and finished, and we threw together a little myspace page to show them off to the world. they’re waiting a proper release…anyways everything is done by us all the way down to the mastering of the tracks…hope you like it. > **[Hoods Up! | Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos](https://myspace.com/hoodsupmusic)** > > Hoods Up!'s profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. we hope to break into the scene with a few original releases, then start remixing for artists looking for their tracks to get destroyed… enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![cky89](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cky89/32/4945_2.png) [@cky89](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cky89)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-original-music-group-side-project/49620/2 "2008-06-06T03:41:24Z")
The lingo confuses me, but the songs are great! ---
**Author:** ![ineedacar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/48db29/32.png) [@ineedacar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ineedacar)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 5:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-original-music-group-side-project/49620/3 "2008-06-06T05:49:49Z")
I have a hip-hop beat called “put your hood up” I made… want to remix it? 🙂 ps did proaudiotorrents get canned?? ---
**Author:** ![fbrendan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fbrendan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fbrendan)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-original-music-group-side-project/49620/4 "2008-06-06T07:25:33Z")
wow. this shit is raunchy. :tup: :tup: ---
**Author:** ![fbrendan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fbrendan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fbrendan)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 7:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-original-music-group-side-project/49620/5 "2008-06-06T07:36:15Z")
just listened to all three tracks… i like them A LOT. ---
**Author:** ![djdstar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/djdstar/32/7617_2.png) [@djdstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/djdstar)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-original-music-group-side-project/49620/6 "2008-06-06T12:52:25Z")
thanks 🙂 🙂 hope it puts us on the map ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-original-music-group-side-project/49620/7 "2008-06-06T13:26:41Z")
HOLLER! Shit sounds dirty, just the way I like it. ---
**Author:** ![aberfitch82](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/aberfitch82/32/5041_2.png) [@aberfitch82](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/aberfitch82)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-original-music-group-side-project/49620/8 "2008-06-06T13:42:20Z")
good shit keep it up! ---
**Author:** ![Boarderx192](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@Boarderx192](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boarderx192)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-original-music-group-side-project/49620/9 "2008-06-06T14:08:30Z")
Any way to download any of those? ---
**Author:** ![djdstar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/djdstar/32/7617_2.png) [@djdstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/djdstar)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-original-music-group-side-project/49620/10 "2008-06-06T14:25:15Z")
trying to figure out what we’re gonna do with them. will update. ---
**Author:** ![JCuz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jcuz/32/7338_2.png) [@JCuz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JCuz)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-original-music-group-side-project/49620/11 "2008-06-06T17:34:37Z")
nice, keep it up dstar ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-original-music-group-side-project/49620/12 "2008-06-06T18:23:11Z")
that was awesome, and I don’t usually listen to that type of music. ---
**Author:** ![djdstar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/djdstar/32/7617_2.png) [@djdstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/djdstar)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-original-music-group-side-project/49620/13 "2008-06-07T02:41:30Z")
\<3 thanks to all! more music coming, we’re on fire right now and knocking out jams… ---
**Author:** ![87FOXGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ecd19e/32.png) [@87FOXGT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87FOXGT)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-original-music-group-side-project/49620/14 "2008-06-07T06:42:30Z")
this shit is dirtier than my tighty whities after ive eaten a super mighty pack. nice work man, i like it alot. youre putting out some unique stuff. i suspect its only really a matter of time until one of these tracks really takes off :tup: good luck! ---
**Author:** ![ineedacar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/48db29/32.png) [@ineedacar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ineedacar)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-original-music-group-side-project/49620/15 "2008-06-07T08:54:34Z")
ow my ear… do you guys have a sound engineer? the songs are tight but don’t sound mixed down… what kind of headphones/monitors/speakers are you using to mix it down if so? ---
**Author:** ![Smaefer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@Smaefer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Smaefer)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 9:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-original-music-group-side-project/49620/16 "2008-06-07T09:38:48Z")
Sounds really good Don…👏 ---
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 9:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-original-music-group-side-project/49620/17 "2008-06-07T09:45:34Z")
makes me want to dance like a prick. what are you programming with? ---
**Author:** ![djdstar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/djdstar/32/7617_2.png) [@djdstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/djdstar)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-original-music-group-side-project/49620/18 "2008-06-07T16:30:08Z")
Thanks! We use Ableton live with a shitton of plugins! My favorite synth is Albino, easy to program…especially because I hate presets most the time. We do the mixing ourselves on krk rokit 5s with the krk 10" sub. They’re demo copies, if these get released through someone else then they’ll likely hit a proper engineer…but most dance music producers that aren’t HUGE simply brickwall the fuck out of their final product and send it out…depends…if they’re pressing vinyl then its different though. Any suggestions? I feel “get some action” is the only one that needs work but you’d know better then I… ---
**Author:** ![Cavi\_Mike](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cavi_mike/32/5217_2.png) [@Cavi\_Mike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cavi_Mike)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-original-music-group-side-project/49620/19 "2008-06-07T16:41:35Z")
Listening to Wild Style right now, track is off the chain! Major props. A tiny bit of almost insignificant constructive criticism, it sounds like you have some heavy compression that I can hear really bad at 2:38 when the low bass line comes in. The volume of everything drops when it hits and then slowly comes back up, it actually bugged my ears out a little bit. Get Some Action is just starting now! ---
**Author:** ![ineedacar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/48db29/32.png) [@ineedacar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ineedacar)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-original-music-group-side-project/49620/20 "2008-06-07T17:58:45Z")
> [@DarkkstaR](#): > > Thanks! We use Ableton live with a shitton of plugins! My favorite synth is Albino, easy to program…especially because I hate presets most the time. > > We do the mixing ourselves on krk rokit 5s with the krk 10" sub. They’re demo copies, if these get released through someone else then they’ll likely hit a proper engineer…but most dance music producers that aren’t HUGE simply brickwall the fuck out of their final product and send it out…depends…if they’re pressing vinyl then its different though. Any suggestions? I feel “get some action” is the only one that needs work but you’d know better then I… it just takes a great deal of mixdowns back and forth from your studio monitors to a car, computer etc. until you find the equal for all possible setups. you in buffalo? we should get down on some beats, and i can show you a little more of what i’m talkin about [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-original-music-group-side-project/49620.md?page=2)