DJ Muggs, founder of legendary Hip-Hop group Cypress Hill, world famous producer, CEO of Angeles Records and President of Soul Assassins, is a die-hard Mackie Fan.

For well over a decade, DJ Muggs has relied on Mackie Active loudspeakers as an essential part of his gear arsenal. “Over the past 12 years I've been using MACKIE products and they have been one of the most durable and reliable pieces of equipment I've ever used, not to mention they continue to push the envelope when it comes to being on the cutting edge of technology."

So what’s the latest Mackie offering to find its way onto Muggs’ list of Mackie “must haves”? The d.2 DJ Mixer, of course. In fact, he likes his d.2 so much that he agreed to sign on as an official Mackie endorsee in order to help Mackie spread the word.

Check out DJ Muggs’ latest projects at www.djmuggs.com

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Where would the film biz be without Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute? Check out the great films it has helped nurture, and we think you’ll agree it would be a lot less interesting. Sundance puts on a seminar once a year for up and coming composers co-sponsored by Mackie. Why we do that? It’s siimple: 1) Mackie was built mostly by up and coming musicians who kept buying the brand after ”making it.” 2) It’s a small way of saying “thank you!”

What will this year’s batch of composers be using? The tried and true 1604 VLZ Pro and the ever present HR824 .

Want to volunteer at a Sundance event?

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Digital X Bus owner Usher Raymond impresses us like few in the biz. Why? How he’s planning to spend this weekend is one of many, many examples. The socially conscious artist will help teach teenagers leadership skills at a seminar March 17-19 in Cleveland, Ohio. Where? At the three-day Midwest Black/Hispanic Achievers Teen Leadership Summit sponsored by the Cleveland YMCA.

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Johan Mannerheim is living the dream: he always wanted to compose music for video games . . . for which he has a passion. After a successfull stint producing pop dance tracks in his native Scandanavia, Johan moved to Canada and got attention from the game industry. It’s no wonder why. This composer can positively drench you in a mood whether he’s using a big orchestra or the virtual rack of doom . . . both of which he monitors through a trusty set of HR824’s For some luscious examples check out his music page.

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Engineer-Producer Travis Wyrick got the call to record P.O.D. tracking for their most recent album Testify. You can read about it in Mix magazine but here’s the short version: this album rocks like few others. Sizzling drum tracks courtesy of Wyrick's use of Onyx 800R and a whole bunch of other goodies.

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Deke doesn’t care what all those fake B3 sample playin’ mfos sez; ain’t nothin like the real thang bay-bay. Gotta be a Hammond and weigh too much for one person to move to move the Deke. Here’s three B3 players we like a lot; two of which are INTIMATELY familiar with the Mackie gear (SRM450’s and recording consoles) they’ve used over the years plus one great jazz organist who has, sadly, passed on.

For a deep dive into some smokin’ B3 playing, check this NPR link out.

Stumped who these fine players are? Click:
LEFT, CENTER, RIGHT

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