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The LATimes reported on the MTV VMA's. It had Mike talking about his peices of work for the show.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times Newspaper
Here's the article about Mike and Lil Jon.
With performances, nominations, previews and, oh, yeah, the awards themselves, MTV's annual Video Music Awards shows have been pretty much wall-to-wall music already. But for the show taking place next Sunday in Miami, the producers decided they needed more and hired rapper-producer Li'l Jon and Linkin Park musician Mike Shinoda to provide clips to function more or less as "score" music.
"We're laying down the soundtrack for the awards show," says Li'l Jon. "MTV is always on the cutting edge, so it's something different to have original music from hip producers for an awards show." They will not be doing the music live, as is done at the Academy Awards or Grammy shows. Instead, they've provided recorded sound bites covering different styles and moods that can be plugged in at fitting moments.
"The challenge was that they needed variety," says Shinoda. "I did 10 tracks, a couple of them a lot of Linkin Park fans will recognize the sound, while others are different, all the way down to some really stripped-down hip-hop sounds. And within each piece, there are different parts."
"When you challenge someone like Mike Shinoda or Li'l Jon for something that's brand new," he says, "they rise to the occasion." Both artists would love for this to be a steppingstone to movie score work. Shinoda had a taste of that experience with tracks created for the second "Matrix" film (though ultimately they were not used) and Li'l Jon says he found the work Wu-Tang member RZA did for Quentin Tarantino's two "Kill Bill" films inspiring.
Link to full article: CLICK HERE
Doing my best to bring LP news
Thanks,
Hahninator
The LATimes reported on the MTV VMA's. It had Mike talking about his peices of work for the show.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times Newspaper
Here's the article about Mike and Lil Jon.
With performances, nominations, previews and, oh, yeah, the awards themselves, MTV's annual Video Music Awards shows have been pretty much wall-to-wall music already. But for the show taking place next Sunday in Miami, the producers decided they needed more and hired rapper-producer Li'l Jon and Linkin Park musician Mike Shinoda to provide clips to function more or less as "score" music.
"We're laying down the soundtrack for the awards show," says Li'l Jon. "MTV is always on the cutting edge, so it's something different to have original music from hip producers for an awards show." They will not be doing the music live, as is done at the Academy Awards or Grammy shows. Instead, they've provided recorded sound bites covering different styles and moods that can be plugged in at fitting moments.
"The challenge was that they needed variety," says Shinoda. "I did 10 tracks, a couple of them a lot of Linkin Park fans will recognize the sound, while others are different, all the way down to some really stripped-down hip-hop sounds. And within each piece, there are different parts."
"When you challenge someone like Mike Shinoda or Li'l Jon for something that's brand new," he says, "they rise to the occasion." Both artists would love for this to be a steppingstone to movie score work. Shinoda had a taste of that experience with tracks created for the second "Matrix" film (though ultimately they were not used) and Li'l Jon says he found the work Wu-Tang member RZA did for Quentin Tarantino's two "Kill Bill" films inspiring.
Link to full article: CLICK HERE
Doing my best to bring LP news
Thanks,
Hahninator
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