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Check Out DJ Pain 1 In “Artist Profiles” from Number Twenty Films!

Young Filmmaker Trevor Banks of Number Twenty Films unveiled the first of his upcoming “Artist Profiles” series, which aims to shed a light into the inner workings of various Madison, WI area musicians. Although I’m not currently living in Madison, it’s my hometown, so I always love seeing new media coming out of the area.

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Promoting Your Music Online – Parts 4&5 (DJ Pain 1)

DJ Pain 1 has updated his awesome free video series “Promoting Your Music Online” with parts 4 & 5. I posted the first three videos here and they are well worth your time. If you haven’t checked out this series yet or think it doesn’t apply to you (especially you non-hiphop artists) you would do [...]

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*UPDATED* DJ Pain 1 – Promoting Your Music Online – Pt.1-3

DJ Pain 1 has released a new series of videos giving practical advice to Artists and Producers looking to promote and distribute their music online.

I’ve just watched the first three, and I think they hit home a few really good points that musicians can use to their advantage.

Check out parts 1 & [...]

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Madison, WI Artists Release New Anthem For the Scott Walker Recall Effort

Here’s an awesome new track Produced by DJ Pain 1, Mixed by Rickaby, and featuring the vocal talent of Wisconsin rappers Dudu Stinks and Rob Dz.  This is a very well crafted track with intelligent lyrics and a catchy hook.

If you don’t know, hundreds of thousands of Wisconsin residents are rallying together in a [...]

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DJ Pain 1 Releases FREE Hip-Hop/RNB/Pop Loops and Samples!

Madison, WI (my hometown) resident and Platinum selling producer DJ Pain 1 has a history of being generous. In the past he given his time and talents to many causes, groups and community events such as the Madison Hip Hop Awards.

On his Youtube channel he’s done tutorials, demo’s and giveaway’s to his community of [...]

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Flyer for the Madtown Emcee Battle

Madtown Emcee Battle @ The High Noon Saloon!

There’s something about a rap battle that makes me want to learn how to freestyle.

I can almost see the rolodex of jabs and insults in these guys minds being cross referenced with which words rhyme in real time.

To actually put that shit together and have it flow out of their [...]

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MC Starr’s “Thru the Light” Video is Dope!

I featured Emcee Starr pretty recently, but last night he debuted the first video off of his album Cornerstore, “Thru The Light”. Nice one.

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MC Starr Freestylin’ @ The High Noon Saloon

There are many great Hip-Hop acts in Madison, WI these days, from Dumate to Tefman, to Smokes, to Star Persons, etc etc. However, for pure lyrical style and onstage energy, MC Starr gets my vote hands down for “Best Madison MC” (sorry Starr, I got no plaque for ya). That’s just my humble opinion, [...]

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Fall Guys – "Who’s That" Live @ The Union Terrace

Fall Guys – Photos by Karl Tollefson MC STARR

Another great performance at the Union Terrace in Madison WI! The Fall Guys are MC Starr and DJ Pain 1, two of Madison’s premiere Hip Hop artists, tearing it up with the fast paced “Who’s That”. This is one of my favorite tracks off of their [...]

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"Get It In" Videos are up! JL, Pain 1, Motion, Ox, A-Team, @ The High Noon

I decided to put these all together under one post. The pre-show before NYE was absolutely killer. The High Noon Saloon was packed, and all the artists on the bill were on their game. DJ Pain 1 kept the music coming throughout the night.

First, Ox (Madison native, now in MN) and the A-Team [...]

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