Monday, February 23, 2009
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Electric Cigarette's??!!
Ok so I am at DIRT NASTY's hanging out recording and he shows me these. They are crazy vaporizer cigarett's that are healthy and all that. I tried it. Stronger than puffin' an American Spirit Yellow. None of the bad things except nicotine I think. Smoke came out my mouth but NO SMELL AT ALL. DIRT said his homie was smoking on a plane w/ one of these things on tha D Low..wild. I'm getting ready for AUSTRALIA feelin good...I'm outMackTraXXX
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
More PETE...
After the somewhat somber interview below I though I'd give some balance. Pete's 1st EVER solo album is coming out in March and it's rumored to be great. Here's a vid of him doing a cover shoot for NME 's VDAY French edition mag..he talks a little about the new album..you can hear one of the new songs in the back.
MacktraXXX
PETE DOHERTY on Irish talk show.
Pete's newest interview on a late night IRISH version of Carson Daly meets Bill O'reily. The host is a jackass and doesn't know anything about Pete's music. The interview gets deep however regarding addiction and family. Dr. Drew style.
AMERICA LOVES YA PETE
MackTraXXX
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Kanye Freestylin' (NO AUTO TUNE)
saw this on NAH RIGHT and it's AIGHT ( wow that was corny)...seriously hate or love him he rocks on this like old school yeez. there's an interview first then he starts to bust..
MackTraXXX
Monday, February 16, 2009
1st Day of Recording w THE PERL'S.
The PERL'S are a new rock group I'm working with. They are Mickey Avalon's half brother's. SCOTT PERL looks just like a young SLASH in the picture above ALEX PERL in the red is the singer. It went really good for a first day. We worked all of Sunday. Busy... We mic'd the guitar amp old school chair style cuz i didn't have the right clasp for the boom stand...haMackTraXXX
CONGRATS TO KOJACK!!! and NICE JACKET!!?$%#
KOJACK! was at the show on Friday as well but I wanted to do a seperate post about it for 3 reasons. 1. He is always fun at parties. 2. This is THEE jacket he wore in the post I did here. ...and.... a big 3. To give him props for having the #1 single last week w DR. LUKE for FLO RIDA's "You Spin Me Right Round"!!! Good Job Boys..MackTraXXX
Recap of VALENTINE's DAY SHOW @ THE ROXY : DIRT NASTY ANDRE LEGACY & BEARDO
LOTTA, LOTTA people I didn't get pictures of but check out some shots from the DIRT NASTY, ANDRE LEGACY, BEARDO show last Friday the 14th VDAY. Had a great time shouts to everybody I chatted with,the show was sold out!..Mackey
Onstage B4 DIRT and LEGACY
SHWAYZE reppin the DS MIXTAPE
ANDRE LEGACY about to go onstage
Opening movie intro = funny
Tux and yeah that's a dress on DIRT
CISCO ADLER came up and rocked
ANDY MILONOKIS battling TONY POTATO (not shown)
Roxy baby
Good nite Good show
MackTraXXX
Friday, February 13, 2009
Go BUY LILY ALLEN's ALBUM
This vid has been out since December. Just had time to get into it. We met Lily and her crew 2 years ago at Coachella and shared some memorable nitrous experiences. She also took Mickey and I to see Lil Wayne at the HOUSE OF BLUES last summer/spring?...which was crazzzy!!..anyways thx Lily and Emily from Mackey...hope u get the number one album next week. ( she's on pace to do it).
MackTraXXX
hear's THE FEAR
MackTraXXX
New LAdy GaGA...LOVE GAME
Lady GaGA..
I think she's the best in pop right now. This is the brand new video for LOVE GAME. She just put one out for Eh Eh Eh last week. Just Dance and Poker Face are still in the top 10 work it GaGA.
love game
go here for POKER FACE
go here for Just Dance
GaGA Rulez dude..the whole album is good ...fuck she's 4 vids deep
love game
go here for POKER FACE
go here for Just Dance
GaGA Rulez dude..the whole album is good ...fuck she's 4 vids deep
she's a Mickey fan and hopefully we will get her on the album..lotta talk..
MackTraXXX
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NIKKI SIXX goes OFF on FAN
Make sure you watch til the 1;23 mark it get's good after that...lets' get this out in the open I LOVE NIKKI SIXX ...even tho he threw the water bottle first and she threw something back...oh well I'm riding w SIXX on this one...fans PLEASE don't throw shit at the stage...especially a FULL beer....if this was '87 he would of killed her...Glad to seee old age and sobriety hasn't changed him...love ya NIKKI...I love the CRUE....look at the PYRO when they kick into the song FUCKING RAD ..more Vintage CRUE coming up...
for JimBO
MackTraXXX
for JimBO
MackTraXXX
Thursday, February 12, 2009
WHAT?!! HOPE THEY DO A FULL TOUR!!!!
This is going down February 27 in Orem, Utah. Tix are $35, wow. Do a tour w Live Nation guys.MackTraXXX
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Happier Times for CB
Here's a flick of T-PAIN/CB/and JAMES LARESE (of SYNDROME) on the set of the "FREEZE" video. The title kinda has a double meaning now...err nevermind....anyways I have heard a lot of shizz about what really happenend, and I will leave that to the gossip sites...she must of gotten fucked up bad though, If OFFICIAL reports are saying all that about her face.check TMZ...damn...guess it doesn't matter who started it. Heard some wild shizz....hope everyone is on the mend..gonna listen to this new Green Lantern and JADAKISS mixtape that I just downloaded off NAHRIGHT and vibe out.
MackTraXXX
more random photo's I found..
Video shoot for F" N Em ALL
on the set of T-Pain/Lil Wayne video "Can U Beleive It" directed by SYNDROME
I'm done after this I swear..
these post's are easy..
MackTraXXX
we go to big studio's too...
got gear?
get ya Liberace on
hillarious , u still need 3 laptops in a studio this big...there was prolly 8 on site
sorry for the super grainy camera phone pics...i'll get better at this (blogging)...real life yeah!
MackTraXXX
werking___
I'm up at my studio tucked in the Hollywood Hills. There's a bunch of random pix on this computer. I'll post some more in a bit. Got to getback to work. Sorry for shitty quality. gotta get a power cord for my camera.MackTraXXX
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Its OFFICIAL BLINK-182 is BACK
Its official. BLINK-182 is back together. I was never that big of a fan (but always thought they were good) I'm more of a METAL guy. But I've gotten to know TRAVI$ since they broke up and I have a lotta love and respect for that dude. I'm sure he's happy. R.I.P. LIL CHRI$.....Travis, Mark and Tom say:
"Hi. We're blink-182.
This past week there've been a lot of questions about the current status of the band, and we wanted you to hear it straight from us. To put it simply, We're back. We mean, really back. Picking up where we left off and then some. In the studio writing and recording a new album. Preparing to tour the world yet again. Friendships reformed. 17 years deep in our legacy."
Summer 2009.
Thanks and get ready…
Monday, February 9, 2009
FOR MY PRODUCER NERDS....AKAI APC-40 videos
Some videos from NAMM about the AKAI APC-40, which is the first dedicated controller for Abelton LIVE... See my earlier post on this. Can't wait to get my hands on one of these.
MackTraXXX
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SWAGGER LIKE US LIVE AT THE GRAMMY'S
BEST PART OF THE NIGHT I THOUGHT.
MIA is soooo PREGGERS
MackTraXXX
MIA is soooo PREGGERS
MackTraXXX
Sunday, February 8, 2009
BLINK-182 RE-UNITES AT GRAMMY'S, CHRIS BROWN gets into domestic w RHIANNA, Both no shows at Awards
The Grammy are about half over as I post this. Not at the show but spies are. It doesn't come on the west til 8pm PAC. Its 7 now. Well looks like BLINK-182 has burried the hatchett and re united. They presented an award. MILEY and TAYLOR SWIFT did a duet. So did JONAS BROS and STEVIE WONDER..COLDPLAY won best rock album. RADIOHEAD won, JAY-Z won for "Swagger Like Us", MIA hasnt given birth yet but she is due today. WAYNE won for "A Milli"...ADELE won for best new artist...KANYE and ESTELLE tore it down on their performance...ALLISON KRAUS and ROBERT PLANT won LP of the year...damn wanted MIA
Oh and CHRIS BROWN and RHIANNA apparently had a bad domestic and both of them didn't show to the AWARDS!! click here for story
UPDATE: on CHRIS BROWN turning self in: here
pix when I get them
MackTraXXX
Saturday, February 7, 2009
FNF Party !!!
The GRAMMY energy has definately allready started...1st party post
After our private gig for an A-list director w/ stars like Leo D'caprio in the house, I went w/ Branden Williams (Mickey Avalon's manager) and producer Justin Trugman to a huge party on the Paramount lot inside a huge soundstage they usually make movies on. The party was called FNF standing for "friends and family" of the Industry. It was hosted by Lil Jon and thrown for a couple of people including our friend super producer DR. LUKE (Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Avril Levine, Kelly Clarkson and a million others). He's also executive producing Mickey's album. A bunch of people DJ'd including Pete Rock and the one and only DJ AM (see pic above). Talib Kwelli performed and no one cared. AM came on after Kwelli and got the party JUMPING! He never ceases to amaze me. And after surving the plane crash, he has this super hero vibe to him and is more humble then ever.
The party was fun! Everyone one from the music biz was there. More producers, rappers, singers, writers, A&R's, label exec's and fine womenz then I've seen in one place in awhile. Then guess who I see? Kojack!!, and he was feeling nice!! After spending the last three days with him, when we saw each other, we had a brothers from another mother scream(JYEAHAH!!) and he gave me some vodka...his suit was the wackiest thing you've ever seen. Wish I had a picture. I'll get one I'm sure. Got to meet a lot of the Swede's from Max Martin's school of pop and saw a lot of new and old friends and associates. It was fun hanging w/ all my producer friends and getting to meet some new one's whose work I respect.
But check this! This is theeeee best thing to happen all night! I'm at the bar and I look over and who is it? NIPSEY HU$$LE!!! My favorite new rapper from LA. I've been listening to his mixtape's all week and have been telling everyone about him. I even posted a blog about him and Jay Rock, on my first or second day blogging. So u can see I'm excited. I step to him and tell him that I think he's next to blow and told him he's my new fave and all that. He says thx homie and asks what I do. "I make beats" I say. He gets excited and gives me his number and tells me let's hook up. So now I'm geeked! Mission accomplished. Add a hug and a pound from AM as he's leaving and a brief but meaningful convo w/ DR LUKE on my way out, and I'm on cloud 9.
Slept all day today. Now I'm up. Gonna make some tracks for MR. HU$$LE !!
Now so see ya later fam bam'z
MackTraXXX
Been busy busy....
Sorry I haven't posted in a couple days I have been really busy in the studio. I won't get all detailed but it started this week in Mickey Avalon's studio then a drive went down (fuk!). Had to go redo some shizz up at my studio. Then wacthed Dirt Nasty and producer Kojack working on a track upstairs til 5am. Then got up at 10am to head in the studio again at Mickey's house. We fixed what we needed to. Kojack (long time no see) came over to track a song featuring Perry Ferrel and Mickey. In the meantime I set up upstairs in Mickey's kitchen (see pic above) and started working again...
then off to a pivate gig for a big director...
more on that later
MackTraXXX
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Hilary Duff Disses Faye Dunaway
I'm a lil bias on this cuz I reallly luuuuvvv DUFF but
The Battle of the Bonnie lasses is getting ugly.
Hilary Duff clearly had enough of Faye Dunaway's supposed criticism about whether she has the chops to take on one of the Oscar winner's most iconic roles, the gun-toting Bonnie Parker, in a new flick titled The Story of Bonnie and Clyde.
During a break from filming a guest spot on the set of Ghost Whisperer, Duff told E!'s Daily 10, "I think that my fans that are going to go see the movie don't even know who she is," regarding the Hollywood legend (repeat, Hollywood legend), adding, "I think it was a little unnecessary, but I might be mad if I looked like that now, too."
Duff's diss stems from Dunaway's alleged remark, upon hearing the news that the former Lizzie McGuire starlet would be playing her old part, "Couldn't they at least cast a real actress?"
get GANSTA w her DUFF I got yo back.....
NEW LADY GAGA VIDEO
This has only been released in AUSTRAILA so far. Found it on Perez. I love GaGA. Here whole album is great.
if they take down the vid go to this link from perez, its better quality anyway
KILLA!! SO FUUUNNY, "I HATE MY JOB"
This post is for PRAE, Cam's biggest fan. Killa is gon come hard this year I'm betting. This song is pure comedy ( in a good way). The video looks like he shot it on a camcorder at his jumpoff's apt...lol!! Click play on the movie and click the box in the right hand corner to get rid of that ad....KILLA!
also he's on XXL this month
CHESTER FRENCH
Saw this on YE's blog. Guess they are signed to STAR TRAK. Some indie rock shizz. I'm feeling it. Check it out.
RAEKWON, METH and GHOST!!!! like its '94 AGAIN!!
This song is crazy. BRAND new w a VINTAGE WU sound. METH absolutely KILLS his verse listen all the way to the end....
Monday, February 2, 2009
KISS OF DEATH????????????
read the coments on you tube after you click below.....HIGHlariu$
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx6yuhIcVWc
WORK TIME
Got keep this brief cuz I gotta switch on the ProTools and AKAI and make some music. We are finally finishing submissions for AVE's album this week. It will be out mid summer if the suits don't fuck it up. I'll be over @ his crib most of the week, engineering/producing/ and making sure my songs get picked for the album, HA! MICKEY HATES recording in big studios. Here he is in his downstairs lab where we have recorded a lot of shizzz lately..This is where we did "GOING BACK TO REHAB"(and a lot more which I can't tell u about yet, don't wanna get punched)! OH and thx for all the nice comments regarding the song "JUNK IN A TRUNK". I produced that one too. It's on MICKEY's page for prolly not much longer, so check it out if you haven't.
gotta get to work
MackTraXXX
VON ZIPPER...
I always wear sunglasses, so when we got hooked up with Von Zipper, I was eXXXstatic.
I have ONLY worn VON ZIPPERS onstage for over a year now....I Corey Hart those beeches at the nite clubs too.
THX VZ for the love. The flick above shows me looking FONKY..w 2 VZ fanny packs FULL of shades, some limited edition ELMORE'S and a TSHIRT...reppin hard
go buy some fade faces:
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