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hville +++ SAE Nashville Instructor Designs Production Device +++ Musiq Soulchild Records at SAE Nashville +++ S Nashville Instructor ns Production Device INDEX SAE Nashville instructor Reavis Mitchell who helped design the Beat Thang r SAE instructors are industry s drawing from a vast range rofessional experience, so it’s aining to hear their various st or current projects. One such from SAE Nashville instructor hell, who played an integral role , programming and building a uction machine called the Beat so a computer programmer, the available crop of production e lacking in ways that he knew ve upon, and so with the help of E Tech, the concept of the Beat hatched. “We’re humans. We’re res,” explained Mitchell, speak- arket’s need for such devices, era where mostly all aspects of duction can be done in a DAW, “Analogue machines will never be obsolete, because we have an innate human desire to create and express ourselves with our hands.” Mitchell, an ATP instructor at SAE Nash- ville since 2008, is appreciative of the Beat Thang’s success so far, having watched the project go from an ambitious dream to an in- demand piece of music tech. “We won ‘Most Innovative New DJ Tool’ from DJ Zone Mag- azine,” recalled Reavis, “That was a proud moment.” Beat Thang is also popping up in several DJ and producer setups throughout the industry, including Dallas Austin (who now sponsors the device), DJ Bobby B (from the Kottonmouth Kings) and the legendary production duo, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. It also got a recent workout at the A3C hip-hop festival, where it was showcased for its performance capabilities. n

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