Footage taken from the 2012 NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA. Footage features Chris along with friends DJ Irene, DJ JayB, DJ Lars, DJ Creme, and some other awesome jocks. Everyone knows that Pioneer makes the BEST DJ gear, and it is always an honor to pay respect!

Chris Cox (wooops, we mean Carl!) interviewed with music legend Marc “MK” Kinchen for the Crossfader Show at NAMM 2012. Recorded at the Pioneer Pro DJ booth.

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A new Chris Cox single will be released in December on Tommy Boy Records! This song is a collaboration with major Czech DJ Tommy Rogers and UK/US singing sensation Peyton! This is truly an international project with remixes from all over the world. Full track listing to be announced soon.

with co-host JJ Wylie. Chris explains where he’s been, announces some very big news and then complains about his luggage.

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I was recently asked how I did something from this, so I pulled up the session to review it for the first time in years. It may not sound like it, but it was SO much work! Well over a thousand edits and a few weeks worth of work. Remember, this was BEFORE Ableton and other programs were magically changing and locking BPM’s. Every song was a different key and BPM. I worked from the multitrack sessions the label sent. The total size of the session was over 60GB and was created and mixed in MOTU’s Digital Performer.

At no time (except the “Toxic” bit at the end) are there any less than 3 Britney songs running at the same time. The goal was, of course, to make a smooth/seamless piece of work that played like a single composition. For my own entertainment, though, I put in parts and elements from songs other than the one your are hearing the vocal for. For instance, when “Oops, I Did It Again” is playing, there are musical and drum parts from “Crazy,” “Stronger,” “Toxic,” and “One More Time.” All of this running with my own keyboards, drum programming, and sound design.

This was a long and brutal project, but it was really rewarding when finished. The songwriting and original productions are so solid that I never tired of hearing them when I was working in the studio. I’ve done a few projects for Britney, but this was by far the most fun and gratifying!

Episode 02 of “12 Inches Of Cox” is now available. This episode talks about EDC and Pride events. With co-host JJ Wylie.

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Chris has been very vocal in his support for the Euphonix Artist Series controllers, and uses them on every production in the studio. Avid, the home of ProTools among many other big products, has recently acquired Euphonix and is now featuring Chris in their artist section.

Interesting video interview with Dave Smith, who is credited as the father of MIDI. He created some of the best keyboards ever (Prophet 5 among them!). I own a Prophet 600, which was the first synthesizer to ship with MIDI on board. This clip was from the old Tech TV show “Screen Savers” with Leo Laporte. Great show for us nerds!
Special guest also on the show is Steve Wozniak, the co-creator of Apple! Enjoy!

People often ask me, “so what are you working on now?” It’s asked in interviews, in clubs, and by peers and friends. I don’t know how to answer this many times because SO many things can change during the course of a project that it might not turn out to be the project you previously announced. I get so nervous when I see producers say “I’m in the studio working on…… with ……” (I’m guilty of it myself)

Why is this bad? When you announce the birth of something on the night that it is still being created, too many things can change that will leave people asking in the future “whatever happened to that song that you said was coming out?” It’s like the tradition of not discussing a pregnancy until the 2nd trimester. Even if you did an amazing job in the studio, the project is still at the mercy of management, labels, promo people, lawyers, etc…. Maybe the artist gets dropped, pregnant, or involved in some scandal that halts an entire album (been through ALL of those). In other words, until a record gets released, it does a better service to the artist and all involved to be a little more discreet. Plus, it adds a nice air of mystery when you can just release a project and people can THEN view the “behind the scenes” moments. For that same reason I hate seeing specials on how a movie was made BEFORE I have actually seen the movie.

I know it’s all about hype, promo, and bragging rights to tell the world what you are doing the second you are doing it, but I personally enjoy the privacy and uninhibited nature of the recording studio. Of secretly working in the studio on some monster that you will soon unleash on the world!

So with this is mind I can honestly tell you that I am currently working on:

1. a track by a person who used to be in a big band
2. a track by another person who is still in a big band
3. a track by a big artist working with another big artist
4. a track by an artist who hopes to be big someday
5. a track by an artist that you have not heard of (yet)
6. a track by a guy who makes tracks for other people

There! Time to get to work………..