I have found every artist signed to Warp Records to be quite fascinating, and Jamie Lidell is no different.  His album 'Multiply' is truly awe-inspiring, and his live performance has become legendary.  He uses Max MSP to produce and edit video/ sounds live, for a very dynamic performance (just like PD right!? we could do this right!? Yes.  The answer, as always, is simply, "Yes").  Check out a video of his performance here:

 Jamie Lidell Live

I put my GUI on the server on Thursday but I forgot it to put it up on here!  Heh, here's hoping that maybe I can still get some feedback on it :-)
I made the carrier frequency playable through the midi keyboard as well as assigned all the parameters to sliders on the Edirol controller in B.  Additionally, I made a portamento parameter using the line object, which works nicely, as well as an on/off switch for the frequency modulation.  I spent a lot of time converting the 1-127 range of midi input into useful ranges for the sliders.  Also put in an output meter, and made it look purdy.  Ideally, it will evolve into a useful soft-synthesizer. 
Check it out!

History of Sampling

This site has a very cool, minimalist layout and effectively shows some of the sampling trends of mainstream and underground artists alike (i.e. things from Beastie Boys to Madlib's alias Quasimoto).

Apparently the data is taken from The-breaks.com which is a pretty neat site documenting what songs artists use for samples on their releases. 

Hello!
         My name is Brian and been making electronic music on an amateur level for quite some time with the name MetaMusician.  I have become rather familiar with cubase sx but I have had no experience with Reason (yet!).  I'm really excited about the midi possibilities of Reason- it makes assigning functions to a controller so simple (great for live performance). 

I make hip-hop and electronica and  and a bit of electro-indie pop with my Roland RS-70 and SH-32 ( the latter of which has analog modeling and is quite fun to mess around with).  Some of my stuff can be found Here  (myspace).  And I'm a little timid to post my oldest  (i.e. first and worst) creations after seeing all the talent that you guys have, but there are a few songs that I had a grand time making, like "Oj". 

I am intereseted in making all sorts of music, but my ideal would be something full of The Faint-esque distorted leads and bass lines.  Or perhaps some Madlib or RJD2 inspired hip-hop, or some Matmos/ Four Tet caliber sampling and sequencing. Or even some good old fashioned IDM breakbeat craziness a la Squarepusher, Aphex, or Venetian snares...  The possibilities are endless, and those artists have all created songs that resonant with the type of music I would ideally like to extend from.