Incorporated Elements Blog » Studio Life http://www.incorporatedelements.com/blog Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:58:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 New Beginnings http://www.incorporatedelements.com/blog/new-beginnings/ http://www.incorporatedelements.com/blog/new-beginnings/#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 05:56:34 +0000 Eric Olson http://www.incorporatedelements.com/blog/?p=369

Nate, Ric, Eric = Incorporated Elements

As many of you know, I.E. currently operates out of two primary locations: Nashville (Ric) and Tacoma, Washington (Eric & Nate). While we’re able to make this work pretty efficiently via the Internet and phone calls, it’s become evident that the only way we are going to be 100% effective is if we were all in one central location. So after 18 months of planning, the time has come…next week, Nate and I will be driving down to Nashville to begin the moving process.

With that, this week will mark the last week Nate and I will work out of our faithful home studio, Winona Drive Studios. After nearly 7 years, it has served us well. Take a good look-for us Washingtonians, this is where it all began…

Winona Drive Studios

Winona Drive Studios Outside

]]> http://www.incorporatedelements.com/blog/new-beginnings/feed/ 1 Ooh Ahh climbing the iTunes charts! http://www.incorporatedelements.com/blog/ooh-ahh-climbing-the-itunes-charts/ http://www.incorporatedelements.com/blog/ooh-ahh-climbing-the-itunes-charts/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:33:46 +0000 Incorporated Elements http://www.incorporatedelements.com/blog/?p=278 With the debut of the new MTV show, The Buried Life a few days ago, there has been a huge resurgence of the song “Ooh Ahh” by Grits.  This song was co-written by Ric “DJ Form” Robbins and produced by Incorporated Elements.  It has already been used in such films as “Fast And Furious: Tokyo Drift” and “Big Momma’s House 2″, among many, many television shows.  But, with “Ooh Ahh” being the opening theme song of The Buried Life, it has begun to climb up the iTunes Hip-Hop/Rap download chart.

We would love to see it break into the top 10, but we need your help to do it.  If you would like to support Incorporated Elements and DJ Form, consider downloading “Ooh Ahh” by Grits from iTunes and asking friends, family, and music fans everywhere to do the same.

Even if you don’t go download it, we really appreciate all the support we’ve been given from you all so far, and we look forward to continuing to connect with more and more of you out there!  Below, I’ve posted some links to some videos using Ooh Ahh and one new song.

Thanks!!!

The I.E. Team

Ooh Ahh from Fast And Furious: Tokyo Drift

Kobe Bryant highlights with Ooh Ahh

The Ooh Ahh Dance? :-)

Here We Go video – another Grits hit by I.E.


]]> http://www.incorporatedelements.com/blog/ooh-ahh-climbing-the-itunes-charts/feed/ 0 Where has all the fun gone? http://www.incorporatedelements.com/blog/where-has-all-the-fun-gone/ http://www.incorporatedelements.com/blog/where-has-all-the-fun-gone/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:53:40 +0000 Eric Olson http://www.incorporatedelements.com/blog/?p=181 So while doing some research online, I randomly stumbled across Michael Buble’s video to ‘Haven’t Met You Yet.’ Not only is the song a solid pop song, it was refreshing to me to watch people actually enjoy doing, and being a part of, music. Throughout my music career, I have always subscribed to the basic thought that for whatever kind of music you set off to make, there should be an element of ‘fun’ involved in the process. If it ceases being enjoyable…if the creative rush ever dies out…that may be the time to take a step back, and reevaluate what you’re doing, and why you are doing it.

Because really, every time that we are able to step into a studio, and are able to create/collaborate, it truly is a privilege. Watching this random Michael Buble video, in it’s own quirky way, brought this home for me once again. Creating music is a blessing-every once in a while, it’s just good to get that reminder. :-)

With that, here’s the video that started this whole train of thought…enjoy.

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Not really…

But wow, I’ve been spending a lot of time doing this these past couple of months. The more music we do, and the more artists/musicians we represent, the more I am seeing this as a crucial part of my day. The need to be able to grab and send out whatever music is requested, right when its requested, is becoming the norm right now in the industry, prompting us to be on our p’s and q’s when it comes to file organization.

Speaking of organization, we’ve also been getting things organized on our end, so that we can begin posting photos, audio, and video of what we do as Incorporated Elements. Look for those posts coming soon.

But for now…time to do some archiving. :)

]]> http://www.incorporatedelements.com/blog/its-the-glamorous/feed/ 0 Studio Life http://www.incorporatedelements.com/blog/studio-life/ http://www.incorporatedelements.com/blog/studio-life/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:26:36 +0000 Eric Olson http://www.incorporatedelements.com/blog/?p=33 So while Ric is out on the road, posting about his djing adventures across America, I will be posting my random musings from the studio, where a majority of the music happens for Incorporated Elements. There is rarely a day when I’m not in the studio (which could be a good thing, or a bad thing, depending on your perspective), so hopefully my life on the grind will provide for some interesting blog posts. Until next time…

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