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The online collective of Producers knows as "The Producers Union" hosts a monthly beat battle started by Tha Referenz. I was able to pull off the first win! Prizes included: One free track mastered by Toni P (http://www.umastering.com/), A drop from Jonny Storm of Grind Time, and a music feature from Lil Young of Swisha House on the winning entry. Learn more about The Union here - http://theproducersunion.wordpress.com/ and leave comments on my winning beat above in the soundcloud player.

The album was supposed to drop today on my birthday, June 6th. It never works out that way does it? So I decided to leak some to everyone as free downloads. Click the tab "Covelli Productions" at http://www.facebook.com/covelliproductions & get FREE songs from artists: Illatribe, P. Jericho, Lavesh from Lav & Will (FKA The Richkiddz), WordP, Arrogant, Deandreas McCanton, Alecia Evette, Kaya, Dub Zero, Grace Garcia, Math Hoffa, Michael SanFilippo, Stevie G., and more!

I recently took part in the 2011 iStandardProducers beat battle here in Chicago. I’ll never forget the night, it was crazy. I went last year to check out the show when Bliz Beats won. I knew I was going to enter the next one. People came out through the rain to pack the house, and I met a lot of the producers I was competing against. We are all on a similar path so even though we are competing, there is still a sense of community between all the producers.

I wasn’t really nervous when I finally went on stage, even though it was my first beat battle. I’m confident in my sounds and just wanted to show everyone the variety of genres I can move the crowd with. The elimination was the insane part. To have the top three separated by one point just shows how much talent Chicago and iStandard has.

The prizes for winning varied from musical goodies to a few interviews and entrance into the national Battle of the Beats in New York. The first interview is on the iStandard website already - sendspace.

There is an official video on the way but below is some footage from the event from a camera phone lol.

This is the song circulating around Chicago as the unofficial Chicago Bulls Anthem. Take a listen and, if you enjoy it as much as everyone has so far, pass it on! Presented by www.Illatribe.com - The group that brought you "Bearin Down Da Song (Chicago Bears Anthem). We created the 2011 Chicago Bulls song for the #1 Seed in the East, your Chicago Bulls! Featuring Bobby Burns (1st Verse), J. Wood (2nd Verse), Deandreas (Bridge), WordP (3rd Verse), and P. Jericho (Chorus with Stacey King). Mixed By Matt Wheeler at Rax Trax Recording in Chicago. Song and Video produced by Brian Covelli.

Chicago artist Arrogant just released his mixtape "Real Conversation" for FREE on March 15th. Fake Shore Drive is already showing some love to the Chicago release. Pick it up today on either datpiff or sendspace. It features two songs I produced for Arro as well as another artist I produce for from Turncoat Music: WordP. The two beats I produced are "Real Talk" and "Lost Souls".