ELSV PODCAST - EP12: PLAYLISTING ALINA BARAZ
In this episode: Playlisting Alina Baraz; With the release of her new EPs "Sunbeam" and "Moongate", I'm highlighting / mixing some of my favorite Alina Baraz tracks Alone With You Maze (01:48) Pretty Thoughts (04:45) Paradise (06:57) The One (08:51) Between Us (11:42) Fallin (26:13)
Plus Breaking down Episode 2 of Insecure; Issa's new event & Molly's Dating (12:53). Plus Queens, Came for the Music, Stayed for the Drama (18:22); New song, Girls Gonna Run That (12:34); How Queens makes me think of Star (24:28)
ELSV PODCAST - EP11 THE RIGHT PATH
In this episode: Semi Review of #Insecure S5E1 and some of the key scenes and points from Insecure and how they apply to situations creatives may find themselves in - Discussing The creative journey and figuring out if this journey is the right path. Being an Entrepreneur and the shift in work from home life and what work life looks like in the future. Also ELSV and what's been in the works / Plus the lack of Diversity vs Performative Diversity ; Not showing up or making the efforts for Black Talent
Mood/ Vibes - Nas "Big Nas"
ELSV PODCAST - EP10 Queens Recap / The Introduction
In this episode. The Video Podcast is here (back or here again lol) But first thing first, mixes? TLC Mix (fitting since they got a mention in the Queens Premiere), Verzuz RECAP? Time for another R&B Verzuz. (Still voting for Ciara / Kelly Rowland); Queens Recap plus Brandy mixes I've been holding and diving into some New Music including the Queens Cast Music, Adele, Chlöe & Tiwa Savage.
RATHER BE ELSVNATE MIX
New MacBook Pro - Highlight of the Apple Event ?
And the moment everyone was waiting for — Apple announcing new Macs. For the final announcement Apple finally got to announcing the newest MacBook Pro models.... wait is that all?
Apple’s brand new MacBook Pro is designed to look nice, sure, but also take advantage of all that extra power under the hood. With a redesign that gets rid of the Touch Bar and introduces MacBooks own notch, the brand new MacBook Pro comes in a 14-inch and 16-inch model. It shares the same features as the larger model, but with a smaller overall footprint and both brings back the Pro ports which include HDMI, SD Card Slot, Headphone Jack and a new MagSafe port plus 3 Thunderbolt Ports.
But the highlight is the new M1 chips, M1 Pro and M1 Max
M1 Pro takes the groundbreaking architecture of M1 to a whole new level. Featuring a powerful up-to-10-core CPU with eight high-performance cores and two high-efficiency cores, along with an up-to-16-core GPU, M1 Pro delivers up to 70 percent faster CPU performance than M1, and up to 2x faster GPU performance. M1 Pro also delivers up to 200GB/s of memory bandwidth — nearly 3x the bandwidth of M1 — and supports up to 32GB of fast unified memory. Designed to dramatically speed up pro video workflows, M1 Pro adds a ProRes accelerator in the media engine, delivering unbelievably fast and power-efficient video processing.
And:
M1 Max — the world’s most powerful chip for a pro notebook — builds on M1 Pro, taking its amazing capabilities even further. M1 Max features the same powerful 10-core CPU as M1 Pro, and doubles the GPU with up to a massive 32 cores for up to 4x faster GPU performance than M1. It also has up to 400GB/s of memory bandwidth — 2x that of M1 Pro and nearly 6x that of M1 — and up to 64GB of fast unified memory. With even the latest PC laptops topping out at 16GB of video memory, having this huge amount of memory available is game-changing for pro workloads, allowing pros to do things that were previously unimaginable on a notebook. 3D artists on the new MacBook Pro can now easily work with extreme geometry and textures in scenes that pro PC laptops can’t even run. M1 Max also offers an enhanced media engine that features two ProRes accelerators for even higher multi-stream performance. As a result, pros can edit up to 30 streams of 4K ProRes video or up to seven streams of 8K ProRes video in Final Cut Pro — more streams than on a 28-core Mac Pro with Afterburner. And for the first time on any Mac, video editors can grade color in HDR on 8K ProRes 4444 video on battery when they’re miles away from the edit bay.
Yes… faster, better performance… better use of Apple’s ecosystem… better battery all that good stuff but back to the MacBook Pro, That was it… No iMac Pro…. but if the M1 Pro and M1 Max are any indication of what to expect, the next event will be a game changer if we can expect a new Apple TV Gaming System, Mac mini and FINALLY the iMac Pro. The event different built on the anticipation of what is to come.
The New AirPods 3
To start off Apple’s "Unleashed" event, Apple revealed what's next for AirPods. Building off of its introduction that began with a musical production mix of signature Apple sounds, the event took a deeper look at Spatial Audio; and what better way to start than to segue into the newest iteration of products that will take advantage of this feature.
AirPods 3 has an all new design, similar to the AirPods Pro. Open the case, there is the one-touch setup that will pair with all of your registered Apple devices. Apple has increased the battery life to up to six hours of listening time. Five minutes of charge time will get the user an hour of use. And the charging case will boost the AirPods with Spatial Audio to up to 30 hours of listening time with four full charges. MagSafe and wireless charging are also supported by the wireless charging case.
The third-generation AirPods cost $179. Orders start on October 18, 2021, with availability going live next week.
Apple Announces HomePod in colors.
Following the announcement of the new AirPods 3 during the October Apple Event, Apple announced that its HomePod mini smart speaker will be available in three new colors joining the current white and black editions. The new HomePod mini colors Blue, Orange and Yellow will be available beginning November joining the existing black and white versions for the same asking price ($99) as before.
ELSV PODCAST - EP8 EXTENDED VERZUZ TAKE
In this episode. Extended Verzuz conversation on what the next Verzuz should be. As we said in the last episode. Jermaine Dupri Verzuz Diddy only works if the artists who's songs they play actually show up on the stage; we don't need a Timbaland Verzuz Swizz Beatz repeat.
I'm ready for another R&B Verzuz. Trey Songs seems to be the topic of conversation to come to the stage but who is the appropriate opponent? Omarion? Miguel? Chris Brown? Is Chris Brown the better match up for Usher? Can we get Justin Timberlake VERZUZ Usher???
My pick is still the same for Female R&B with Ciara VERZUZ Kelly Rowland. No one has the hits for Mary J Blige except maybe R. Kelly. Mariah Carey is a different conversation.... which brings it back to why Diddy Verzuz Dr Dre might be better.
Plus a variety of other random music topics. Check it out on Apple Podcasts
ELSV PODCAST - EP7 MUSIC. VERZUZ & NEW SH!T
In this episode, VERZUZ Talk. Recapping FAT JOE VERZUZ JA RULE. Ashanti Won. Remy Won. JADAKISS WON 3-0 IN THE VERZUZ.
Discussing possible Verzuz, Trey Songz Verzuz Omarion? Kelly Rowland Verzuz Ciara?? Trey Songz Verzuz Chris Brown??? Jermaine Dupri calls out Diddy to see him in a Verzuz, but Diddy wants Dr Dre.
New SH!T - top new records I'm listening to featuring Eric Bellinger, RINI, Sevyn Streeter & Justine Skye - featured Apple Music Playlist: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/new-sh-t/pl.u-6mo44kvcWjp8E0
ELSV PODCAST - EP6 AN APPLE MUSIC DILEMMA
In this episode, discussing my issues with Apple Music and signing up for Apple One. This was fun. Still not done but hey almost there. I guess