Good Drums can make a record, and shitty drums can break your record. That’s the rule. Often times, a good EQ and some compression can do wonders for your drum sounds. BUT, if you want to take...
Recently, producer Alchemist tweeted out that 87% of his beats are trash and that we only hear about 13% when all is said and done. While I personally can never say that I've heard a wack Alchemist beat it...
The other day producer Thelonious Martin posted a tweet about Lofi that sparked some debate in his comments:
https://twitter.com/KingThelonious/status/1263738077832531969
It got the team over here thinking... Are Lofi Hip-hop instrumentals gentrified boom-bap beats? The short answer is Yes. Before my Lofi hip-hop...
It’s happened to all of us before. You sit down at your laptop ready to cook-up, and nothing comes out. You get frustrated and wonder why you can’t create. That’s beat-block, and these are 5 ways you can beat...
The foundation of Hip-hop music is sampling. When Grandmaster Flash & Kool Herc began DJing house parties in the 1970s they looped the most popular parts of the record while the DJ rocked to them. They probably didn't know...
In Hip-Hop, and generally in pop culture, you’ll see many mainstream producers distance themselves from the title “beat maker” inferring that one requires more skill than the other. And while that can be true, we’ve gotta give proper respect...
With tech innovations making it possible to cook up from anywhere, producers and beatmakers usually spend time in the home studios making beats alone and that doesn't leave too much room for collaboration with... well, anybody. And while it's...
I know what you’re saying to yourself right now…
“Oh man if I just had that new synth or keyboard, then I’d be on another level”
“The converters in this audio...
Before the 1980s, drum machines were expensive pieces of equipment that needed entire rooms to operate. By the end of the decade, these machines would provide the soundscape for some of the world's biggest artists including Michael Jackson, and...
While making music is a passion for many artists, few often find ways to realize their dreams in a way that financially makes sense for them. Instead of creating all day, they are forced to take a...
