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Beat Making

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...
An ongoing conversation in the Producer community as of late centers on whether or not it's okay for beatmakers to use loops or sample packs. For those who are uninformed, loops are pre-made arrangements of music (melodies, drum patterns,...
If there were ever a Mount Rushmore of Producers Dilla would no doubt have been carved onto it. Dilla is undoubtedly a producers', producer; and his sound has influenced some of the biggest artists in the world including Drake...
Trap music is a global phenomenon and has been a cornerstone of hip-hop production for more than a decade. The distorted drums and hi-hat rolls have made their way to every continent from Africa to Asia with...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Often our favorite producers will tell us that they crank out over 20-30 beats a day and focus on aspects like mixing and sequencing later. And while this approach allows you to maximize the amount of music you make...
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...

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