Friday, August 16, 2013

Guide To First Time Beat Making

By Delroy Wilkins


There are many ways to enter the world of hip hop, you can buy beats online and show off your silver tongue. You can find talent and produce the beats yourself. If you take the path to being a beat maker, you need to produce instrumentals that people who are planning to buy beats online, would, at least pay attention to. Of course, the entire beat making process does not come through with a snap of a finger but there are simple things that can be done to bring out your creative side and start you off with an inspiration to create your beats.

Use the beat to grab attention. Beats form an important part in any hip hop song. Hip hop is all about beats, instrumentals and vocals. However, your beats should be able to stand out as a single recognizable element. The beat should be unique and recognizable for its qualities. Your beats should entice the listener to continue listening. Great beats will actually act as the source of inspiration for the rappers lyrics.

Go simple at the start. Avery great achievement started off as a simple desire to achieve. There's no better truth about this phrase than in beat making. If your goal is creating and you have no clue where to start, begin by mastering the simple cords. As a beginner, you might find this a daunting task but learning the basics of simple cords is the key to creating great beats. Simply master all cords, both major and minor. After this, use these cords to create a blend of unique sounds that will contribute to your beats.

Don't try to reinvent the wheel. Although hip hop concentrates on rapping as compared to other genres, the rules of song production still apply here. When creating your beats, always keep in mind the traditional song structure. Whether it's a new style you're trying out, don't try to reinvent the wheel. The song structure found in different genres of music is basically universal and music lovers tend to appreciate it.

Reinforce the Song's Story. Never forget that you don't just make beats, you use it as part of the mix together with the vocals. Hip hop is a whole new way to tell a story and aside from the obvious sound effects to correlate with the MC's words but you don't have to stop at that. Why not take it to a higher level such as adding effects like reverb when the lyrics tell about being inside a tunnel.

The beat production industry might be thought dead but the contrary is true. Even if you can simply buy and download beats off the internet, there's so much room for the beginner beat maker. If you are starting out as a beat maker, there's a lot to learn but its worth it if you want to create world class beats.




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