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How to make hip hop and rap beats using your computer and other musical equipment, like drum machines and samplers.
Monday, December 27, 2010
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snoop dogg blew up a truck in the las vegas desert for mafia wars facebook scrill
blowing stuff up is cool and all, and i'll always dig snoop because he talks fizzuny and shizznitt, but exploding a truck in the desert outside of las vegas for a facebook mafia wars game promotion? alright, i guess that's cool in dat idiocracy kinda steeeez.
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Monday, May 24, 2010
Don't Forget The Bass When Making Your Own Hip Hop Beats!
There are simply overly many beat makers out there nowadays who are only recreating the same, indentical dull song! But if you want to make your own beat fresh you have to be groundbreaking and capture a little bit of get-up-and-go. Beat makers don't have the same concept of energy and pioneering spirit that used to exist in the early days of hip hop. The primary reason is that beat makers don't make great beats is because they're only concentrating on the drums. Say what?!
Traditionally, the rythm section of band consisted of the drummer and bass musician, and also perhaps the percussionist and keyboard player. Hip Hop beat makers virtually entirely discount the bass lines and any percussion instrumentation in their songs in modern rap music. Think back to the founding fathers of rap, and you'll discover there was a lot of live instrumentation implemeted and utilized - there were whole bands or samples of records that were rapped over. The best primary rap was really soulful and had a lot of funk in it because of this. It was an extension of funk, soul, disco, and African styles of music. You really ought to remember to make this funkyness a priority when you create your own beats.
The bass is used in a song to keep the groove tight and anchor everything unitedly. by no means undervalue its power when you make your own beats. It moves with the chord changes roots the melody to the beat of the drums. People don't think enough about the bass line in their song when making rap beats anymore. Show your real musical skill by putting more bass in your songs and giving it a real place. Listen to how the drums and bass interact on old funk and soul songs and it will be apparent why it can make or break your song.
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