Make Your Beats
Whether you’re into soul, or hip hop, the surest way to establishing a name for yourself in the music industry remains the same: you should make your beats while still maintaining your own brand of music.
Understandably, the thought of making your own beats can be rather daunting. You must see this as a test rather than letting yourself be discouraged from achieving your goals.
Making Your Beats Count…Start by Mastering Your Genre
Of course, don’t take this advice to the extreme and challenge yourself into developing a totally new genre. While that’s certainly doable, you might need to widen your repertoire a bit before taking on that goal. Meanwhile, there is nothing wrong with devoting your precious time to enhancing your skills and expanding your mastery of your preferred genre. You can analyze the works of your associates and see if that motivates you into creating self-made sounds better than ever.
By taking the time to master your genre, you’ve already placed yourself a step ahead of other debuting artists and increasing your potential as a music artist.
One nice thing about today’s music business is the increased accessibility to equipment. Nowadays, you don’t need to spend a huge amount of cash just to afford the technology for making your own beats.
Your beats will consist of three major components: midi drum patterns, audio loops, and bass line. These components are applicable to all kinds of music so it’s imperative that you understand how they work and what they can contribute to your music.
A song’s bass line is its underlying frame. It’s composed of a set of beats or notes that will be played from the song’s start to finish and which the other elements need to work with in order to maintain a sense of harmony.
It’s okay to dedicate as much time as you want polishing your bass line. If your bass line does not work, then the rest of your song won’t work either.
The second part you need to focus closely on is the audio loop. This is a favorite amongst rap and hip hop makers. They are commonly used for altering your music’s primary theme or mood. To make one, simply mix a set of notes from musical instruments or any other source of sound. You can play and experiment however you want until you get the best set of beats.
And lastly, you have to create midi drum patterns which go well with the rest of the piece. You can use one set or pattern of notes or merge different sets. Anything goes as long as it enhances rather than detracts from your work.
At times, midi drum patterns are not patterns at all. But instead, they are made up of a diverse set of beats and played as repeating loops and acting as something related to a secondary tier of music tune or beat.
To sum up: in creating your beats, always begin with building a convincing bass line to stand as your music’s foundation then strengthening it will evenly well-developed audio loops and one or more midi drum patterns.
Are you geared up to make your beats? Then don’t let anything keep you from producing cool music for the world to hear.
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