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How to Make Beats: The Quickstart Guide

If you are new to beat making, it can be a difficult task to figure out where to start. There are plenty of tutorials on...

This Is How Hip Hop Producers Can Be Successful in the Music Industry

The music industry is a tricky game - one that many of us are trying to win at but only a few that really succeed. Many producers, beatmakers, rappers, and everyone in between work very hard to achieve that success without even questioning why they haven't gotten it yet. I believe that hard work ...

Are You A Beat Making Newbie? Dont Worry About It

There are many Hip Hop producers in this game, and I have seen many come and go. It seems that almost daily, I see new young blood popping up and hungrier than ever to get their hands dirty at making beats and producing top notch music for the masses. One the main differences of the newbies today...

A Totally Different Way Of Understanding Compression Part 2

The goal here is to show you the fundamentals of what each knob on a standard compressor does and how it relates to applying it to your music. Compression is mainly for controlling uncompressed recordings. Most of the music that we use in our genre requires little to no compression at all. In hip ho...

How to Make Beats - Part 4: Bars & Loops

* This is part 4 of an 8-part series of articles on how to make beats. Mostly aimed at beginners, even experience beat makers can benefit from these articles. Bar Range With Hip Hop tracks, the usual bar range is anywhere from 1-8 bars. Some are more but that's rare. When you listen to olde...

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