Friday, August 30, 2013

Start Up Tips In 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.

Simplicity at the beginning. Every success came from a small beginning. This is especially true when it comes to beat creation. The desire to create a beat that's successful might be so much that you lose sight of where to start. Simply start with simple cords. Learning and understanding the different cords might be a challenging task but it pays off in the end. Your goal at this point is to master both major and minor cords before advancing to mixing and blending different notes to create a unique and original beat.

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 story behind the song. The main reason that hip hop beats are created is to accompany the vocals and instrumentals of the song. Since hip hop is a way of telling stories, the beats should reinforce the story behind the song. Rather than create beats that will only accompany the MCs vocals, you should go a step further and introduce effects within the beat which will relate to the story being told. For example adding reverb effects when the rapper sings about the subway.

The art of beat creation is not dead even if you can buy and download beats online. Instead, it's steadily growing and room for new beat makers is always abundant. For the beginner, there's much to learn in the art of beat creation.




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