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A big issue with production is drum patterns and ADD. To a lot of musicians, 4 bars feels like an eternity. This leads to impulsive playing, not from listening to distant sounds in the mind cavern, but from restlessness. The result is often busy parts or grooves that don’t accompany the song. I’ve seen musicians who can’t sit still for 2 bars. This can be a plus when the music calls for it (The Who), but often it holds the production back. 8 Bar Groove We’ve all heard the term 8 bar groove. Yet, many musicians don’t fully embrace what that means. When producing or on a session, I’m thinking about an 8 bar phrase as being a home. It takes you 8 bars to get from the front door to the back door.

Over the last few years we’ve seen the popularity of Southern Hip Hop Music grow at an exponential rate. If you’re a Hip Hop producer of any kind there will undoubtedly be a time when you will need to create a southern banger. In today’s article we’ll cover the in’s and out’s of producing hot southern rap music.

Create this heavyweight genre's complex beats, synths and signature edits, all using free plugins. With all the trappings Originating from the US city of Atlanta in the 90s, trap is a distinctive, hip-hop-inspired electronic genre defined by its overt use of TR-808 samples, heavy sub bass, rhythm-shifting percussion, cinematic horns and bleak synths. Although trap beats were originally created as instrumental backdrops to carry the crime-fuelled lyrics of Southern US rappers, the genre has since permeated all walks of electronic music - from the post-dubstep sounds of EDM through to modern R&B and pop productions.

Sampling is far from a new concept, having first become popular in the 1970s and 1980s. What is new, however, are the modern methods and techniques used as technology develops and music trends change. It’s fair to say music sampling has advanced through time. Today, a musical masterpiece can be created with just a laptop. Used heavily in electronic and hip-hop music, sampling is the art of taking recordings of instrumental notes or excerpts from old music and splicing it together or manipulating it with other sounds to create brand new music. Not dissimilar to a synthesizer, a sampler is a digital “instrument” that uses recordings rather than generating new sounds.

Growing up in Belfast, Ireland, Sharooz Raoofi (better known just as Sharooz) began playing and singing in bands before eventually moving to London. Falling in love with electronic music in college, he spent all of his money on samplers and sequencers, including an Atari ST running Cubase, and performed live with an MPC60 and Roland MC-303. As he built his hardware collection over time, Raoofi began digging into sampling by cutting up records and using them in his own production work, venturing further and further down the early world of digital audio workstations.

You've honed your skills, and you're at the point where you want to start gigging with a band. Joining a band is the easiest way to hit the ground running with the opportunity to perform in front of a ready-made fanbase. Yet, it may be difficult to find a group of like-minded individuals playing the music you enjoy. So does it make sense to try to join an existing band, or should you just form a band of your own? Let's take a look at the pros and cons of each to help you decide.

Find out how to make a drum loop online in this quick guide to creating personalized drum loops and using loops to create original music. When you search for drum sounds, you’ll come across numerous options. This is an advantage for anyone who makes music. The only problem is that most of these beats are similar. They’ve also been used by everyone else and don’t feature your taste. If you are looking for interesting drum beats, here’s a guide that will demonstrate how you can customize your drum loops quickly and come up with music that fits your style.

While today's popular digital audio workstations like  Ableton ,  Logic Pro , and  Pro Tools  come equipped with MIDI instruments galore, most beat producers still prefer samples. MIDI instruments have their place, but they can often feel too digital and computerized, whereas samples capture the warmth of high-quality, classic recordings. Collecting and altering samples can be a complex process at first, but once you get the hang of it, it's fun, explorative, and rewarding. Here are a few ways to find and use samples in your music.

So you want to make a beat in FL Studio? Below is a no-nonsense guide to making your first beat, from a beginners perspective, to simplify the whole process for you. Making a beat in FL Studio: Before you begin For a beginner, FL Studio can seem very daunting and sometimes overwhelming. We’ve all been there.

Apple’s Digital Audio Workstation, Logic X Pro, is compatible only with the Mac, but it’s stuffed with a variety of hidden operations and secret functions – let’s have a look!  Credit goes to the continuous and steady inflow of updates; the Logic X Pro is an entirely different DAW to its initial version released in 2013. The Audio Workstation’s set of features has significantly expanded since its release, transforming an excellent audio editing software into an even better one.