Making The Beat, The Hip Hop Beat
Making beats is easy when you know how to get started. After you make your first couple of beats, you will get this process down. Don't get involved with stealing other peoples beats. Be original in your beat making and it will pay off. You will earn peoples respect and build a strong sense of pride in your work. Use these tips to get you started on your way to some cool hip hop beats.
Every hip hop beat starts off with samples, short 30 second interval recordings. To create your samples get your hands on an instrument. It doesn't have to be your favorite instrument. You don't even have to know how to play it. Experiment. Try different combination of notes. Use your ear, you inner musician to create 30 second samples of you playing that instrument.
Sometimes it may not come to you, inspiration to put together a sample. So to help with this musical block, listen to music. Not just your favorite tunes, but a wide variety. Listen to classical. Listen to heavy metal. Listen to rap, hip hop, and country. The idea is to go long with what you listen to. Widen your exposure to music. It will inspire new and fresh samples.
After you create your short sample beats, move on to constructing your hip hop beats. Your samples are your guide, not your beat. Your samples are a starting point. Combine them, mix them, mold them into something new, fresh, full of hip, full of hop. Imagine building a puzzle. To help build your puzzle and keep your samples on tempo use a simple drum beat track.
Now for the grand finale. Put yourself into your hip hop beat. Add your emotion. Remember a sad time. Put that into it. Remember a happy time. Put that into it. By putting your emotions into it you will create some amazing beats. In fact, the best time to create hip hop beats is when your emotional. Most important of all, have fun with it.
Every hip hop beat starts off with samples, short 30 second interval recordings. To create your samples get your hands on an instrument. It doesn't have to be your favorite instrument. You don't even have to know how to play it. Experiment. Try different combination of notes. Use your ear, you inner musician to create 30 second samples of you playing that instrument.
Sometimes it may not come to you, inspiration to put together a sample. So to help with this musical block, listen to music. Not just your favorite tunes, but a wide variety. Listen to classical. Listen to heavy metal. Listen to rap, hip hop, and country. The idea is to go long with what you listen to. Widen your exposure to music. It will inspire new and fresh samples.
After you create your short sample beats, move on to constructing your hip hop beats. Your samples are your guide, not your beat. Your samples are a starting point. Combine them, mix them, mold them into something new, fresh, full of hip, full of hop. Imagine building a puzzle. To help build your puzzle and keep your samples on tempo use a simple drum beat track.
Now for the grand finale. Put yourself into your hip hop beat. Add your emotion. Remember a sad time. Put that into it. Remember a happy time. Put that into it. By putting your emotions into it you will create some amazing beats. In fact, the best time to create hip hop beats is when your emotional. Most important of all, have fun with it.