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Beat This!The next Beat This! Competition is from November 27-28th!
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WarzoneThe next Warzone Beat Battle is set for December 3-7th!
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How much of ur beats is keepers?
My first year of making beats I had loads of free time and I would wake up and make 4-5 beats for a whole fuckin year. I rarely sit down and listen to the entire catalog, but I will say that some beats are hot and I bop to those as if somebody else made them, and other times I feel that "I made... -
Soo... this girl decides to post a song she did to a beat of mine
Ahhhh, the downside of posting beats online, on the bright side all publicity is good publicity, just be honored she decided to jack your beat to rock over--- even though that was fucked up for her to do.- shadeed
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- Forum: The Basement
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What would you do with 80 bones
You need to get.... more money. You mentioned that you had an 80 dollar credit off some site, combine that together with some more cheese from that income tax check and buy something you want. Building a home studio is an investment homie! -
Talent Anxiety (Have You Ever Had This......???)
Everybody that enters any field or endeavour will compare themselves to the "greats" of that field, it's only natural. Hip Hop Producers and rock guitarists, more than anybody in the music genre, tend to heavily dick-ride and copy anybody who they were inspired by. On the production... -
girl or music
Finding a girl who really is into music is pretty rare, I've only met a few who musical opinion, knowledge, and insight I've actually respected. Most of the time, you can ask them "who is better jay-z or nas??" and the response would be "jay-z is cuter". But a girl who has played an instrument...- shadeed
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- Forum: The Basement
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Describe Your Best Production Work
Yeah, exactly we have never even heard RZA's best beats, because the flood in his basement happened in late 93 maybe early 94, so shit like Only built for Cuban Linx was from the "new batch" of beats. Anybody who has lost all their beats for whatever reason, already knows that you go thru a... -
Ok I Have An Album Coming Out
you can use publisher to make a booklet, re-size the file to whatever dimensions are prevalent to a CD jacket, save it to disk and go to grap design comp in your area or even a kinko's and tell them what colors you need etc. The most expensive thing would be the paper, that's high qual stuff... -
girl or music
Does your Girlfriend Support Your Music??? Let's face it, most of us here are in this music thing for the long haul. We spend a great deal of our free time making beats and most of our hard earned cash goes to purchasing equipment to make better beats. Most significant others want SOME...- shadeed
- Post #48
- Forum: The Basement
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Describe Your Best Production Work
Another filmscoring guy, that's a good thing. Most of the time I start off in beat making mode, but as I progress into changing up different sequences, a great deal of my beats develop their own theme, and lose that hip hop edge. I'm working on a couple projects with a few indie film makers... -
5 to 6 elements...and you have a banger?
Personally, I feel that the best thing I ever did to add new elements to my music is to learn music theory and regularly practice playing keyboard and guitar. The best advice I have is to look at yourself as a "musician" instead of a "producer" if you are producing hip hop/R&B because hip hop... -
A day in the studio with...
I would hop in the time machine to watch Quincy Jones during the making of Thriller, I would have loved to be around the making of The Chronic, you already know half the artists involved don't even remember half of those studio sessions!!! -
What beat inspired you to become a producer/beatmaker?
The outraegeous price this producer charged me for a beat is what inspired me to become a producer. I was known spittin mean 16's, but I feel staying behind the boards, and using my lyrical ability to write songs and hooks will grant me more longevity than being an artist. As a rapper you can... -
Newbie Question
Oh, no MPC hate coming from me, the MPC 2k was the first piece of equipment I bought too, and it can definitely be the centerpiece of anybody's studio. What does bother me is that most people DON'T do any research and shell out $500-1000 on a hardware sequencer based on another producer's... -
Newbie Question
I'm gonna break an unwritten hip hop law by saying you DON'T need an MPC or turntables to make good music. Most producers are deep-down dickriders, meaning that they basically bought certain equipment (MPC, Triton, SP-1200's,Technics, Pro Tools) just because Pete Rock, Premo, or nowadays Lil... -
MC / Producer Colab.
What have been your "attempts" at trying to record?? I don't know of any town in America that doesn't have people who wanna rap. Keep hittin up all the MC battles, open mics, and keep a fresh beat CD handy and you should find somebody! -
how long have u been producin and how much $$$$ have u put in to it?
M-box MPC 2k 8 outputs Stanton Turntable Korg Karma Guitar JV 2080 Mic /boom stand DFX 12 mixer Tascam 4 track tape recorder Tascam US-122 interface Cables Cubase SE I've been making beats since 2003, I don't consider myself a producer, just a beatmaker. A lil' over 3... -
Who am I not listening to, but should
I think Masta Ace's last two albums went hard--Disposable Arts is a concept album and its the best that I've heard in a long time. RA the Ruggedman Jedi Mind Tricks (If my personality could be put into music, it probably would be a verse from Vinnie Paz!) UGK --Ridin Dirty (classic)...- shadeed
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- Forum: The Basement
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what is the best verse you've ever heard?
Nature of the Threat is on another level. Canibus ---Beast from the East Nas first verse from Ny State of Mind Nas verse from Verbal Intercourse Andre 3000 on Atliens album, from that song "Throw your hands in the aiiir"- shadeed
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- Forum: The Basement
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Describe Your Best Production Work
I was reading this interview where Dr. Dre's right hand man basically was talking about this "vault" that Dre has that contains every single beat that he ever made, including all the tracks that didn't make the albums and experimental stuff too. He mentioned that the material that was in the... -
What usually drives your reason for creating a beat?
After giving this question a lot of thought, I can only explain my motivation for production by using the California Gold Rush as a metaphor. In the 1800's, everybody was selling their homes and dreams to move to California and strike it rich. Many people arrived and soon went broke after...