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What motivates you to keep making beats?
No matter what your beat making experience is, what keeps you going? Why do you keep making beats? For me it's simply the love of music and it keeps my mind occupied. -
Tutorials Making Simple Beats (How To Improve Your Mixes)
"It's better to subtract than to add." This is one of the first things I learned about the recording process and it has stuck with me after all these years. It basically means that whether you're working on your beat or mixing it, it's always easier to take something out than to add something... -
Production When the Beat Making Formula Doesn’t Always Work
You’ve got to have style and learn to be original. - KRS-One There’s something that has been bothering me for the past while when it comes to beat making. It’s something that I hear and see quite often, and I even catch myself doing it sometimes. The formula. Watch any YouTube beat making... -
Tutorials Improve Your Beats by Adding Ghost Notes
Oftentimes I get stuck in a routine when it comes to making beats, and I'm sure it happens to many other beat makers. This is why I think it's a good idea to change up the process, from simply changing which instrument you start your beat with, or maybe the time signature needs to be changed... -
Tutorials How to Get Started Making Beats
Are you thinking about getting into beat making? Then just do it! It happens quite often where people tend to overthink many things, and getting into the beat making game is one of them. I have seen many people that are just getting started and don't know where to start, and others that don't... -
Tutorials 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 here as well as other websites such as YouTube which offer a great deal of content to learn from. However, it’s much easier to have a quickstart guide to point you in the... -
Tutorials The Grocery Shopping Method
What the hell does Grocery Shopping have to do with music? This is meant to tell you how to make Trap beats like you're making soup. It doesn't take long, and you can actually write hits with this method, I guarantee. You'll also have a bit of fun because you'll sound like your favorite songs... -
Tutorials 5 Basic Steps For A Better Mix
I have spent many years trying to get to grips with the art of mixing, and it's taken me a very long time to get there. I would like to present an article that should hopefully cover some of the basics to get you on your way to really improving the quality of your mixes. This article is about...- 2GooD Productions
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Off Topic 5 Artists That Changed My Life and Approach to Music
As in the title, below you can find five artists that changed my perspective, life and approach to music. The aim of this article is to share some of my views on music and maybe artists I'm about to describe will inspire you in some way. In my case the majority of them are not even associated...- Memento Beats
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Off Topic I Just Want to Make Beats All Day
I love making beats. It's something that takes me away from all the drama in my life as well as that of the world. If I wasn't able to make beats I would have to find some other way of de-stressing. Beat making is my way out. My way to escape. It's also my way of expressing myself. Often times... -
Tutorials 5 Ways to Make Your Beats Bang!
There are times when I stop what I'm doing and wonder why my beats don't sound like some well known producer's beats. Is it their mixing? Their mastering? Possibly. It could also be that my beats are not hitting hard enough. So what can be done? Here are the 5 ways to make your beat bang! 1... -
Production Back to the Future (of Beat Making)
Akai just announced something game-changing in their music production line-up: Akai Force. At first glance it looks like an Ableton controller clone but it’s more than that - it’s also a standalone unit. This is great news because I have noticed for the past few years that more beat makers are... -
Production Not Every Beat You Make Will Be Awesome
One of the most popular trends in the music industry today is that everyone wants to be the best. Best at singing, rapping, producing, mixing, engineering, and everything in between. Everyone wants some sort of recognition and as a result, the quality of their music suffers somewhat. Let’s dive... -
Production 8 Problems That Affect Your Beatmaking the Most
We all experience ups and downs through our beat making journey, and many times we find ourselves looking for solutions to some common problems. This is a list that will help you see things differently and help you eventually excel at making beats. ATTENTION : ALL OF THESE ARE MY EXPERIENCES... -
Tutorials How to Make Beats - Part 7: Creating a Bassline
* This is part 7 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. Part 7: Creating a Bassline Try to Always Have a Bassline Over the years I've recommended to so many beat makers that they have a... -
Tutorials How to Make Beats - Part 5: Start With Drums
* This is part 5 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. Part 5: Start With Drums Always Start With Drums If you're trying to learn beat making, it's best to start with drums. The reason for... -
Tutorials 5 Ways to Make Your Beats More Exciting
We all get to that point where our beats sound dope but they’re just lacking some excitement. Most producers will immediately search for some sort of plug-in that will help solve the issue (an exciter, perhaps?), but sometimes all you need to do is to try a few things. Let’s see what we can... -
Production When Your Beat Doesn't Go as Planned
I've often preached that you should make beats that just come naturally. Everyone has their own way of making beats and their own style, but there are also plenty of producers that make particular styles of beats because that's what's "hot". I'm not a fan of doing that, but I understand. So I... -
Tutorials 10 Ways to Be a Beat Maker No One Listens To
No one wants to be left behind. When it comes to making beats, of course you will want people to listen to what you have created, but it can be hard to stand out from the rest. This is why I've created a list of ten things that you might be doing that is the cause of people not checking your... -
Production 8 Things You Might Not Know About DJ Premier
When you think of Hip Hop producers, who's the first person that comes to mind? It could be Dr. Dre, or even Kanye West. But what about DJ Premier? Always chilling in the background and quietly making beats day in and day out, Premo has been producing since the 1980's and is still going strong...