Beat From Scratch or not

[MassAppeal]

do most people make a beat by just screwin around on the keyboard or they wait until they have an idea on the keyboard. I find it easier for me to have an idea in my head then play the piano. is it like this for most pple?

 

[MourninDaKnight]

i always program my drums before moving on to anything else. then i add keyboards or a sample and then then the bass and ambient stuff

 

[Sanova]

I usually just start messin around on the keys till i come up with something. Then do the drums.

Sometimes i may have an idea in my head. It really just depends.

 

[Relic]

I usually have something I already hear in my head and then try and put it into something everyone else can.
But plenty of times I just have put my hand on the keyboard and dont even look at the keys I just let the groove come out, and build from there.Today I had the beat first just screwwing around then the rest seems to be building around it..
Sometimes I just have a kit together and come back to it later and am able to utilize it better than when I first put the kit together.

 

[MourninDaKnight]

i find that i can't try and make something happen. there is no way i can sit down and tell myself i'm going to make a beat. i do sometimes but i end up hating it the next day.

now i just go about my day smoking, listening to music, and watching movies. if i get inspired or an idea arises in my head out of nowhere i'll immediately get on the computer and start laying down the foundation. those are the ones that i end up liking....the next time that happens i'll either start a new beat or evolve one i previously started.

 

[Cold Truth]

everyone is different we all have our habits, good and bad
was there a question here that i missed?

 

[TheMost]

It all depends, some times i have a idea in my head and put it down ut usualy what i do is lay down a basic drum pattern. Then i mess around with the melody i wrote on the guitar or piano or watever and then i fix up the drums.

 

[misscc803]

I mess around on the keys and go from there. Never really a idea cause sometimes that idea does not end up as your end result. But um i'll start wit a 4 bar loop and build from there. I start wit da melody first and then add or i'll start wit a hi hat and some drums. Just really depends on the mood i guess. But when i make it its more of me just messing wit sounds not me sayin oh ok i wanna make a down south beat thats a club banger u know.... U get my drift.

Nicole

 

[Rich]

everyone is different we all have our habits, good and bad
was there a question here that i missed?

tru^


I beatbox into my phone then translate into the production process when in the studio. Or if it's a sample beat, I'll get inspiration from that or sometimes if I hear a particular sound on the radio or tv or a patch on a synth I get an idea for a beat.

Everybody is different.