Influences???????

[Authority]

What influences you to make beatz?Do you listen to a certain song or read a poem or what do you do to influence yourself to make a beat??????I make beatz on my Fantom X6 but now im running out of ideas so im trynna get back in the groove and make sum more beats....What is your tecnique on this?

 

[Gene Flo]

Going in to make a beat i really have no idea in mind... i kinda just make a drum pattern i think sounds dope then add little by little....if it sound good ill keep it if not ill get rid of it.... take it one step at a time......i like to keep shit fresh...try to make a sound never heard before...

 

[misscc803]

What i uzually do iz listen to otha peeps beatz or watch a beatmakin video or somethin to get me in da mood. Sometimez i write down ideaz and shit i could make muzic about. I mean itz numerouz wayz u jus gotta explore em. But um good luck wit dem beatz.

~1~

 

[N.Y.S.O.M.]

What i uzually do iz listen to otha peeps beatz or watch a beatmakin video or somethin to get me in da mood. Sometimez i write down ideaz and shit i could make muzic about. I mean itz numerouz wayz u jus gotta explore em. But um good luck wit dem beatz.

~1~

me too misscc i do the same thing n i read the scratch mags alot

 

[Rhythmikal]

bangin' beats influence me.

like Dre's new joint on the Get Rich Soundtrack 'When It Rains It Pours' WHOA!!

 

[GRAFIK]

when i am about to make a beat i throw a record on and listen to it while i smoke and listen for parts that i would like to sample, sometimes i watch a beat making video before hand to just get me pumped, but everytime i smoke it seems like i get in that mood

 

[lowlow]

but everytime i smoke it seems like i get in that mood

whooooa i here that..... not that i due that type stuff with me being in the army and all...

bangin' beats influence me.

like Dre's new joint on the Get Rich Soundtrack 'When It Rains It Pours' WHOA!!

dre got a new junt? i'm a have to borrows someones soundtrack to here that shit...

what's up with the detox album when he gone drop that shit. i've been waiting on that shit for 2 years now and ain't heard shit about its release date. wtf?

 

[Lexxx Watterz]

ideas usually come to me while i'm listening to beats, reading books, or watching movies. video games also inspire me

 

[Hi-Lo]

usually, i just put on some old soul and spark a blunt or two. you get in the feeling on the music, dig until you find something you want to sample, and then it clicks...all the beats i've made that have been high quality always come from a sample or synth sound that just hit me and made me say "damn play that back real quick." If it doesn't hit you and inspire you like that, the beat probably isn't gonna be all that hot

 

[Sanova]

i just be like if i could sell some beats, i could buy a plane ticket home and buy new equipement. that gets me in the mood.. money is the best catalyst. Or just hearin a dope song. doesnt have to be a beat, just anysong in general that im feelin, regardless of the genre.

or

seein a good movie. for instance Cradle 2 da Grave would get me hyped to produce a beat accordingly

 

[trebeatz]

if im composin a beat ill just pick a scale and fuck around till i get a hot melody, and that gets me going. or if im sampling something ill grab a record and listen to a song i wanna make a beat outta, or ill just be like fuck it, imma make a beat outta this record, chop it somehow and make it work

 

[eXampuL_oNe]

bangin' beats influence me.

like Dre's new joint on the Get Rich Soundtrack 'When It Rains It Pours' WHOA!!

Yeah, that shit bangs!

I like to hear something that's really, really dope. Whether it be hip hop or some funk, soul... Anything that gives me the feeling I need to apply to my next beat.

 

[Fury]

usually when I bump Jedi Mind tricks,Wu-tang,Mobb Deep(Infamous,Hell on earth)and recently 9th wonder i get mad amped and ready to make a beat..

 

[Elementree]

Stay Blazed.

I dont know, I ususally just paste all my fav. instruments, vsts, and fonts into a pattern on FL and pick out a good set of drums and just start manipulating one pattern. Then I go back and make several copies of the pattern and change em around to see if I like it. Replace drums for other drums or layer if needed. I don't sample so I usually just play guitar maybe for a while until I like a little melody and then go w/ it.

P.S.
alot of cats say that you should always seperate drums from instruments in FL, but i never have and I find that I can mix the drums better if I can hear the rest of the instruments along w/. Let me know what you FL users think about that.

Peace,
Elementree

 

[trebeatz]

wait tree, are u saying u keep the drums on the same pattern as ur instruments?

 

[Elementree]

Yup, always have. My playlist looks like a big long twisty-turvy snake. The only patterns my drums arent in are like the intro patterns and the patterns where I add extra percs. and inst. in to the song. If the drums drop, I just make a new pattern with the same instruments and drop out the drums that I want out of the pattern

 

[GRAFIK]

thats exactly what i do as well, i make a beat and then copy it and make changes to it, like bridge, hook, intro, etc. it is way more efficient i think

 

[LEJENDERY]

some of that good ol' treefa neva fails to get me in the mood to make a beat... but otha than that, all I have to do is listen to some instrumentals of other cats beats, that always makes me wanna get in da lab...

 

[themucka]

smoke me some dro,,, usually listeing to something im really hyped on... example

in the studio.. listening to "i kno you dont love me" by tony yayo.. then i go thru some records... and find something i like and crush it... or jump on thekeyboard and crank it out..

i usually chill for a sec.. put on a movie if i dont wanna hear other people shit.. and jus fiddle around till somethin hits me.. usually i start with a sound that inspires me.. then i have a strong all around drum library.. and i get busy from there...

most important thing is not 2 force it cuz then you get frustrated and that can lead 2 more problems..

 

[trebeatz]

putting them all in the same pattern is weird to me, i see how it works, but i always seperate everything out