How To Get Started Making Hip Hop Beats
Wednesday, 25 November 2009 08:08 | 
Author: Aaron McLain |
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.
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.
To begin you need to create what's called a sample, small recordings that last about 30 seconds. These recordings are made with instruments. Any instrument will do. If you have a favorite, go with it. If not, pick one and use that. Basically, you want to experiment and create some hip combinations of notes. You don't have to know how to play. No music reading required. Just play, listen, and record. Repeat.
You may run into trouble creating samples and need inspiration. The best way to become inspired is to listen to music. Do not limit yourself to your favorite brand of music. Expand into other genres. Listen to the different instruments, the different rhythms, the various beats. This not only will give you ideas, but expand your knowledge of different instruments you can use to make your sample beats.
Now you should have a few samples to work with. It's time to create your hip hop beats. Let your samples guide you in the process. By now you should have some idea on how this puzzle fits together. Usually in the sample creation process ideas will come to you and you will envision the big picture. To help keep things on tempo, use a simple drum beat track to hold everything together.
To finish off your beat, you need to put yourself into the mix. Add how you feel, your joy, your sorrow, your pain, your misery. Don't be a robot. It will show in your beats. This is the hardest part of beat making. It's a lesson that is learned through practice, through persistence. Most important is to have fun with it. See were it takes you. Stick to it and go with it.
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.
To begin you need to create what's called a sample, small recordings that last about 30 seconds. These recordings are made with instruments. Any instrument will do. If you have a favorite, go with it. If not, pick one and use that. Basically, you want to experiment and create some hip combinations of notes. You don't have to know how to play. No music reading required. Just play, listen, and record. Repeat.
You may run into trouble creating samples and need inspiration. The best way to become inspired is to listen to music. Do not limit yourself to your favorite brand of music. Expand into other genres. Listen to the different instruments, the different rhythms, the various beats. This not only will give you ideas, but expand your knowledge of different instruments you can use to make your sample beats.
Now you should have a few samples to work with. It's time to create your hip hop beats. Let your samples guide you in the process. By now you should have some idea on how this puzzle fits together. Usually in the sample creation process ideas will come to you and you will envision the big picture. To help keep things on tempo, use a simple drum beat track to hold everything together.
To finish off your beat, you need to put yourself into the mix. Add how you feel, your joy, your sorrow, your pain, your misery. Don't be a robot. It will show in your beats. This is the hardest part of beat making. It's a lesson that is learned through practice, through persistence. Most important is to have fun with it. See were it takes you. Stick to it and go with it.
