How to Make Beats
Analyzing the beat creation process.
Making the Beat #1 - The Big Payback
1. Choice of sounds
2. Layering drum samples
3. Inspiration behind the beat
Making the Beat #2 - This is Africa
1. Sampling
- The right tempo and feeling
- Make your drums & sample sound like they belong together
2. The inspiration
Making the Beat #3 - Build this Mountain
1. The power of cymbals
- Strong-arming with Crashes & Tutti’s
- Building the tension with crescendos
- Getting classy: Rides & Chimes
2. The 808 as an all-rounder
Making the Beat #4 - Kurt Rambis
1. Breaking the house down!
- Let the drums and bass lead
- Dynamics: breaks & silences
- Power effects: stutter edit
2. The inspiration
Making the Beat #5 - She can have it all (1)
1. Song structure
2. Listen
- Create a story
- Hooks, Hooks, Hooks!
- Variation
3. Natural reverb
Making the Beat #6 - She can have it all (2)
1. How to make your own sound
- Don’t imitate
- Experiment
- Evaluate
- Be patient