hoodheronova
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Never really played instruments growing up, but life gets stressful and I need an out sometimes. What should I start with to start making beats?
I want to start making beats. Looking for a mentor
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Im not being sarcastic when I say that, that's really on you. I know cats who used to make beats and patterns on tables with their fists and knuckles and from there ended up coppin a drum set or getting hardware or software and transferring the beats and rhythms in their heads on to those tools. Ive literally seen a person go "Doodoo do doo do doodooooo na na nah na nah nahhhhhhh" then go to a piano and find the key that those notes were in a play the melody and it came out great. The music was in his head and he transferred it to the piano.
Timbaland puts pens in a cup and makes a shaker, you've probably seen street drummers using buckets, hub caps and tire rims, people beating on coke bottles filled with different amounts of water.....music is everywhere and is a great outlet.
you dont necessarily have to get equipment or software, you could get a harmonica (sounds gay but its real music), you could get a cheap cascio keyboard and teach yourself to play music and songs that you want while you learn the keys and chords, you could get a guitar....etc
You say you never played an instrument growing up. Learning at least one will help you, i.e. piano, guitar, or drums. At least get the basics down, then you'll learn timing and such. Otherwise if you were to say dive into FL, unless your one of those people who learn by soaking things in like a sponge and understands song structure and what not, you are going to have a lot of instruments and sounds that you wont really know how to put together and it will be frustrating.
If you come into it knowing how to lay down a good drum beat or a good melody via piano or guitar anything then you have your base and you can build from there.
There is no rush, you really have the rest of your life to learn and practice. It'll continue to relieve stress. start somewhere that interests you and stick with it for atleast 21 days and if you dont like it try something else (another instrument).
I always tell people if you are a hands on type of person obtain some sort of hardware, midi keyboard or maschine, mpc, sp-404, mv-8800 or something. if being hands on and turning knobs and pressing buttons doesnt engage you and isnt a necessity download the demo for reason and try it out, (try it for atleast 21 days) then try FL studios. Then decide which one you like better and go from there.
hoodheronova
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iight I'll try FL first. You haven't put Any new beats out in a while. What's going on with you?
I haven't had as much time recently. I still power up the gear at least 3 times a week. I haven't really made any beats but have been recording myself playing something and sampling myself and just exploring with that. I'm waiting to see if I get a new job before I establish a routine.
Start with FL studio and first learn how to program drums with it. I can send you some of my tekbeatz drum kits.
hoodheronova
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good looksStart with FL studio and first learn how to program drums with it. I can send you some of my tekbeatz drum kits.
Tekbeatz Drums.zipStart with FL studio and first learn how to program drums with it. I can send you some of my tekbeatz drum kits.
hoodheronova
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DJ Mart-Kos
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thanks breh
Dog Based Gremlin
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Bottom line, it's going to be different for everyone and it's going to be difficult to get a mentor via the net unless you follow youtube producers who take time to break down the in's and out's.
try to find one locally, and if that doesn't work then make youtube your go-to source for information.
it takes alot, i mean ALOT of patience, determination and dedication. and don't ever think making a beat in 10-15mins is the norm or the 'correct' way to make beats. some people take days, weeks and months to perfect 1 beat. don't rush it. if you got questions, PM me and I'll try and explain to you as clearly and easily as possible.
Equipment I use/used...
*MPC500 [sold it]
*MPC2000 XL [sold it
]
*Maschine MK1 [gave it to my homie]
*Maschine MK2 [currently using]
*SP-404SX [Just recently got, Reading the Manual]
*Turntable
my Daws
*NI Maschine
*Logic Pro 9
*Audacity [Free software, worth it]
*FL Studio [Currently not in use but installed I would end up using this for basslines and EQ'n]
try to find one locally, and if that doesn't work then make youtube your go-to source for information.
it takes alot, i mean ALOT of patience, determination and dedication. and don't ever think making a beat in 10-15mins is the norm or the 'correct' way to make beats. some people take days, weeks and months to perfect 1 beat. don't rush it. if you got questions, PM me and I'll try and explain to you as clearly and easily as possible.
Equipment I use/used...
*MPC500 [sold it]
*MPC2000 XL [sold it
]*Maschine MK1 [gave it to my homie]
*Maschine MK2 [currently using]
*SP-404SX [Just recently got, Reading the Manual]
*Turntable
my Daws
*NI Maschine
*Logic Pro 9
*Audacity [Free software, worth it]
*FL Studio [Currently not in use but installed I would end up using this for basslines and EQ'n]
DJ Mart-Kos
All Star
This is 100% true. Making a beat can be done very fast but polishing and making change-ups through out a track is the hard work and "not fun" part of making great beats.
My personal mentor when starting making beats was: "Warbeats" and "SampleSimple" on youtube. Also try to learn from House guys on youtube. You can apply those tricks in Hip-Hop as well.
Me coming from hardware to software... My personal preference would be software since it can do much more, works faster and is easier to learn. At least for me.
Agreed. Especially the learning tricks from different genres. especially those EDM dudes, they have it locked on sampling. but yea I'm the same, started out on the MPC500 then wanted more integration (as I had to run things through a mixer and an audio interface) so I jumped from Akai to Native instruments. I personally feeling that software has it's draw backs but it has more benefits.