what made you want to produce?
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Blackout
just your usual nerdy brotha
Video game music.
Like the chiptune of old to where I would listen to them and want to let my creativity go every time it was playing in my ear. I envisioned creating a hip hop themed beat using chiptune and my interest rose from there.
It further came out when I listened to electronic music and opened up my range of creativity.
Like the chiptune of old to where I would listen to them and want to let my creativity go every time it was playing in my ear. I envisioned creating a hip hop themed beat using chiptune and my interest rose from there.
It further came out when I listened to electronic music and opened up my range of creativity.
boredom really 
I listened t5o a shytload of music so I was like I have an endless supply of samples. went and keep trying to improve cuz it might be useful one day. only like 5 months in and almost a problem imo
I listened t5o a shytload of music so I was like I have an endless supply of samples. went and keep trying to improve cuz it might be useful one day. only like 5 months in and almost a problem imo
BlackDroog
All Star
Music Fanatic. literally. been that way since elementary school. had all these sounds in my head and always wanted to do it.
I also write (TV Shows, Animated shorts, Films) and always wanted to make music scores...I started animating a black version of the simpsons and started playing with music software to make instrumentals for the background (as seen on my youtube page in my sig)
Once i got my first taste of making beats...i got hooked.
I also write (TV Shows, Animated shorts, Films) and always wanted to make music scores...I started animating a black version of the simpsons and started playing with music software to make instrumentals for the background (as seen on my youtube page in my sig)
Once i got my first taste of making beats...i got hooked.
The Unknown Hype
The One
would always find myself listening to miniscule melodies in beats and thinking about how I could change them into my own personal masterpiece. I think just recently ive started coming into my own and being able to create the beats I have playing in my head sometimes
Always loved music but the reason I first tried my hand at producing something is quite funny. I was pissed that the original version of 'The Champ' didn't get on the Pretty Toney album and I set out to make my own version.
After about 2 weeks of trying to figure shyt out I started to get somewhere, then gave up. That was 2004 ish. Started to take it more serious a year ago and feel I'm doing some pretty good stuff now.
After about 2 weeks of trying to figure shyt out I started to get somewhere, then gave up. That was 2004 ish. Started to take it more serious a year ago and feel I'm doing some pretty good stuff now.
I use to rap before ans i was looking for instrumental all day , had very hard time to find beat that suit my style so one one day i just said fukk it and start making my own . i dont rap anymore but somethime i freestyle over my beat . Maybe one day il share something . 
Ghpstface
Kanye West fan
my dad had a stereo where you could loop like 15 seconds of whatever song was playing... plus he had the illest cd collection...i started playing around with that and was like 
then i started doing some research on how beats were really made ... couldn't afford an mpc so i downloaded the fruity loops demo...thought it was wack...saved up and bought an mpc1000...made some beats...ended up having to sell it to pay bills... downloaded fl studio again a few years back and decided to stick it out ... now i gets busy ... in my opinion
then i started doing some research on how beats were really made ... couldn't afford an mpc so i downloaded the fruity loops demo...thought it was wack...saved up and bought an mpc1000...made some beats...ended up having to sell it to pay bills... downloaded fl studio again a few years back and decided to stick it out ... now i gets busy ... in my opinion
I remember it like yesterday. 
I was in college playing street fighter and this dude who was in one of my classes popped a quarter in and challenged me. He beat the first go, so I pop another quarter in whooped his ass. He's like good game and bounces. About a half hour later a leave to catch the bus and the same guy runs up to me and says because you beat me I'll give you a copy of my album. This was back when everyone had a mixtape rapping over instrumentals so I didn't really think much of it.
When I brought it home I was blown away that all the beats were original. The next day I see him in the computer lab and I'm like "You made the beats yourself? How did you do that?" He start explaining he's got an mpc and he does this and that with it and everything. I go home and start doing my own research on hardware and software and the rest is history.
I was in college playing street fighter and this dude who was in one of my classes popped a quarter in and challenged me. He beat the first go, so I pop another quarter in whooped his ass. He's like good game and bounces. About a half hour later a leave to catch the bus and the same guy runs up to me and says because you beat me I'll give you a copy of my album. This was back when everyone had a mixtape rapping over instrumentals so I didn't really think much of it.
When I brought it home I was blown away that all the beats were original. The next day I see him in the computer lab and I'm like "You made the beats yourself? How did you do that?" He start explaining he's got an mpc and he does this and that with it and everything. I go home and start doing my own research on hardware and software and the rest is history.
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The East
Just like most of ya'll I always had sounds and melodies in my head. I had this false notion that every rap producer out there had basements full of records and all i had in my possession was a Jimi Hendrix greatest hit collection vinyl and i didn't even have a record player and bunch of cassette tapes
. I was heavy into Alchemist, Havoc, Rza. Just the way they made their beats were dirty, gritty and the way they painted a picture
. I felt those sounds in my soul, wanted to make something like those. I just knew basic piano back then and all i had was $50 casio keys, back then most producers were sampling so i was like WTF i ma gonna do with this keyboard. Finally Swizz came out and did the whole keyboard chopping, had me like 
maybe i can do something here. I hooked my $50 casio to my PC mic in and was using Cool Edit Pro 2 and i was making beats. 
... Quantizing the sounds in own head and making 4 bar loops. Beat sounded crappy but i felt like Dre. Than saved up for Yamaha DJX, had a cheap built in sampler in it and a decent 808 kit and went to MPC based.
. I was heavy into Alchemist, Havoc, Rza. Just the way they made their beats were dirty, gritty and the way they painted a picture. I felt those sounds in my soul, wanted to make something like those. I just knew basic piano back then and all i had was $50 casio keys, back then most producers were sampling so i was like WTF i ma gonna do with this keyboard. Finally Swizz came out and did the whole keyboard chopping, had me like maybe i can do something here. I hooked my $50 casio to my PC mic in and was using Cool Edit Pro 2 and i was making beats. ... Quantizing the sounds in own head and making 4 bar loops. Beat sounded crappy but i felt like Dre. Than saved up for Yamaha DJX, had a cheap built in sampler in it and a decent 808 kit and went to MPC based.
HamAndEgger
All Star
Fell into it naturally as a DJ. But a lot of the people I rolled with early on had Sp1200s & MPCs so I was around it a lot. I always loved DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Diamond D, etc so later on I got to wondering how these dudes laid down their tracks. Like with a lot of producers, you learn tricks and tips from a lot of people and you just gotta soak it all up.
Started as a dj in the 90"s i used to go studios with my folks and watch them make a beat from scratch and it was very Impressive but i Couldn't Afford studio time or equipment so i waited till workstation where cheap enough so i bought one. Been making beats since 2006.