How To Make Beats

Based on ten years of research among hip-hop producers, Making Beats was the first work of scholarship to explore the goals, methods, and values of a surprisingly insular community. Focusing on a variety of subjects—from hip-hop artists’ pedagogical methods to the Afrodiasporic roots of the sampling process to the social significance of “digging” for rare records—Joseph G. Schloss examines the way hip-hop artists have managed to create a form of expression that reflects their creative aspirations, moral beliefs, political values, and cultural realities. This second edition of the book includes a new foreword by Jeff Chang and a new afterword by the author.

Unleash your creative potential and start producing hip hop music today. This beginner’s guide breaks down the basics of music production and gives you the tools to start creating. Beat making isn’t a linear process, and there’s no exact science or method. Slime Green Beats provides a complete overview of the equipment, strategy, and mentality that you need to produce mind-blowing music, all without stifling your creativity. Whether you’re looking to produce your own music or start a career in music production, this handbook is a must-have. Learn beat making rules for different genres and musical styles, including hip hop, trap, R&B, and rap. You’ll learn: Setup - How to set up your home beat making studio - Tips for sound selection and melody creation - What drum layers make up a hip-hop beat - The stylistic difference between 808s and basslines Finishing - An introduction to mixing instrumentals - How to create vibrant, clean beats without over-compressing - Music theory rules for arranging - How to find and implement reliable feedback Sharing - Online marketing strategies for self-promotion - Email marketing tips to build industry connections - How to license, lease, and sell your beats - What to expect when selling exclusive beats, including track outs …And more! How to Make Beats explains music theory and technical software in easy-to-understand terms. The language of music production often feels elite, but Slime Green Beats breaks down barriers for new creators. Learn the lingo with an extensive terminology section in the back of the handbook and links to suggested resources. About the authors Slime Green Beats is led by 3E Wave and Stunna, two highly acclaimed music producers with an extensive fanbase on YouTube. With nearly a decade of beat making experience between them, their technical tips and recommendations are proven to work in the real world.

MAKING BEATS: SKILL PACK teaches you how to make infectious modern beats from start to finish using popular beat making software such as Native Instruments Battery, Apple Logic Pro, Steinberg Cubase, Propellerhead ReCycle, Audacity, and others. This book explains the detailed process of beat making, what tools make a beat stand out, and how to use digital audio workstations to develop beats and loops that will make listeners nod their heads. You'll learn to edit, play, sequence, quantize, layer, and mix beats with easily accessible plug-ins within Logic, Cubase, and Reason. You'll discover the uses of opensource software such as Audacity, and find out how to utilize royalty-free drum samples and files from the Internet to assist with the beat making process. You'll find clear instructions on how to set up your software so that it works properly with your MIDI hardware. No stone is left unturned. The established beat making author shares his tips, advice, and personal anecdotes for your benefit. And for a completely immersive, hands-on experience, this book includes a companion website that contains song files for each drum plug-in within each digital audio workstation covered.

'The BeatTips Manual' (Amir Said) is the definitive study of the art of beatmaking (hip hop production). Brilliantly divided into five major parts - a riveting History part, an extensive Instruction (how-to) part, an insightful Interviews part, which features exclusive interviews with DJ Premier, DJ Toomp, Marley Marl, 9th Wonder and more, an explosive Music Theory part, and a Business part - 'The BeatTips Manual' is robust, detailed, and comprehensive. Containing a sharp analysis of the origins of beatmaking, as well as its key aesthetics, principles, priorities, and predilections, 'The BeatTips Manual' is an incisive look at the art of beatmaking - and an intense read. Not only the most complete examination of the hip hop/rap music process, it's also among the leading studies of hip hop culture itself. Destined to expand and transform traditional ideas about musicians, musicianship, and musical processes, 'The BeatTips Manual' is one of the most important and innovative music studies ever published.

It's here at last! Tony Horgan's Volca Drum guide will turn anyone into an expert. Every feature is explained and illustrated clearly, with inspirational tips and tricks to get you making big beats in an instant. Quick-start guides, over 50 patches, Wave Guide effects, hidden features and hacks, and detailed sequences reveal everything there is to know about this mighty little drum machine. This is the most visual Volca Expert Guide yet, with a treasure trove of concept images to back up the crystal clear text.

David Gibson uses 3D visual representations of sounds in a mix as a tool to explain the dynamics that can be created in a mix. This book provides an in-depth exploration into the aesthetics of what makes a great mix. Gibson’s unique approach explains how to map sounds to visuals in order to create a visual framework that can be used to analyze what is going on in any mix. Once you have the framework down, Gibson then uses it to explain the traditions that have be developed over time by great recording engineers for different styles of music and songs. You will come to understand everything that can be done in a mix to create dynamics that affect people in really deep ways. Once you understand what engineers are doing to create the great mixes they do, you can then use this framework to develop your own values as to what you feel is a good mix. Once you have a perspective on what all can be done, you have the power to be truly creative on your own – to create whole new mixing possibilities. It is all about creating art out of technology. This book goes beyond explaining what the equipment does – it explains what to do with the equipment to make the best possible mixes.

From beat battles to Top Dawg Entertainment, from empty pockets to a six-figure business, The Prosperous Hip Hop Producer is the story of a dedicated artist who risked all he had-and succeeded. Practical, inspirational, and motivational, it does more than share the story of a successful artist-it sets you on the road to becoming one yourself.

Learn to play like Dave Lombardo, Gene Hoglan, Nick Menza, Charlie Banante, Igor Cavalera, Gar Samuelson, Tom Hunting, Paul Bostaph and many others greats! Thrash Metal Drumming uses an organized progression of standard exercises along with transcriptions of great thrash recordings to teach the core concepts behind the original wave of 1980s thrash and the new wave of 2000s thrash. Learn the theory and then see the actual usage in context. Topics covered include: warmups, rock and punk influences, skank beats and related double time, double bass, cymbal chokes, thrash fills, and feel changes. These concepts are accompanied by 32 audio examples and 64 transcriptions of intros, grooves, and fills from '80s legends like Slayer, Anthrax, Overkill, Megadeth, Kreator, Destruction, Nuclear Assault, Dark Angel, Testament, Annihilator, Exodus, and Sepultura, plus '00s new wave names such as Warbringer, Evile, Vektor, Gama Bomb, Havok, Skeletonwitch, Bonded by Blood, Exmortus, Toxic Holocaust, and Municipal Waste! Thrash drumming is the foundation for all modern genres of heavy music and the knowledge found in Thrash Metal Drumming can be used verbatim for thrash playing or as a solid base from which to expand to more extreme musical styles. Death metal, black metal, deathcore, metalcore, slam, djent and many other heavy genres trace their drumming heritage directly back to thrash in the 1980s and the skills are directly transferrable. The importance of thrash as an underpinning to all modern heavy drumming cannot be oversold. Also included are tips and advice for: touring, kit setup, tuning and tone, health and safety, and time and metronome markings, plus an abbreviated history of thrash and a list of classic albums for essential listening. Brought to you by Hudson Music and the author of The Complete Double Bass Drumming Explained, Live Drum & Bass, and Encyclopedia Rudimentia.