Friday, December 11, 2009

The way to Become an Expert Hip Hop Beat Producer

By Abdal Girmani

there's no expert technical "trickery" concerned in changing into a great hiphop beat producer. All that you need is talent[**] and the determination to try hard, and a deep underlying zeal for the music. If you have all these 3 qualities, there's really nothing that will prevent you from joining the ranks of Kanye or Dr. Dre as a great hip hop producer.

When you start off on your beat making journey, you may get a little overpowered with all the options that you have at your disposal. You can literally do anything with your beats, imparting any flavor or twist you might want to ( that's why it's a creative and very rewarding field ).

Naturally, that isn't the way to actually go about becoming great at beat making ; a way better route would be to choose one style - say East Coast beats - and sticking with it till you learn all of the tricks of the trade.

One apparent consideration for any aspiring beat maker is equipment. Too many wanna-be beat producers never let their dream materialize due to some deep belief you need the best apparatus and the most expensive software with the craziest set up to make great beats. This is, naturally, untrue. You can kick off with a little less than a hundred bucks and make beats that sound more than pro, provided you know what equipment to get.

The cheapest, and the easiest option is to get a beat making software. This programme have been designed specifically to help make beats and come with a massive library of pre-created beats and loops that you can tweak and alter to impart them your own flavour. Being in 2009 has its advantages ; all those veteran beat makers you see on TV failed to have access to technology like this, otherwise their journey would've been a lot smoother.

The trick is to stay centered and dedicated. You might start with plenty of energy when you need to learn the art of beat making, but fizzle out after a bit. Keep practicing, keep making beats with your beat production software, and before you know it, you'll be playing with the big dogs in the gigantic leagues!


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