OFFICIAL BEATMAKING / PRODUCTION THREAD Vol. New NT

Sup guise.

I'm back from NT hiatus after like 4 years :lol:

I've been making beats for about 3 years now.

@AirKalo on Twitter, I follow back all the NT homies. :pimp:
 
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since i made the beat i figure i cud post this in this thread to *shrugs* y not 

 

listen to the instrumental at soundcloud.com/streetycranks 
 
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been messing around with samples, trying new things, made this quick beat just testing myself

keep producing the heat fellow NT'ers :smokin

 
Keeping it going. Found this on the Cocaine 80s (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine_80s) tumblr page, felt like it might be relevant to a lot of people who are still reading this thread. Words by James Fauntleroy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Fauntleroy). I know it's a long read, but I hope it serves as inspiration, and provides perspective.

Hope everyone out there is still making great things!


The difference between classic music and the music of today is certainly in the skill level. In the days of dynamic music you couldn't just go in the studio (or home) and make the same **** as Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder or Prince! In fact, you STILL cant! It took years of practice (The Beatles) and access to special equipment that required extensive training to use.

Real orchestras instead of VSTs, an actual drummer in place of someone else’s actual drumming, and occasionally a person who could legitimately sing! The technology we have now removes all imaginable limits on creativity, but in the name of declining (*not by much) IQ scores and attention spans - an entire generation of musicians and listeners with low standards has been born, making music that's easy to remember (and forget) and extremely easy to create! In the music business we have now suffered from decades of people catering to money-less non-consumers like children and critics, and an entire community of creatives and executives scratching their heads and wondering where all the good music went.

We collectively saw the money and said **** this, I’m not learning how to play ****! We got the money/power and gave our friends and relatives jobs! We blew the money and blamed everyone and every thing except for the unqualified man-in-the-mirror and convinced ourselves that we were still the reservation-only restaurant and not a McDonalds kiosk.

It killed the business, and out of its body grew the Multi-Million $ Independent Label - from Master P to Macklemore, and a million new expressions of creativity and ways to monetize. The truth is music business, if you haven’t realized the hidden success factor that makes Adele, Taylor Swift, Bruno or Frank resonate - its the F'N MUSIC! The SONGS have to be GOOD!

Not the same genre, or tempo, or look (*music doesn’t have a look), or even the same appeal to the same demographic - but the same FEELING when you hear it, the one that lasts for **** forever. The People get it (look at who’s selling the most these days!) The only music execs and critics should be people who have accomplished something in the field of music that deems them qualified and worthy - and even those people should step down if and when the day comes that they start thinking our success comes more from marketing and research than the actual product itself.

It all boils down to the support of the consumer and the corporate vendor (ads) - The money comes from Ads and Sales guys! No one has to buy anything anymore! Any and all sales in this day and age are from the support of someone who cares about the artist - the more effort you put into your product and content, the more engaged your audience will be.

The people I’m talking about are largely dumb as **** and won’t make it to the bottom of this very short essay - but this isn’t for them…its for YOU! Who and whatever you are, you’re a part of this! You are the person that settles for mediocrity or doesn’t - that feels the need to constantly express their unsolicited opinion or spend that time improving yourself - that bragged about the hit song you wrote in 15 minutes or took however long you needed to make the best music you could make.

You are a soldier in the war for Dope vs Money - this goes way beyond music, and way into real life - we all need to refocus and we’re all going to have to pick a side as the gap between those who are in pursuit of money, and those who are in the pursuit of dopeness quickly grows from something you trip over to something you fall into.
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Mods: Please forgive me if there is any profanity in this - I tried to edit out all of the curses. If so, please let me know and I will make further edits.
 
And we're back in!

Also, My boy just sent me this post from 40, in-house producer/engineer for Drake & OVO.

Real food for thought:


So the point of all this is to deliver one simple message. Anything is possible. And with what technology has done for us, it makes it a reality for almost anyone. Thats how we did it. Go on YouTube, watch some videos, save some money, download anything you can get your hands on and learn. It's an amazing thing and by far the greatest satisfaction in the world to be creative and impact someone somewhere.
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Read the rest here: http://octobersveryown.blogspot.com/2014/06/evolution-opportunity.html
 
The last 2 quotes you posted keep me high in spirits I can follow my dream. If you have anymore postem!
 
sonunox34 said:
Here's my latest...

Top two tracks here: https://soundcloud.com/cheesewagstaffjr

Any tips on chopping loops exactly so they flow correctly? That's been holding me back lately big time.
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Honestly it just takes repetition.. whatever program/hardware you use, you're just gonna have to get used to chopping samples over and over until you get the hang of it.

What I do (and still do) is take one song and just chop it up like 4-5 different ways just to practice. I use FL so I just drag the samples into Edison and play them on repeat to get it right. Everyone will have a different workflow though

The samples in your songs sound fine btw, usually a good drum loop can cover up a sample not being chopped perfectly
 
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i chop on kicks and snares or if there are no drums u just gotta kinda mental metronome that joint
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Ya I always wonder though if I should give the chop a little "room" though, know what I mean?

Like say you found a good clean drum loop in a song. It's structured 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +, a typical 4/4 rhythm. Do you chop right up next to the 1 (usually a kick)? Or do you give it some lead room?

Also I need help mixing soooo badly, I am god awful at balancing my tracks, if anyone has some good links or tutorials I would appreciate it. Thanks guys.
 
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sonunox34 said:
Ya I always wonder though if I should give the chop a little "room" though, know what I mean?

Like say you found a good clean drum loop in a song. It's structured 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +, a typical 4/4 rhythm. Do you chop right up next to the 1 (usually a kick)? Or do you give it some lead room?

Also I need help mixing soooo badly, I am god awful at balancing my tracks, if anyone has some good links or tutorials I would appreciate it. Thanks guys.
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lead room for what? thats what throws the timing off imo. also making smaller chops will give u more control over timing/tempo

like on a 1 2 3 4. im gonna at least chop on the 1 and 3. if it's live music the timing's gonna vary a little so its better to have more chops but if it's like an electronic sample that stuff is sequenced so unless u WANT to chop it u dont really have to. itll loop just fine but yea lead room is kinda bad. i guess depending on your program u can edit that stuff but with recycle u cant edit chop placement in reason.
 
You guys are definitely in here talking that talk, and I'm loving it.

Definitely going to keep the inspiration posts and videos coming.
 
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What 808 is he using?​
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Sounds like one of the Vybe ones with some changes. Someone help me out 
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It's just an 808 that's distorted really, not hard to make your own if you want too.
 
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