subject: Step By Step Guide on How To Produce Hip Hop Beats [print this page] Step By Step Guide on How To Produce Hip Hop Beats
Before I go into how to produce hip hop beats, you need to understand that professional beats usually have simple drum patterns with a slightly offset bass pattern behind it, high hats that compliment the main drum pattern and normally a second, third, and fourth separate background rhythms that use totally different instruments.
You should also understand that there is a major difference between just a good beat and a hot beat that will get airplay and have artists beating down your door to work with you. Weather you like him or not, a 17 year old kid named Soulja Boy accomplished producing a major hit record using a simple program that I discuss on my web page, his home computer, and the exact same techniques I discuss.
The first step would be to start off by listening to your favorite rapper's beat several times. Each time you play the song write down exactly how many separate sounds and which separate instruments you hear. For the next step I want you to notice the placement of the base pattern in relation to the drum patterns in the song. You may need to play the song again several times to get a good feel for just the placement of the drums and the base. The third step is that you also need to take notice that there is always a slight difference between the hook, the verses, and a breakdown at around the middle of the song. This is called the bridge. What makes the hook (sometimes referred to as the chorus), the verses and the bridge different is that the hook normally has every instrument that is in the song playing all at once and the verses have some of those instruments and sounds cut out so that you can concentrate more on what the artist is trying to say during the verse. It is impossible to finish in just one article so join me here and I will be happy to tell you more!
