it all came from the same sample. I should have slowed it down a bit, it was a bit uptempo, but I just thought so were the jungle brothers.
Beat This! - April 6-7, 2022
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InsideOutBeats
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Congrats on the win @Mefisto Beats nice job! Was tough to vote with the diverse variety.
@Iron Keys thanks man, yours nearly had my vote and yeah similar vibe ‘why’d you hit me? He gave him a slap’ pretty relevant lately
@Ozmosis for my vote! Fire beat loved it ‘where the party at!’
Well done to all who entered I had fun with this one and HOLY FUCK PEOPLE, I actually placed!!
Loving this music / beat journey and will say again, I appreciate all the help and knowledge I’ve received here from all you ILLIENS
@Iron Keys thanks man, yours nearly had my vote and yeah similar vibe ‘why’d you hit me? He gave him a slap’ pretty relevant lately
@Ozmosis for my vote! Fire beat loved it ‘where the party at!’
Well done to all who entered I had fun with this one and HOLY FUCK PEOPLE, I actually placed!!
Loving this music / beat journey and will say again, I appreciate all the help and knowledge I’ve received here from all you ILLIENS
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‘why’d you hit me? He gave him a slap’ pretty relevant lately
Thankyouuuu!!! I'm glad my social commentary has not gone missed this time!!!
I often try to put something in my beat related to like a current trending topic or something. When I heard it in the Slick Rick track I thought "I must".
This comp had a little bit of everything. Like we said everything is subjective. @2GooD Productions I enjoyed your track the best, but it put me in the mindframe of funk/R&B, yet i was ready to skate and dance lol
DaHomie
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I did lmao by mistakeSomeone leave their metronome on?
Vossi Beats
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Congrats @Mefisto Beats.
I think a lot of people did well, especially because I douubt 80s beats is what anyone makes the most off these days lol.
@Ozmosis @InsideOutBeats @Iron Keys @2GooD Productions were also valid candidates IMO.
@InnerThug I also really liked what you did with the panning in the drums/cymbals. Nice work!
I think a lot of people did well, especially because I douubt 80s beats is what anyone makes the most off these days lol.
@Ozmosis @InsideOutBeats @Iron Keys @2GooD Productions were also valid candidates IMO.
@InnerThug I also really liked what you did with the panning in the drums/cymbals. Nice work!
StoneLockProd
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I think the theme criteria was fine. It didn’t scream 80s. But it could def have been made in that era. It was just a little boring with the guitar and bass playing call and response the whole time. Prolly had more potential with those sounds. The drums were good. But yeah. Not sure there was a lot of work put into it. Prolly could a chopped that guitar up and made something more funky.
Hit me back with that same eval ?
I literally took mine 80s
I used 80s drum machine sounds (mostly LinnDrum)
80s synthesizer OB-X for sounds
funk/disco-esque bassline
sampled Slick Rick
Mixed through a ssl 4000e
Used a G bus comp in the mix.
Helps really to know your history. Knowing where your music comes/came from helps give you a grounding in the core of your music. Helps you think in terms of its foundations, what makes it what it is. Before you're making something 4 decades 5 subgenres deep with no connect with the roots.
That's not just talk, I know someone who did just that (explored roots of themselves/their music) and became a top selling artist.
Explore your roots.
OGBama
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Re: @Iron Keys exploring roots of themselves/their music who was/is the person?
Yes.
...actually all these things. Is important. In my post however I was mainly referring to the music side of things. i.e. knowing hip-hop drums largely came from looping/sampling funk records for example. So you can now how the core fundamentals gave hip-hop its 'sound', and use that to inform certain music making choices.
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