Showcase - June 20-26, 2022

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[InsideOutBeats]

Some East Asian samples for this one, so much great music from around the world :

 

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Some East Asian samples for this one, so much great music from around the world :

I feel like I should be drinking a cocktail with a little umbrella when listening to this.

Very smooth music, for me it's just the drums seem a bit dry, especially when they're kinda left alone when you have the change-up. Maybe if they were compressed a little and blended in with the rest a bit more. I'd like to hear the melody more, it's a bit quiet.

 

[InsideOutBeats]

I feel like I should be drinking a cocktail with a little umbrella when listening to this.

Very smooth music, for me it's just the drums seem a bit dry, especially when they're kinda left alone when you have the change-up. Maybe if they were compressed a little and blended in with the rest a bit more. I'd like to hear the melody more, it's a bit quiet.

Appreciate the feedback @Fade, taking it all onboard as always. Yeah working on compression and bits. I put the sample melody’s back as often get feedback to bring the drums out more haha. Nice I’ll bring them back up a little

 

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Appreciate the feedback @Fade, taking it all onboard as always. Yeah working on compression and bits. I put the sample melody’s back as often get feedback to bring the drums out more haha. Nice I’ll bring them back up a little

Yeah with drums it's hard to get that right balance in the mix. For me it's usually the hats if they're too loud or not in the mix. It's just about balance. But also it could come down to if you do your beat with drums or melody first.

 

[InsideOutBeats]

Yeah with drums it's hard to get that right balance in the mix. For me it's usually the hats if they're too loud or not in the mix. It's just about balance. But also it could come down to if you do your beat with drums or melody first.

Saying that, I’ve been playing with drums first versus sample or played instrument and at other times vice versa.
Haven’t really decided on a preferred way of producing but leaning more on the side of getting drums ready then listening to sample chops to see if I think they fit.

Other times I’ve just chopped a sample or ‘played’ my own instruments through Mpc or rarely Arturia Keystep then matched drums to that.
Either way, all good fun

 

[InsideOutBeats]

@Fade - I feel like I should be drinking a cocktail with a little umbrella when listening to this.

It’s that ‘Made Man’ kinda vibe to it, no need to ‘rap god’ people into submission just chill with his cocktail and umbrella and speak his raps at his own damn pace mother fuckers!

 

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Saying that, I’ve been playing with drums first versus sample or played instrument and at other times vice versa.
Haven’t really decided on a preferred way of producing but leaning more on the side of getting drums ready then listening to sample chops to see if I think they fit.

Other times I’ve just chopped a sample or ‘played’ my own instruments through Mpc or rarely Arturia Keystep then matched drums to that.
Either way, all good fun

I used to do drums first all the time but it just felt somewhat robotic for some of the beats, so now I do melody first. I just feel I have more room to create and I'm not restricted by following a drum pattern right away.

 

[InsideOutBeats]

I used to do drums first all the time but it just felt somewhat robotic for some of the beats, so now I do melody first. I just feel I have more room to create and I'm not restricted by following a drum pattern right away.

Yeah same, by ‘drums ready’ I mean ready to bang out a pattern but quite often play a melody or chopped sample to a specific BPM first, then play drums to that.

However sometimes i need to totally change my selected drums or fuck that sample off.
All part of the process….

 

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@InsideOutBeats

Drums are dope, as the sample is. But the sample is a bit quiet. I miss some extra layers to go with it. Drums could use a little more variation or an extra layer of percussions.
As a whole, the beat is not bad but to me it sounds like it's not yet finished...

Here's a thing I made for a beat battle recently:

 

[TWU]

Yeah same, by ‘drums ready’ I mean ready to bang out a pattern but quite often play a melody or chopped sample to a specific BPM first, then play drums to that.

However sometimes i need to totally change my selected drums or fuck that sample off.
All part of the process….

I usually start with the sample, and after one or 2 layers I lay down a simple 1kick/1snare pattern to adjust it later on.

 

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@InsideOutBeats

Drums are dope, as the sample is. But the sample is a bit quiet. I miss some extra layers to go with it. Drums could use a little more variation or an extra layer of percussions.
As a whole, the beat is not bad but to me it sounds like it's not yet finished...

Here's a thing I made for a beat battle recently:

Very smooth! Great vibe to this and the drums fit very well in the mix.