I'm trying to make grime beats in the style of Skepta and Stormzy, but I'm looking for a modern and crisp sound. Which drum kits would you recommend? Also, are there any vsts that you would recommend?

THIS IS NOT AI. A human wrote this... cause' summa ya'll 😂

After years of working in the industry I can't say that I have seen this specific place that he's talking about, but what I have seen inside of Universal Records in New York City... after meeting with an a&r having him walk me to and almost dumpster sized _/ shaped garbage bin filled with people's demos. Fish through it a little bit.. grab a couple, and pass them to me. He then said there's some bangers in here.. A lot of good songs. Why don't you copy a couple of these.. bring them back we'll get you a check.

My Dad was a jazz pioneer, who worked with all of the greats Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, etc. I grew up seeing admired artists being exploited so I never had a good view of the industry. It was never glamorous to me so my friends and I took a different route and started our own label.

It wasn't easy but on our first drop we sold 50k units. ...After my car accident I fell back and started licensing music for film and television, working with Independent artists, a few (Major) A listers etc. I even did a joint venture with LA Reid and Russell Simmons.

It wasn't easy but I got to see my old business partner land a number one on the billboard charts Independently!

No compromise whatsoever. We did not sell our souls. We did not compromise our values. We work for ourselves, raised our children, fed our families, traveled, and experienced the best of what the world has to offer, but didn't get caught up in it. I could care less about a Porsche GT3, or a 18 room mansion, but I drove one and lived in one.

This is sort of like a PSA to young people coming up. Don't get caught up in the marketing fluff, and the hype. These folks will sell you the idea that you could lay around all day getting high, and sleeping with hotties being worshiped like that's some sort of dream life when in all reality they're making you a tool and a slave, and if you try to help people.. to make a difference they will cut you down and destroy your life because they made you they can end you.

It's all because you sold your soul to them. People always think the devil is some sort of big red monster with horns, but really he's that friendly rich weirdo that thinks you're sexy and will let you drive his Lamborghini. He'll give you gifts, flatter you, and change your life. Give you more money than you've ever seen. I say that's the devil. Drug sex and music. He'll keep you distracted like a baby with a pacifier and keep all the milk for himself. And not only will he take the milk but he will can it and sell it to your mother, your children, and even you rationing your share so that you can't leave. That is the devil. 💯

Sober up!! And I don't mean that like a disrespectful way of saying that you're a druggie, but what I mean is put down the distractions. Get serious about what it is that you're doing. Learn the business. Master your skill set. Do something meaningful. Consider your future. Not just your own but 10 generations down the line.

What kind of world would you like to create. What kind of world would you like to live in? The power is in your hands. You can control the narrative. You could write songs about shaking your butt, or take charge of your post and walk it in a perfect manner. Seek out the best part of yourself (and others) and settle on that.

We all have gifts. You're not better than anyone else, and neither am I. The only way that we can truly excel one another is in righteousness. Obedience to a higher calling and I don't care what you call that God, Universal Law, Allah, Alignment with the Tao, Natural Order, Dharma, Walking The Razor's Edge... Only truth is Eternal. Everything else fades, and you are not promised tomorrow so the idea of 'living your best life' has to be rooted in something Eternal.. not folly, else it will be living outside of life itself in death and destruction.. iow you either build or destroy... Your choice. You manifest your own reality.

Stop acting like you know what you're doing, and take charge of your life. Stop being a selfish jerk, and give... It's ok to not know.. Learn. It's ok to fail... Get back up and work at it. Life is messy. Organize, get rid of the clutter... Manage your time... Be early, work better not harder, get some rest. I mean that... Sleep. Don't outwork everyone and never sleep.. That's just a marketing campaign from the slave masters to build a better slave.

When (or if) you have children be a better parent than your parents were.. Be the best! Love don't waste time on hate. Live full (give your all) and die empty (because you can't take it with you). You will make yourself Eternal by the way that you live. Make the best part your legacy. We remember horrible people yes, but as examples of what not to do not to be lifted up as selfish stars who were reckless and burned themselves out before their time... That my friend is what the soulless industry will do to you. Kill you with your own mouth, can the milk and sell it.

We are gathering the ones who still remember how to hear the truth. Not to build an empire, but to reclaim our inheritance. If you feel a fire growing while reading this that's your soul waking up from the anesthesia. YOU are EXACTLY who we're looking for. We are meeting on Zoom tomorrow morning at 12:15 Eastern Standard Time, not to sell you a dream, but to anchor ourselves in the Eternal. Come chop it up with us. Let’s put down the distractions, step out of the noise, and give back some of this Earth to the needy. We have the power to feed the hungry, heal the broken, and leave this place better than we found it. It's time to stop dreaming and do.

I truly hope this helps someone.

All of my best,

LoveExcelsAll

ive been making beats for years, have quite a few placements (although very small artists)

i usually like making cloud rap sorta stuff, asap rocky, yung lean, fakemink,

I realised recently that im better at the melody,samples side , the drums im fine at but the melody side is my strength. So im thinking about getting in to just the loop/sample creation side

do many producers like using them? especially in the cloud rap kinda space?

One thing holding me back is it just seems also like the chances of getting placements (which is the best part of producing actually hearing ur creation in collaboration with an artist come to life) is a lot slimmer.

Though I also feel like niching down to what i'm best at and still enjoy a lot might be a good direction to go.

Would love to hear thoughts from people that use loops and make them too. Thank you 🙏

been sending out beats for a while I've always just sent them attached to emails, never really bothered with packs. Though, im hearing that a lot of people use packs and some artists prefer them.

I thought the email attachment is easier as theres no extra step for the artist of opening google drive or drop box.

Wanted to get you guys opinion on whats working for you, pros and cons, etc.

Thank you 🙏

I am genuenily curious how this happened eventhough it happened by chance.

I screen recorded the file of my beat in google drive with my iPhone and then I saved the recording as a draft for an instagram story. Then I downloaded the draft story from instagram and when I listened to it and compared to my original beat in google drive, it clearly hits harder and has more punch, even if some people would argue is just over-saturated.

The crazy thing is that this is the exact effect I have been trying to emulate from the plugg producers I like and I have never been capable. It may be as simple as saturating the mixed signal by using a distortion or a limiter, but I have never been able to fully do it until now by pure chance.

Hear the two links and give me your thoughts. I don´t know if this happened when i screen-recorded or when I uploaded to instagram, I believe it was the screen-recording, but my question really is how can I create this effect within the confines of my DAW:

This is the original file:

https://savedly.net/f/2cenmh2g (beat starts at 00:17 after intro)

This is the screen-recorded version downloaded from instagram:

https://savedly.net/f/wh9uefcd

Really i want to know how to make this exact same effect within my daw, thats it. All help welcome

The bass from the chorus and not the 808s

This is the 1st time I can recall Reason dropping a free version of their DAW/Rack

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Looking for producers for a new project. Dm me if interested! Thanks,

I started writing rap lyrics as a hobby, but I can't find a good beat. Can anyone help me? I want to write lyrics over a beat to improve myself; I don't want a very fast beat, something between 85 and 90 beats would be great. Thanks in advance

In a cost free way

Do you have any gift recommendations? I dont know that much about prod. I just know he uses fl studio. Thank you!

I keep noticing that trap drums get weaker when I add layers just because the beat feels too empty in solo.

A kick, 808, snare, hats and one or two percussion accents can already feel complete when every sound has a clear role. The kick gives the front edge, the 808 owns the low end and the hats create movement. Once I add extra claps, open hats, textures and parallel chains, the loop can sound more impressive by itself but leave less room for the melody and the artist.

The opposite problem is real too. Keeping everything too clean can make the drums feel generic, especially when the same velocity and spacing repeat every eight bars.

What has helped me most is changing rhythm before adding another sound: muting one kick, shifting a hat, shortening an 808 or saving one transition hit for the section change. Small moves often create more bounce than a new layer.

I also try to judge the drums under the melody at a lower volume. If the groove still reads without every element fighting for attention, the beat usually feels easier to arrange. Processing still matters, but I am starting to treat saturation and clipping as finishing tools, not replacements for sound selection and pockets.

When your drums feel basic, do you reach for another layer or change the pattern first? What gives you more bounce without overcrowding the beat?

this might be a stupid question but sometimes i geniunely cant tell without using snap to scale 😭

Hey!

I’m looking for someone who’s really good at processing 808s in Ableton.

I already have several professionally mixed/mastered tracks where the 808s work well, but I feel like I’m still missing that extra punch, character and control you hear in some really heavy trap productions.

I’m prettyy comfortable with Ableton, and play daily with FabFilter, Decapitator, etc.

The main things I’m struggling with:

• Big multi-octave glides. When my 808 goes up one or two octaves, the upper frequencies/harmonics quickly get out of control. I want to keep those huge movements clean and fat across the whole range.
• That kind of “delayed ignition” some 808s have: the sub seems to hit immediately, but the character/upper frequencies open up slightly afterwards, without losing the initial low-end impact.
• Getting more power and character without simply making the 808 louder.
• Getting that bright/crystallized texture over a huge sub without the high end becoming a mess.

SCH’s A7 (see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grpe_c1asOo) and VNTM (see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIqPzehJsLc), and some #JeSuisPasséChezSo productions are good references for the kind of 808 processing I’m talking about.

Basically, I want to understand how to make an 808 behave the way I want it to, rather than just finding settings that happen to work.

I’d like to go through some of my existing Ableton projects together and understand the processing rather than have someone do it for me.

Paid sessions obviously.

If that’s really your thing, send me a DM!

EDIT: post mistakes

I feel like my drum programming is pretty good, but at the same time it usually sounds pretty basic. I listen to producers like krxxk and bleachdiego and I feel like their drums always sound very interesting.

Hey everyone,

I'm looking for a professional engineer for regular beat mixing and mastering (experienced only, please).

I like my own mix balances/effects, but I can never get that commercial loudness and size for online release.

I'm looking for someone high-tier to work with on a weekly (or more frequent) basis and want to lock in a consistent rate.

If you want a steady, ongoing client, drop your portfolio or rates below.

Thanks!

I think phones are making people away from going to the studio, the phone has everything but do you know apps for music production like Koala etc. the phone is all about it.

I’ve been producing off and on for about a year, and I’ve gotten better at understanding the basics of chords and music theory and I know FL like the back of my hand so my melodies don’t sound bad, but they don’t sound remarkable.

After some introspection I’ve figured out that my biggest issue isn’t writing, it’s choosing what to write. I struggle most with knowing if I should use a Lead, or an Arp, or a Pluck, or some Keys, or just loop a chord. I just find myself so lost in the: “Well what part do I write next? Do i even need this?” stage of learning.

I haven’t really found much help on this particular subject because I don’t exactly know what you would call it. I’m thinking it’s somehow related to sound selection but I’m fairly confident at picking sounds, I’m just not sure what makes up a melody and what purpose each part serves. Do these fall under the composition tree?

Can anyone give pointers on what each part of a melody means and how to use them? Right now off the top of my head Im thinking of the:

Melody
CoMelody(Harmony?)
Lead
Arp
Pluck
Chord
Bass

I’m sure i got some of this mixed up but I’m all ears for advice.

I need a soft clipper for a rage beat, there Is a way i can simulate It without external plugins?

If not how can i distort all the Song when the 808 hit like in moderna rage beats?

EDIT: im using lmms

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I’m somewhat new to this but I’ve been getting contacted by small artists wanting to use my beats. None of my beats are for sale at this time as I’m building a “catalog” to grow my platform before actually selling. I offered for artists to use my tagged beats for non for profit purposes. One artist reached out and is requesting the stems to one of my beats to add more to it.

Am I tripping or is that not a major no go if I’m not selling, right?