Posts Tagged ‘Beats’

Starting Your Hip Hop Career – Make Your Own Rap Beats

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

Many aspiring hip hop artists are one sided. This is not an insult toward these up and comers, simply some constructive criticism. I have seen many aspiring artists who only had one skill set. They either had sick flow, and nice lyrics, basically they had mastered the linguistic, lyrical side of hip hop, but not the musical side. They forget that the beats behind their music should be just as personal and meaningful as every syllable that makes up your tracks. Many artists push this aspect of their music away, however some like Kanye West, embrace it. See Kanye understood that the beats behind his music had to be just as meaningful as the words themselves. Kanye set out to start making rap beats. He made five beats a day, every single day. Now, he still uses some of those beats in records, and one of those beats can sell for as much as $1 million to an artist like Ludacris or Lil Wayne. Many artists are the opposite: they will just buy rap beats online from a producer like Kanye, instead of understanding how easy it is to make rap beats online. Instead of buying hip hop beats online, why not make your own fat beats? It’s easier than it’s ever been to make rap beats online thanks to online rap beat makers. In the past, it used to mean a trip to the studio or buying expensive software if you were an aspiring producer wanting to make your own beats.

Now, you can sign up to a website like Sonic Producer and start making your own beats in no time flat. Sonic Producer gives you everything you need to start making rap beats online: top of the line software which has 16 tracks, 8 dj pads, a huge preset loop and beat library, mp3 export, and that’s just the software. Membership gets you everything you need to start making beats fast. You get access to thousands of video tutorials showing you everything from how to make a sick bassline to how to set up a keyboard for piano sets. Membership like this must cost a fortune, right? Wrong, a mesely one time fee of $29 gets you a lifetime membership to this site. I have seen beginners with no experience whatsoever get a membership to this site and start selling beats to people who are in your position now within two months. Think about that. Here you are trying to find ways to buy rap beats online when for less than $29 (probably wouldn’t even buy you one beat), you can make your own rap beats online! Never has it been easier for aspiring producers and rappers to get started in the industry. Why not start your very own hip hop career today? Check out Beat Makers Online for more information.

Making Instrumental Rap Beats – How to Get Started

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

Many people have approached me and asked me how to get started making instrumental rap beats. These are usually people with little to no musical experience and are just looking for a quick easy way to get started making instrumental rap beats. In the past, these people would almost definitely have to go to a studio and spend a few thousand dollars just to try out making beats. However, these days there are other options available to you and the investment is not quite as bad as it used to be for beginners. The first and most obvious option beyond a studio is using desktop instrumental rap beats making software. These types of programs run on most versions of Windows and are usually very versatile. I started out making rap beats with a program called FL Studio. FL Studio is an excellent desktop based music production program- the only downside to these programs is that many beginners are scared away by the technical density of the features, as well as the high price. If you don’t have a few hundred dollars to spend, don’t waste your money on a crappy desktop program. If you have a low budget, I’d suggest you start making instrumental rap beats online. So, you don’t have a few hundred dollars to spend and want to get started making rap beats anyway? Great, this is still a viable option. You can make your own beats online.

There have been many websites that have popped up in the past few years that will let you use their own online rap beat maker to produce beats online. Most of these websites do require membership, but these memberships are nowhere near the obstacle that buying desktop software is. For example, a membership at the Sonic Producer website is only $29. For that $29 you get a full membership to the site: access to the instrumental rap beat maker which has 16 tracks, 8 dj pads, instrument support, a huge preset loop and beat library, adjustable tempo, and mp3 export. That’s just the beat maker. The price of membership also gets you access to a huge community of beat making knowledge and thousands of videos showing you everything from how to master the software to how to set up your keyboard for piano sets. This website truly makes it quick and easy for people to start making their own beats in no time at all. Get started making instrumental rap beats today.