The IC Beatmaking/Producing Thread

[Neophyte Wolfgang]

Dude said 6 months now a days with technology and how all the software has upgraded. You will always be learning 10-20-30 years in to producing, most people stop, take breaks for weeks month or years i'm dedicating 12-15 hours a day

 

[mosincredible]

Did any of you fools learn music theory when you started producing or incorporated that later?

I took extreme basic piano when I was 7 but I'm in piano classes right now once a week. 87 year old dude, once a week on the cheap. He don't need the money so he don't charge much. Amazing how sick he is on the keys at 87.

 

[Neophyte Wolfgang]

I took extreme basic piano when I was 7 but I'm in piano classes right now once a week. 87 year old dude, once a week on the cheap. He don't need the money so he don't charge much. Amazing how sick he is on the keys at 87.

Nice I wouldn't mind taking a piano class

 

[G.Avant]

Did any of you fools learn music theory when you started producing or incorporated that later?

I picked it up later, but I have a decent grasp of the basics like how to build chords, build melody from root note etc. Just having a book or two on deck with different chord progressions in them and things like that for reference makes the process much easier. Even if you dont know shit you can plug the chords in and see how they sound. You cant copyright a chord progression for the most part. And then once you grasp that most melodies have a chord progression at their core and stay in key its off to the races from there.

 

[G.Avant]

I took extreme basic piano when I was 7 but I'm in piano classes right now once a week. 87 year old dude, once a week on the cheap. He don't need the money so he don't charge much. Amazing how sick he is on the keys at 87.

Nice I wouldn't mind taking a piano class

Piano is the best instrument to learn as an intro to music theory because piano has the most pitch range than any instrument and the music theory translates to virtually anything.

 

[Peezy_Jenkins]

sure its been asked b4, prlly by me but its been at least a year

any of yall besides brian b ever sent beats to an established or semi established artist?

 

[Peezy_Jenkins]

i like these cats videos, good for beginners, tips to tighten up for some thats been on it a while. i never properly eq'd just figured when i get to a real engineer ill have them do it, but its good to learn bout it, so if i ever do, ill have some input in the mix b4 the master of an entire song

 

[Breezy_Kilroy]

Just made a decent chunk of change off of this one here. So who trying to buy beats outchea

This is dope! But yes Im willing to buy beats @G.Avant we gotta discuss possible business.

"Album coming December just wait on it." Thats my story and Im sticking to it.

 

[French-Bad-Boy]

I didn't see this thread before. Here is my most recent beat:
https://soundcloud.com/white-house-bn/panorama

 

[G.Avant]

Just made a decent chunk of change off of this one here. So who trying to buy beats outchea

This is dope! But yes Im willing to buy beats @G.Avant we gotta discuss possible business.

"Album coming December just wait on it." Thats my story and Im sticking to it.

Yeah definitely man just check out some of the tracks on my soundcloud and hit me up if you're interested in any of themhttps://soundcloud.com/gavant91

 

[TayGettem]

Quick question if I buy a beat from a producers on soundclick that uses a sample.

Does that mean they already cleared it with the original song owner or do I have to clear it?

 

[Peezy_Jenkins]

more than likely they startin out and hadnt cleared nothing, but if they high on the charts or been around a while or something they might have, id just check and make sure if i were u,

 

[TayGettem]

more than likely they startin out and hadnt cleared nothing, but if they high on the charts or been around a while or something they might have, id just check and make sure if i were u,

Ok koo I was lookin at this dude omito beats he got this track I wanna use but I don't wanna get sued its sampled from shawty swing my way


Crazy thing is dude has a free download for the beat but den has a untagged lease version for non profit

Then a lease version for profit so I'm thinking why pay if its free

 

[G.Avant]

Quick question if I buy a beat from a producers on soundclick that uses a sample.

Does that mean they already cleared it with the original song owner or do I have to clear it?

Normally. the purchaser has to clear the sample, thats how I structure my contracts

 

[Peezy_Jenkins]

contracts, thats sum i need to learn more about, i wonder what would be a fair percentage to ask for if the artists sell the song

 

[StillFaggyAF]

https://soundcloud.com/shomar93/no-weakness

 

[StillFaggyAF]

 

[Peezy_Jenkins]

same shit i been on, i never reverb the hats tho

 

[StillFaggyAF]

same shit i been on, i never reverb the hats tho

I put a little reverb on my snares and hats

 

[G.Avant]

same shit i been on, i never reverb the hats tho

A little reverb on the hats can sound real nice from time to time with the high end of the EQ bumped up a little to give it that crispness. Not too much reverb tho, just a lil and of course I like to put reverb on my snares lol

This some new shit right here. Give me some feedback.