Instrumental hip-hop is now omnipresent in film, TV, and dorm room study halls. Here are 10 essential tracks that helped the genre evolve.
9 Music Collaboration Apps We’re Digging Right Now
Lean into the new reality of remote music collaboration — these 9 amazing apps and platforms can help optimize your production, feedback, and data storage.
Introducing “Enough Is Enough: A Black Lives Matter Playlist”
Curated by Efa Etoroma Jr., “Enough Is Enough” is a powerful Spotify playlist accompanied by analysis that sheds light on contemporary Black protest songs.
10 Tips for Keeping Your Hip-Hop Beats From Sounding Stale
If you feel like you’ve been making the same beat over and over again, or you’re suffering from a severe case of “beat block,” this one’s for you!
7 Fun (and Free) Apps Musicians Can Use to Stay Creative at Home
With most of the touring and studio recording world screeching to a halt these days, we can look to our phones to deliver creative, collaborative fun.
Yes, Household Objects Should Be Sampled in Your Tracks
If you’re like us, you’re probably sitting around your kitchen right now thinking about what kind of snare sounds you can get out of that whisk over there.
3 Things to Think About When Hiring Musicians for Your Band
When hiring a band, it’s important to show you’re respecting the musicians’ time and talent, and to do that, you need to clearly communicate the details.
5 Free Online Resources for Learning Music Theory (Plus a Bonus)
We’ve scowered the web to find these five great websites where you can improve your knowledge and grasp of music theory concepts entirely for free!
Our 10 Favorite Modern Hip-Hop Bass Lines
Bass is arguably the most important element of a hip-hop beat, so we collect 10 of our all-time favorite modern hip-hop bass lines.
8 Tips for Mixing an Entire Album So It Sounds Consistent
Just finished recording a collection of songs and you want to combine them in a full-length album? Make sure they sound consistent with these 8 tips.