Learning to Inject Creativity Into Your Beat Making (Like Jlin)
An active learning experiment on taking inspiration and advice from an artist based on listening to their work. In this case, producer, Jlin.
An active learning experiment on taking inspiration and advice from an artist based on listening to their work. In this case, producer, Jlin.
We take a closer look at 4 of the most sampled breakbeats in history, and the hip-hop songs they’ve contributed to influentially.
In this tutorial, we apply RJD2’s drum sampling process with the Akai MPC to the widely-used music production DAW, Logic Pro X.
For this special Episode 26 of “Themes and Variation,” we sit down with songwriter Max Swan about his favorite wildly emotional songs.
For this special Episode 25 of “Themes and Variation,” we chat with RJD2 about sampling, song idea fodder, and his new course on Soundfly!
A quick lesson on using the “snappiness” of Logic’s grid in creative ways to improve your productions AND your workflow.
I made a lo-fi hip-hop beat using iZotope’s Spire app for iPhone, and you can too. Here’s how simple and fun it was to use…
While most artists send their tracks out to a pro for mastering, you can achieve a decent result yourself with some focused experimenting.
Hip-hop has been pulled in so many directions over the years, here are 7 producers who we think will do the pulling for years to come.