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.
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4 Classic Breakbeats That Changed Hip-Hop History
We take a closer look at 4 of the most sampled breakbeats in history, and the hip-hop songs they’ve contributed to influentially.
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How to Add Chopped Drum Samples to a Loop in Logic Pro X
In this tutorial, we apply RJD2’s drum sampling process with the Akai MPC to the widely-used music production DAW, Logic Pro X.
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What Songs Have Taken You on an Emotional Journey?
For this special Episode 26 of “Themes and Variation,” we sit down with songwriter Max Swan about his favorite wildly emotional songs.
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What Are Your Favorite Sample Fodder 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!
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Oh Snap! How to Make Better Use of Your Grid in Logic Pro
A quick lesson on using the “snappiness” of Logic’s grid in creative ways to improve your productions AND your workflow.
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How to Make Lo-Fi Beats With Your iPhone Using iZotope’s New App
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…
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An Introduction to Mastering Hip-Hop and Pop Music
While most artists send their tracks out to a pro for mastering, you can achieve a decent result yourself with some focused experimenting.
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Our 10 Favorite Essential Instrumental Hip-Hop Tracks
Instrumental hip-hop is now omnipresent in film, TV, and dorm room study halls. Here are 10 essential tracks that helped the genre evolve.
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7 Hip-Hop Producers Pushing the Genre in New Directions
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.
