If you are new to producing instrumental rap beats, there are more than likely lots of unanswered questions in your mind. Check out these quick tips to help as you develop as a producer:
1. Draw inspiration from other beats, but create your own style.
Everything we create is a culmination of what we hear, and more so, the sounds that we personally take interest in. It is important that we focus on the things we like about other instrumental rap beats, while making our creations unique.
Listen to lots of music. Find the musical elements which really touch your soul. Incorporate these elements into your music by combining everything you like about the music you listen to.
At the same time, do not attempt to directly copy any other works. Learn to draw from these resources without re-creating them verbatim.
2. Practice your rap beats like you would any other skill.
Creating instrumental rap beats is a skill like anything else. The more you work at it, the better you will become.
The more skills you can bring to the creation of your rap beats, the better. Not too good at playing piano? Learn some basic chords and scales. Having trouble mixing your beats? Read articles, and then experiment with equalization, compression, reverb, etc.
Practicing making beats is not necessarily something you can gauge. It is not like practicing your basketball shot, in which you can use statistics to determine your progress. You simply need to keep working at it, gather feedback to gauge your progress, and trust that you are taking steps in the right direction.
3. Begin your beats in the order which you feel most comfortable.
People always ask how to start an instrumental beat. Should you lay the drums first? Or should you focus on the instrumental sections?
The thing I have found to be true is that every producer has their own way of doing it, and no way is wrong. Dr. Dre has said that he likes to make the drums first, and then focus on the instruments.
I personally like coming up with the main instrumental sections first, and then adding the drums. Next, I will add some more instruments (if needed), and work on the final mix.
4. Put great emphasis on mixing.
Lots of times, the difference between a successful beat and a beat which fails is all in the mix.
Learn about mixing. Develop your ear for what sounds good. Mixing is a never-ending learning process, so you should aim to make your mixes better with each beat you create. Find books on mixing, and search online for articles. Do what you can with your resources!
Understand that you may not be able to achieve a platinum-level mix at your home. But you CAN create very good mixes with minimal equipment. Better equipment will always win, but please do not think that you NEED million-dollar equipment to make decent, audible, nice mixes. Learn on what you have, and collect better equipment as you can afford it.
I hope these few tips can help you on your way to creating better instrumental rap beats!
1. Draw inspiration from other beats, but create your own style.
Everything we create is a culmination of what we hear, and more so, the sounds that we personally take interest in. It is important that we focus on the things we like about other instrumental rap beats, while making our creations unique.
Listen to lots of music. Find the musical elements which really touch your soul. Incorporate these elements into your music by combining everything you like about the music you listen to.
At the same time, do not attempt to directly copy any other works. Learn to draw from these resources without re-creating them verbatim.
2. Practice your rap beats like you would any other skill.
Creating instrumental rap beats is a skill like anything else. The more you work at it, the better you will become.
The more skills you can bring to the creation of your rap beats, the better. Not too good at playing piano? Learn some basic chords and scales. Having trouble mixing your beats? Read articles, and then experiment with equalization, compression, reverb, etc.
Practicing making beats is not necessarily something you can gauge. It is not like practicing your basketball shot, in which you can use statistics to determine your progress. You simply need to keep working at it, gather feedback to gauge your progress, and trust that you are taking steps in the right direction.
3. Begin your beats in the order which you feel most comfortable.
People always ask how to start an instrumental beat. Should you lay the drums first? Or should you focus on the instrumental sections?
The thing I have found to be true is that every producer has their own way of doing it, and no way is wrong. Dr. Dre has said that he likes to make the drums first, and then focus on the instruments.
I personally like coming up with the main instrumental sections first, and then adding the drums. Next, I will add some more instruments (if needed), and work on the final mix.
4. Put great emphasis on mixing.
Lots of times, the difference between a successful beat and a beat which fails is all in the mix.
Learn about mixing. Develop your ear for what sounds good. Mixing is a never-ending learning process, so you should aim to make your mixes better with each beat you create. Find books on mixing, and search online for articles. Do what you can with your resources!
Understand that you may not be able to achieve a platinum-level mix at your home. But you CAN create very good mixes with minimal equipment. Better equipment will always win, but please do not think that you NEED million-dollar equipment to make decent, audible, nice mixes. Learn on what you have, and collect better equipment as you can afford it.
I hope these few tips can help you on your way to creating better instrumental rap beats!
Tim Adamek is a professional music producer who specializes in instrumental rap beats. For more articles and advice, check out his hip hop beats blog.
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