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DJ Clark Kent on Beats, Creativity, and the Big Smoke Screen in Music
Legendary Brooklyn DJ/Producer DJ Clark Kent talks everything from the creative processes involved in…
United Beatmakers Guild (UBG): The BeatTips Proposal for a Beatmakers Union
Amid the beat market exchange, a growing number of talented beatmakers, and desperation beat prices, a…
Capturing Analog Sound and Essence in a Digital Era
Choosing the right DAW or tracking scheme for your beats
By AMIR SAID (SA'ID)
Recently, a BeatTips…
BeatTips Interviews Minnesota
A Frequency Runs Through It
Understanding. It’s one of the primary keys to crafting quality beats.…
The Mediocre Standard is Here to Stay; But Beatmaking Leads the Fight
Reward for Mediocrity Means that Rap Will Never Go Back to its Golden Eras, Where Vanguard Art Growth was…
BeatTips Inside the Beat: Creating an Arrangement to Fit an Idea
Using Your Composite Idea as a Guide to Capture the Essence and Feel You Envision
Eight years ago, my…
K-Def Interview Feature with ReDef’s John Notarfrancesco
With His New Beat Tape, 'Back to the Beat', Produced Along with The 45 King, This Beatmaking Vet is…
Beat Tape Notable™: ‘Back to the Beat’ by K-Def and The 45 King
Enjoyable Beat Tape That's Consistent Throughout
By AMIR SAID (SA'ID)
Consummate pros do what they do…
To Loop, or Not To Loop Individual Sounds?
Prolonging Sounds May Be the Answer to the Question
By AMIR SAID (SA'ID)
When it comes to…
BeatTips List of Great Records for Drum Sounds, Vol. 6
Record Gems with Open Drum Sounds
I'm a strong advocate for using custom drum sounds. And although I…