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Are You Using Compression as a Friend or a Foe?
Understanding How to Effectively Use Compression
By CUS and AMIR SAID (SA'ID)
Mixing hip hop/rap music…
O.C. Smith and Gordon Parks – “Blowin’ Your Mind”: Skill, Rhyme, and Rhythm
The Single Most Important Thing About Rhyme and the Significance of the Core Rhythm and Groove
If…
Think Outside the Box for Custom Snare Sounds
Presets Get the Job Done, But Customized Sounds Help You Create Your Own Style and Sound
By AMIR SAID…
BeatTips Tutorial: Sampling Live Instrumentation: Guitar Riffs
Sampling Your Live Playing and Making It Sound Like a "Sample", Not Just Live Instrumentation Re-Recorded…
BeatTips Readers Poll™: When You Make Your Beats, Do You Start with the Drum Sounds or Non-Drum…
For Many Beatmakers, Getting the Beat Started with the Drum Sounds or Non-Drum Sounds is Part of a…
Things to Remember when Diggin’ in the Crates
The BeatTips Community (TBC) Thread of the Day: Diggin Tips
By SIGMUNDFRED, BRANDONF42088, SMELLYPANTS,…
BeatTips MusicStudy: Baby Huey & The Babysitters – “Listen to Me”
Early Funk Jewel Showcases the Pulsating Rhythm and Groove Sound of Its Era
By AMIR SAID (SA'ID)
Among…
“Section Contrast” Further Defined
An Effective Concept and Approach for Adding Change and Depth to Your Beats
By AMIR SAID (SA'ID)…
BeatTips MusicStudy: Snoop Dogg and Pharrell – “Beautiful;” Well Constructed…
Non-Sampled Beat with Well-Thought Out Arrangement; Rhythm Track Flanked by Unique Percussion Scheme…
BeatTips MusicStudy: The Band’s “King Harvest” Gives Lesson in Groove
The Melody Talks, But the Groove Tells It Like It Is
By AMIR SAID (SA'ID)
When it comes to music, there…