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BeatTips Friday Freestyle: Sa’id – “High Top Fade”
Fridays are always a heavy day for me. It's usually the day that I have the most going on. So to help…
Names on the Marquee: The Knight Brothers – “Tried So Hard to Please Her”
Slow soul songs fill the bill.
Years of diggin' in the crates and studying different kinds of records…
BeatTips List of Great Records for Drum Sounds, Vol. 3
Record Gems with Open Drum Sounds.
I’m a strong advocate for using custom drum sounds. Although I…
BeatTips Friday Freestyle: Sa’id – “The Flamingo Titty Bar Heist”
Fridays are always a heavy day for me. It's usually the day that I have the most going on. So to help…
Names on the Marquee: Pablo Gad
A gem from late 1970s/early 1908s reggae. Also, why dub proves to be useful for coming up with new drum…
Fresh Ears & Classics: Black Moon – ‘Enta Da Stage’
About “Fresh Ears & Classics”
I’m a strong advocate for music that stands the test of time. But I…
Names on the Marquee: Bob James’s “Nautilus”
Oliver Wang remembers one of the most sampled and interpolated songs in history, and points out why…
5 Things to Help You Make Beats Consistently and Grow Your Style and Sound
The key to making great beats is consistency. Consistency keeps you in a music-making zone and away from…
AmirSaysNothing: Blue Collar Priest, Rapper for the People
Off the heels of a solid debut EP in Medium Rare (2015), AmirSaysNothing dropped his first full-length…
One Way to Avoid Over Producing: Minimal Programming Context
You're in the lab making a new beat, you're nodding your head, the beat is dope — almost. You just have…