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Beatmaking Is No “Big Mac”
Beatmaking Tradition Prioritizes Creativity Through Challenge, Not Ease; "In-the-Box" Music Process Often…
BeatTips Interviews Mix Engineer Rich Keller
"Hip Hop Breaks All the Rules;" Famed Mix Engineer Discusses Challenges of Mixing Hip Hop/Rap Music
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BeatTips MusicStudy: Talk Talk – “It’s My Life”
Embellishing And Layering Lessons From Talk Talk's Greatest Hit
By Amir Said (Sa'id)
Aside from the…
The BeatTips Community Shop Talk: How Often Do You Sidechain?
TBC Members Talk Shop About The Use Of Sidechain Compression
By D. Kelloway, Brandon F42088, and Amir…
Kanye West Pokes Fun Over Boom Bap; Taylor Swift Take Shots While Declaring Forgiveness
Decadent Mr. West Laughs At Himself, Recalls A Familiar "Me And My MPC" Moment, And Upstages A Subdued…
BeatTips MusicStudy: The Beat – “I Confess,” Up-Tempo 2-Tone Classic
Lyrics, Drums, and Horns Collide For Dope Ska Song
By Amir Ali Said
The Beat (The English Beat) is…
Sa’id’s Mental Memoir: DJ Tony Touch Thought “Milk” Was A Monster
The value of making self-contained beats and rhymes, and how (why) I turned down a major label record…
Spacing Is Fundamental
The Right Element Spacing In Your Beats Is Critical
By Amir Said (Sa'id)
Sonically, hip hop/rap beats…
Faster Tracking With A Mixing Console And Multiple Outputs
How My Mackie Mixing Console And Akai MPC 4000 Saves The Day
By Amir Said (Sa'id)
Readers familiar with…
BeatTips Music Review: Brother Reade’s ‘Rap Music’
Some Potential, But Far Short Of Robust Title
By Amir Said (Sa'id)
If you name your album after a music…