In this beat making tutorial I show you how to apply an MPC style drum groove (as well as SP1200 & Logic drum groove) to a quantized drum track using Ableton Live. Using Live’s built-in swings is an excellent way […]
This is a quick beat making tutorial showing you the different effects that I add to most of my sampled beats. As I mention in the video, I have talked about many of these effects before in some of my […]
A couple years ago I bought my Akai MPD32 (upgraded from an M-Audio Trigger Finger). I did not realize, until after hooking it up to my PC, that the responsiveness of the pads was so bad. After searching this issue […]
A couple requests came in for a tutorial on layering drum samples. Well… here it is! In this video, I show you step-by-step how to layer your drum sounds using Ableton Live Drum Racks. The cool thing about using this […]
East coast style storytelling Hip Hop instrumental / Nas type beat – “Push On” (prod. by TCustomz)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYwExxbQ6O8
A dope lyrical artist could do major damage on a track like this one – something I would love to hear Nas spit on!
Over the past few months I’ve had a growing number of requests on Youtube, Twitter & Facebook to upload a beat making tutorial dedicated to composing a bass line for sampled beats.
This is the first of a two-part tutorial. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OuoWxKA5TI
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So I just finished this beat making video for my newest beat, “In My Groove”. I would describe this one as an M-Phazes style track – very soulful with hard hitting drums, but also has atmospheric and jazzy elements to […]