Whether you make beats as a hobby, grind away full-time to shop your tracks, or are just getting started as a complete beat-making beginner, your choice of software matters.

A good starting point with any lo-fi beat is some core hits that repeat across every bar, which we can then embellish to create a more interesting beat that repeats every 2, 4 even every 8 bars. 5.

DJ and beat-making schools long pre-date the current explosion of electronic music, but the Foxgrove presents an alternative to the approach taken by venues like Scratch Academy and Dubspot, ...

(Image credit: Future) First thing you’ll need is a sampled DRUM BREAK; we’ve faked one here, using the Session Dry Kit in Ableton Live, assuming that an acoustic type beat would be the best source ...

How to make a dubstep beat . Step 9: To automate this, right-click the Mixer and select Create Track for Mixer 1. Hit record on the transport bar to capture your movement of the Aux1 knob. To get the ...

If you think about it, making beats is a dream job. You get to mess around with cool sounds all day and, if you’re good, you’ll get paid—and a rapper might even shout you out at the ...

Today at 38, he recalls the early days of offering his beats for free to get his name out there. He’s had the displeasure of hearing his tracks slightly altered and claimed by someone else.

How to Create a Lease Contract for Selling Beats. Music producers and composers have tools that simplify the process of writing, arranging and selling music digitally. Laptops and the Internet ...

The Let’s Make a Beat! event is funded by a Project Next Generation grant, which is an educational technology initiative of Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian, Jesse White.