Regardless of genre, the kick drum is usually the driving force behind a beat. It’s the thing you feel in your stomach when you enter a club. So making sure your kick hits right is…
Category: Tutorial
In this recent short JamJooBeats shares some fantastic production tips that he wished he had known when starting out making beats. While these tips are directed towards Trap Music they will apply to most genres.…
Trap music is now a staple in almost every genre. But with so many producers using the same formulaic approach, how do you make your trap beats stand out from the pack? If you’re tired…
Trap music often relies on the iconic TR808 for its drum sounds, but there’s always room to add some originality to your beats. The high-pitched metallic snap of the 808 snare defines trap’s signature vibe,…
In this final part of our series on making trap beats, we’re going DEEP and giving the LOW-down on 808 basslines. If there’s one defining element to trap music other than the drums, it’s using…
Many of us have heard of dotted 8th-notes or noticed them in a quantisation drop-down menus. But what are they? And more to the point, how can you use them in your beats to add…
If you’re a beatmaker looking for some quick-fire trap melody composition hacks then the Red Bow Music channel has you covered. Red Bow Music demonstrate basic music theory compositional techniques that are geared largely towards…
It’s a bold claim! The BEST production trick of 2024. Well you can decide for yourself as we learn how to transform a fairly generic Electric piano loop into a lush otherworldly affair. In this…
Virtual Riot has created a bunch of sound design puzzles in Ableton! There is a set of example sounds that you have to try and re-create, How far can you get without listening to the…
Since its inception in the early 2000’s, trap music has become one of the most influential genres in contemporary music. An offshoot of hip-hop, trap was born in the so-called “Dirty South” of America, pioneered…
