How To Make Hip Hop Beats Instantly



Posted: Friday, February 13, 2009

by Dale Rogers

You could have the most sophisticated recording studio in the world at your fingertips but if you don't have the inspiration to make great music then it's all worthless. The real musicians and beat-makers that have the spark and creativity to move people have something that they tap into that sets them apart from the rest.

I'm going to show you how easy it is to make hip hop beats instantly using something you already have right now. Worry about the drum machines, beat-making programs and synthesizers in a minute, but for now just hear me out.

Hip hop and rap music are deeply rhythm based music styles. All of the great hip hop and rap songs are driven by the beat. The drum beat is absolutely the most important part of the hip hop song. If the beats are good enough they will tap into that invisible, powerful thing that makes everyone who hears them start to do the same thing - MOVE! If you can't help but at least bob your head, clap your hands or move around a little when you hear a song you know you've got a great beat to work with. That's my standard to make great hip hop beats to. It must move people.

Need proof of this? Try putting on a great song at a party full of people having fun they will all react. Everybody will scream out, sing along and dance instantly. But if you put on some dry song with uninspiring, limp beats, you can literally watch the energy evaporate from the room. Bummer dude. Your song sucks.

So how do you make a great hip hop beat instantly? It's even easier than trying to come up with an amazing rhythm idea out of thin air. Here's how you do it: you have to stand up, imagine yourself at a party or crowded club, and start dancing FIRST. It will only take about one or two seconds of moving your body before your brain starts to create something for your hips to react to. It's almost impossible to dance to absolutely no music at all without instantly hearing something great in your head that your body really wants to dance to. Try it and you'll see that it's true. But don't be lazy about it - you really have to move and get into it.

To make it even easier, stand up, start moving and dancing a little and sing the beats and melody out loud while you get into it. You might feel stupid at first but who cares? I'd much rather be a great musician who does a corny warm up than a really cool tough guy who makes crappy, boring beats that nobody wants to dance to.

The reason this works is that your mind and body are connected and what you do with one affects the other. Don't sit in a chair at your computer or drum machine and try make great beats by staring at the buttons and lights, that's not going to get you anywhere. Get your booty up and stroll around the floor like you would at a bangin' party and your mind will fill in the music that your body is moving to. THEN go over to the drum machine and bang out the beat but DON'T sit down until you're done.

You need to know what works and what DOES NOT work if you want to make your own beats online!

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