Here's a short sample of my hip hop. I threw this together in a few minutes (no sampling, arps, ect) it's an original beat. It's in MP3 format so naturally sound is compromised a bit.

The trick with hip hop is to make it sound up to date. On this one I mixed some ol'school and nu'school flavors Also at times what makes a great hip hop beat lies in the "simplicity" of the arrangement!

Just a short example of another style of music I like to do.

Squeak
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=13F49A89050747CC

Love it, love it, love it

Nice tight beat great mix.
The only drawback for me is that it was not longer. Ha, ha...

Great job. Nice to hear something else on this forum.

What keyboard did you use?

Looking forward to more.

Eric

Eric,

Glad you liked it. I love writing Hip Hop beats. I kept this one simple because I wanted to show that "simple" isn't always easy. In hip hop you have to be careful "not" to put too much in there. Then you have to make sure your beat is up to date.

I've worked with many Jazz and Classical players who have taken a stab at Hip Hop. It's like taking everything you know in those styles, then simplifying it like there's no tomorrow. Also that doesn't mean that creating a Hip Hop beat is easy and doesn't take talent.

It's very easy to drop an ol'school beat (even by accident). Being a "creative" drum programmer is a "must" when writing Hip Hop, especially if your work is original. Plus aside from drums you need to be able to lay down some funky bass lines too because the drums and bass really are the backbone to it.

Oh I used a Roland.

Squeak

Thanks for the info.

I agree with you: less is more.

I wouldn't mind listening to the finished product.

Eric

Squeak nice job...very cool beat I may add...I love the bass groove.....I'll let me daughter check it also....shes does backup vocals on many Rap Artists projects & see what she thinks too......keep making music my friend its "ALL GOOD"

Thanx for sharing your work with us!

BTW what did yiou use to record this ?


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Dnj, I used a Roland. Maybe I'll start posting some of my Hip Hop work here if others take to it.

I really haven't in the past because this style isn't really popular here, and from what I've seen not too many here have any experience with it.

Squeak

[This message has been edited by squeak_D (edited 07-19-2006).]

Squeake I for one have a open mind to all "Well Performed" Music no matter what genre...I always learn from what I hear & see....keep it coming!!

At age 74 I say bravo Squeak, my taste in music and your talent are not related. Any type of music created by the people on this forum is more than welcome. --- If not, how will I get my music accepted –ha ha ha

Good job squeak, more.

IMHO John C.

Nice job squeak. That bass part sounds like my Juno-106! I have seen some creative people out there able to sell their beats. That might be an avenue for you as well

All the best,

Chris


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