SMH Everyone beatmakers nowadays

[Yagirlcheatinonus]

The culture is more about the genre then composing itself. R&b dudes do not necessarily run with hip-hip dudes.

I agree with the bolded which is why I said if you not active then you not in the game.

 

[Yagirlcheatinonus]

Exactly at the bold. that's why I am sliding to LA for the summer. I have to make it a career. This 9-5 shyt isn't me.

Man I know the feeling and I hope everything work out for you. I didn't make this thread to try and shyt on up and coming producers either I just peep how dudes use the internet to pretend like their in the game. But if I was you I'd check out ATL as well as LA.

 

[Turbulent]

just let people have fun

 

[Tommy Knocks]

anybody know how to get into video game soundtracks?

 

[Yagirlcheatinonus]

just let people have fun

Nah aint none of that, that shyt is oversaturating the market. You know how ill it was when you used to hear a new beat
from your favorite producer now its not the same. Now dudes can google or youtube "How to make beats like" _
and make beats just like the artist I dont wanna hear all these carbon copy dudes.

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

Man I know the feeling and I hope everything work out for you. I didn't make this thread to try and shyt on up and coming producers either I just peep how dudes use the internet to pretend like their in the game. But if I was you I'd check out ATL as well as LA.

ATL is centered around the Strip Club and Turn Up culture vs LA is much more diverse with different avenues to submit music.

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

anybody know how to get into video game soundtracks?

Have to move to the west coast and some game developers hire inhouse composers. I saw a job listed for a company.

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

Nah aint none of that, that shyt is oversaturating the market. You know how ill it was when you used to hear a new beat
from your favorite producer now its not the same. Now dudes can google or youtube "How to make beats like" _
and make beats just like the artist I dont wanna hear all these carbon copy dudes.

I swerve those videos.

 

[Turbulent]

Nah aint none of that, that shyt is oversaturating the market. You know how ill it was when you used to hear a new beat
from your favorite producer now its not the same. Now dudes can google or youtube "How to make beats like" _
and make beats just like the artist I dont wanna hear all these carbon copy dudes.

so then beat makers need to come up with styles that can't be easily duplicated. sure you could always layer drums like the next producer. or maybe manipulate the samples to make it sound the same way. or maybe use the same type of samples or sounds. you can copy all that but if you're a dope beatmaker/producer/whatever, even if they imitate your techniques, they won't be able to imitate your essence.

 

[Young/Nacho\Drawz]

No disrespect to Dre because he earned it but look at how much was earned off Beats. Look at how much Maschine is making. Clearly the sales of the product is more than any rapper selling albums, itunes etc. Rappers still make show money but thats about it.

If you don't get paid for it then you're not a producer thats all I'm saying.

You got dudes out here who make beats on their little maschine/mpc or whatever then they feel like their a real producer.
You're right you have to start somewhere and really work at your skill I can respect that but if you're not networking at
industry parties, events, building contacts and getting paid for it you just another beatmaker in your mamas basement.

Again, there is more to the music game than rappers rapping over your beats. It is possible to sit in yo mamas basement and not only make music but also make money by doing it. Industry parties and events aren't necessary at all. You're speaking based off of limited knowledge of the game and solely from a rap perspective.

No, there is a difference. Producers are like directors. Directors do not necessarily write the screenplays and a producer doesn't necessarily compose music. Rock producers rarely write or compose anything but they have a vision on how the music should come out. Example: Rick Rubin's work with the Dixie Chicks and Linkin Park.

Most people do not know that there is a difference in being a lyricist and being a songwriter. Most people I came across and label themselves songwriters but cannot play the keyboard or guitar. They're just lyricists. How else do you know what chord aligns with a lyric, the scale the song should be sung in, etc? A songwriter gives a song to producer who juices it up and make it ready for consumption.

So, Just Blaze is right but he isn't someone I look up to in producing. Babyface is the epitome.

You're saying that a director is a director, screenplay writer is a screenplay writer yet your are saying a producer isn't a producer. If I sell an artist a beat and his mans tell him how to spit on the track, do his adlibs and whatnot, does his mans get the production credit or do I? At the end of the day that'what it all comes down to. If you and others want to create extra responsibility or the producer then go right ahead but it all comes down to who did the beat.

Blaze can get this argument off because people are willing to listen to him due to his track record and he's from an era where nine times out of ten artist worked hand and hand with the producer. Like I said before and even Just and Mannie Fresh have also stated in the past, not every artist wants input from the producer. So if I get a track from Just and due to creative difference, chemistry, whatever we can't work together on it, does that mean he's just a beatmaker? Because Just said that when him and Em first worked together, Em wasn't trying to hear him and got offended that he even said anything to him.

 

[Yagirlcheatinonus]

ATL is centered around the Strip Club and Turn Up culture vs LA is much more diverse with different avenues to submit music.

ATL popping right now though. So much comes from out of the A and its always a party going on there. But I understand if that's not your style

 

[Young/Nacho\Drawz]

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[CodeBlaMeVi]

Some advice I got from my one on one at last years I Create Music Expo is sharpen my mixing of my music. It is true. A lot of people music sound crazy and not cohesive. Understanding panning, frequency of different sounds, etcetera.

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

ATL popping right now though. So much comes from out of the A and its always a party going on there. But I understand if that's not your style

I want to make music for visual arts eventually.

 

[Tha_Mac]

I been making beats since 2000, but i rarely tell people because who doesn't make beats

I only do it for the love and not tryin to be "put on"

I got 4 mixtapes lowkey but again I was just making them for myself. I had some aspirations at first but after the first I realized my connections weren't right so I just made music that I wanted to hear.