Starting With Your Drums is a Cheat Code

[@dantepatel]

The real benefit of starting with drums is you get to determine your bpm, Metro even said this in the video. Like what I do (and what Metro does also) is I drop 16 hihats and then start scrolling through the bpms until I find one that I like. I'll even close my eyes during this. The bpm is the backbone of the beat, and people underestimate this. You can be feeling one bpm one day, and a different one another day. It influences how your beats turn out an incredible amount.

[@jamiecchhh]

dude ur a game changer

[@felip3436]

facts

[@planetebeautecali4485]

If BPM is your argument then your argument is weak..

[@dantepatel]

@@planetebeautecali4485 in what way?

[@BNSL-mc5hi]

the reason why starting with the drums is better is because it not only let's you determine the bpm early but gives you an idea of the rhythm. Even if you don't start with the drums, you must always have a beat pattern or rhythm in mind

[@kuvf9816]

Exactly

[@saturdaynighto74261]

You can get a bpm just as easily from a record sample... oh that's right none of you actually find samples anymore except from the internet.

[@BNSL-mc5hi]

@@saturdaynighto74261 what are you on about?

[@planetebeautecali4485]

Starting with drums limits you cause the drums just like chords determines the genre and direction of the song but unlike chords once you start with a certain drum pattern you have to commit to that style everything has to respond to it..

[@planetebeautecali4485]

​@@kuvf9816Drums limits you it almost forces you to stick to a certain rhythm when you add guitars and chords..

[@ShadeakaShady]

ive been doing it with drums first for years. i felt it really helped me when creating beats. it keeps me organized and on point almost the same way a metronome would during production,

[@mobbossgambino]

Heard this, and instantly applied it to my mixes. Never looked back. I'm good off production, sometimes I start beat first and sometimes melodies. But when I mix, it's essential to start off with the best, otherwise it won't hit.

[@brave7033]

I used to always start with the drums as a beginner .then I switched to the melody Then I realized my beats are 10 times hotter when I start with the drums! To each his own I guess... Just find your own sweet spot listen to your self and make music that YOU feel . Shout out from France one love ❤

[@AcidSh33tz]

ive been producing for 12 years and ive never started a beat with drums until yesterday. I really liked the way that beat came out so ima keep trying this method.

[@jacksondeyette5790]

appreciate you showing the melody ideas that didn't work, most yt producers wouldn't dare haha

[@planetebeautecali4485]

Starting with drums almost limits you it determines the direction and style but starting with chords you can easily switch things up, you need to get the vibe before anything else and drums doesn't really give you the vibes cause drum patterns in many genres are the same what makes tracks unique is the chords and melody get those two right and everything just flows like a river. The drum pattern you'll make when starting with chords or melodies is very different from what you'd make when starting with drums cause when you play those first chords or melodies you immediately start picturing everything drum patterns don't give you the mood especially if you're doing rock or trap, genres that reuse same old patterns and rhythms.

[@BenjaminBackwoods-mq2sg]

7:31 bro started to make the Harry Potter theme song lol

[@BeatsbyTej]

😂😂

[@PRODBYZART777]

So true

[@randylahey2660]

I heard it too lol u beat me to the comment

[@cripz1436]

I love that method and it works quite well.

[@KM-px8cs]

Thanks for making this video, I enjoyed watching the process. I'm a drummer and I find that in real life I often end up making a drum beat to an existing melody or song, so when I make beats I find myself doing the same thing. I'll find some vox and melodies I like the sound of, lay them out and throw some transitions in or rhythmic stuff with the timing - then I use pads to put the beat over it. I don't FL I prefer pads over a keyboard and mouse, especially because I keep tempo naturally instead of using quantize or just guessing by using the grid layout.

[@boomboombaby9140]

I always start with my drums first because if I start with the melody it sounds like R&B sometimes K-pop 😅

[@jemdaproducerbeats69]

it's the opposite for me. my melodies be sounding like trap 😂

[@cherystudio.official]

That happened to me

[@narokalims]

Crazy how I prefer starting with the melody. My boss once told me to start with them drums but it is what it is 😂

[@nskeip]

Agree. I feel like Hip-Hop and some genres of EDM are rhythm-based. So it's a pretty natural to start from drums. Chord progression is developed with respect to drum rhythm. Melody and counter-melody are such parts of composition that has no "obligations" for any other parts (can even step out the scale and play with chromatic moves) - so they needs just slight connection with rhythm part. Still there are times that you just can't start with drums, because you got some melody in your head)

[@BeatsbyTej]

Very well put

[@luhjaco1]

Bro u make ts look so easy

[@perfectimage1768]

Great tutorial 🔥🔥🔥 Thank you Tej 🎉

[@12yards.]

CERTIFIED COOK in the making

[@mermer4L96]

Bro you cooked that beat so fast 💨

[@TheRobinCox]

I do bass and kick first cause they are my foundation that nothing else will be allowed to interfere with... not even the rest of the drums.

[@LIE4ME]

That 💩🔥🥷🏼! This my first look at your videos. 👍🏽&🥖 on full auto!

[@memniybratok]

Do you hate video ?

[@NotoriousBaxIsOnline]

@@memniybratok “That shit fire nigga! This my first look at your videos. Like and (I don’t know) on full auto!”

[@emgodas]

I just do whatever comes to my mind when i listen a instrument or one shot

[@dagr8s815]

fire bro you you should do another music theory video I learned a lot from that last one

[@LoopLegend]

Crazy 🔥🔥🔥🫡

[@BeatsbyTej]

Preciate ya bro 💯💯

[@Midwest_Jimmy]

Bia bia lil Jon vibes frfr.. drums

[@kaiirosarchive]

Ewwww this is crazzzzyyyy♾️

[@read85Soldierebook]

Yea I'm still melody first at best I might do a high hat. If I start with drums I end up changing them anyway.

[@JawnnyC]

this dude is good hes fast af

[@Djjake999]

I made a EDM type beat on garage band just for fun it actually came out really good, I tried making a rap beat on GarageBand but it’s a lot harder for some reason

[@carolinaboyent7959]

Hard

[@arkhorus9540]

Yea yea, hard man

[@bobyblaccc30]

That's jammin bro 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@clayytz]

Bruh how you moving so fast!! Fire beat fr

[@LiminalStvte]

i always startrr with bass and drums, and then make the chords according to a mood, sus 2, alternate roots

[@jeff.totheworld]

GOAT 🐐

[@TLM_uk]

Thanks for help bro I’m house producer but loved this

[@whatusername9189]

Depends… if I’m flipping a sample on hardware drums first off top. My own chords then hi hats first cause I don’t care for metronome then chords

[@SufferahsmusicHD]

Not for me i start with chords first for the feeling…then bass then melodies and harmony instruments …i add the drums last

[@real_lugga]

0:43 how did you edit the envelope so quickly? edit: found another comment asking the same thing (alt + scroll)

[@glennusher4160]

This is how i always did my tracks..

[@dezkage]

I don’t have the refresh/redo button or any of those ones in the top right anymore? 🧐

[@wiseknowin777]

i don't even like Trap beats, but this was dope bro

[@diamondbeats2024]

U make it look easy

[@boomboombaby9140]

It is

[@addycharmxo6505]

@@boomboombaby9140ong

[@Spl870-w4k]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@dootwoot]

Ohhh big cheat code 😂😂

[@devanchiiilds]

Yeah

[@TeddyGirum]

great tutor ever u the great tej

[@secrethymns1022]

I always add drums first. No brainer

[@JoKeR808]

0:43 How did you do that?

[@BeatsbyTej]

Alt + Scroll

[@PXPTV32]

i just made drums in 5 mins at my friend's house because he didn't believe I made the beats😂

[@jimmywilliam170]

That's a good plan but not all time, this technique is good for trap styles and where we have hard hitting drums

[@fillstern]

I‘m so glad i‘m using logic pro 😅

[@Suffer808]

Someone tell me how to get the oscilloscope to do that movement instead of the basic two

[@BeatsbyTej]

I think you left click on it

[@Suffer808]

@@BeatsbyTej I've tried that not it

[@Musiclover6404]

How do I make a 808 like that in Ableton

[@SurprisedSynth88]

Ppl act like this is new....if you've memorized drum patterns and a good amount of music theory its easy af to start with drums

[@ostricheggs6754]

Should have as many Subscribers as BusyWorks

[@shawtakalilhustleman4864]

Don't do that bra busy a goat

[@beatsbytaj663]

Hell have more then busy real soon

[@DavidKingonYT]

His subs are fake that’s why he gets 230 views in 2 days with 1 million subs. He bought subs

[@shawtakalilhustleman4864]

@DavidKingonYT naw bro busy been doing this do ur home work, people grew up to busy from 15 probably damn near in they 30s hard work pay off, Subs come & GO...... crazy talk learnt a lot from OG u can't speak like that

[@OHR_R]

Do you use soft clipper and fruity limiter on the master?

[@BeatsbyTej]

I use soft clipper and Maximus. The full chain is EQ-Soft clipper-compressor-Maximus

[@OHR_R]

@@BeatsbyTej ty for your response!

[@Sxjan-m5g]

When u were doing the hihat placing wha grid size u using?

[@BeatsbyTej]

For the basic placement Line setting. For the rolls 1/3 step

[@mikekeyz9931]

“If your only tool is a hammer, you’ll look at every problem as a nail” … IMO learn to focus on whats more important per song you are doing. Sometimes ill do beat first if thats the focus, or melody first , etc. especially if u do different genres of music

[@REY_THE_RAPPER]

Im doing music for over 4 years and Im starting with drums. By the way, are you hungarian? bc in hungary tej means milk

[@BeatsbyTej]

I’m Punjabi. that’s pretty funny tho 😂

[@saturdaynighto74261]

Joey jordison said he never starts with the drums.

[@prod.krybaby]

All me @10:40

[@televy358]

Whenever I start with drums I can never find/make a melody that fits

[@SamAyeni18]

I used to have that issue too… but you gotta tweak the drums while making the melody

[@SOLUTION_PROVIDER]

Can you give plugs please

[@majorrwerkcartel]

Who starts a beat with a melody??? 🧐

[@vivek10052]

Bro are you punjabi?

[@BeatsbyTej]

Yes

[@vivek10052]

@@BeatsbyTej take love from 🇮🇳❤️you r doing great 🔥

[@slimmwhot6583]

where's kick buddy, i'm just starting. sometimes kick nahui?

[@renhooda]

i buy beat 250$?

[@BeatsbyTej]

Drop your ig or email and I’ll reach out

[@dareal8n]

Why didn’t he use a kick????

[@BeatsbyTej]

Didn’t feel like it

[@asdfghjklihiyr79r97]

that video of metros is trash he aint shi anymore wo other prods

[@bl4cklightstudio186]

tell that to his plaques and bank account. lets hear your beats

[@kenroymusic]

And here I am thinking that's the only way to start making a beat I've been starting beats this way for over 15year your idle is a baby in this

[@thinkink972]

jupp defently a misstake

[@LukeIcardMusic]

Rapper name idea- lil high hat

[@jacksonklein4511]

I was in drumline for 4 years and played snare so coming from some experience, your 808 pattern is NOT a triplet. Its called a dotted quarter note. Fire beat but like cmon

[@jacksonklein4511]

Or look up a 4/3 time signature pattern. Call it percussion music theory (yes that exists)

[@BeatsbyTej]

My bad bro. I have some background in playing instruments and reading sheet music so I understand what you’re saying. But I have to convey what I’m saying to folks who may not have that background, so I use simpler terms. I just so happened to call it something that has a different meaning

[@bl4cklightstudio186]

how can you take this video as a personal attack? just enjoy the beat. my God

[@djmaskqq]

слабо

[@embe9435]

Starting with the drums isn’t a cheat code, it’s literally how every song is made… if you’re a band the engineer records the drum track and builds off of that, unless they are recording as a live band. In hip hop or pop music you record the drum parts and lay on top.

[@lordez5110]

nothing authentic really , just sounds like you wanted to make a metro boomin beat

[@JGramWilliamChicago]

the beat is good the clicking method is not it, get a midi board

[@johnwatkins1944]

The clicking method ain't it for YOU! You can't tell people how to make beats tho.. I've been cooking for 2 decades haven't gotten all my placements for Clicking. At the end of the day, nobody cares how you make the beat, as long as it sounds good

[@nuh-uhbro765]

@@johnwatkins1944It’s also funny to me they’re so against clicking and then recommended a keyboard instead of a drum pad. If they’re going to be a purest at least do it right lol.

[@bl4cklightstudio186]

why does it matter? the beat is dope. people complain about something that LITERALLY has NOTHING to do with them

[@olivegr333n]

Weirdo comment

[@justinknapp6183]

No one cares

[@smartwerker]

This is basic knowledge.

[@prototype8137]

False. Inspiration can spark from anything. Limiting yourself to drums as a rule of thumb to start all beats is foolish.

[@magyarbzs]

What is this 808 do you use man?so hard🤩🫡

[@olivegr333n]

Spinz 808

[@dreamsans62]

The fact u made video about starting beats with drums like its something that wad never done before is dumb, I know plenty of producer who start with the beat, it's the backbone, I always do it first

[@beatsbytaj663]

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