How To Drop - 3 POVs DJ Producer Musician

[@Bthelick]

I forgot to clarify , when I say "miss the 1" @17:00 I mean beat 1 not chord 1, its a time thing not a pitch thing hope that makes sense.

[@stephenp2140]

I've always known this technique as "a hard 2" because everything lands on the 2 beat instead of the 1.

[@Bittamin]

@@stephenp2140oh this is great, because I have actually been doing a thing where 1/2 bars before the drop find a spot to insert a silent moment, usually followed by a really tiny fill before bringing everything back in

[@willygetssilly]

Best production teacher on KZbin ❤

[@YGAnthony]

You are an amazing musician and a fantastic teacher. I’ve been trying to figure out everything on my own up to this point and have been getting better but you’ve opened my mind up to so many things from watching your videos. I’ve learned a lot and I owe any success to you. Keep doing you, I’ll be watching ❤

[@Bthelick]

Very kind of you thank you 🙏🙌❤️

[@joohad]

BEST TEACHER EVER!!!!!!!!1

[@stekra-youtube]

I am currently working my way through your content. Fantastic stuff. You are such a good teacher with your on point short explanations. Also like your voice and humor. Keep going on and I am eager for more of your videos to come ❤

[@Brett19696]

Mate, every video i've watched from you is priceless info on banger songs! Loving it, keep it up 🙌

[@eazybreezy6129]

as a dnb listener, that track you made was so good mate, it's already in my head and that's how you know it's a banger love these tutorials, i wish you'd break that song down too including the synths ahahah

[@Bthelick]

Can do , leave it with me 👊

[@ThatYellowCracker]

I'm ngl, I had to bring this up on my phone, from my TV just to comment. I have been KILLING myself trying to learn how to get my transitions right in my beats and this video has helped so damn much. Getting all the different perspectives was really useful and now I have a bunch of ideas to try. Really appreciate the work bro 👏🏽

[@MrAngeloDy]

Wow! In such simple words such important things! Love every of your tutorial!

[@Reg-Edit]

Another amazing tutorial. There are going to be a lot of great producers coming into the scene. Thanks to you 🙏❤️

[@defectiveresistor]

Nice one Ben, this was just the ticket. This should help sort my drops out. 👍

[@blainewalter8933]

Great job as always! I have noticed many of these tricks, but never really had them laid out in such a concise manner. I appreciate you!

[@robertmoog3]

"You know everything, you literally know everything" lol your videos are the best

[@oscarmaxwell713]

hi, any more drum and bass tutorials would be so sick !

[@chumchum5987]

what a great producer! you make it all look so simple. how do you not get lost in it all.

[@Bthelick]

Haha ikr. that's actually the key difference when you transition to professional from hobbyist. you can't take forever to tweak and get 'lost in the sauce', it HAS to go out! so you learn to call it 'done'. Finishing stuff is it's own separate skill to be mastered.

[@OCNmeticadpa]

Interesting point - would you recommend trying to emulate that as a hobbyist?

[@Bthelick]

@@OCNmeticadpa absolutely, there's no downside to being good at finishing stuff! 👊

[@Runneround]

ahhh mate you're a legend! i have produced a number of tunes but i could never quite nail the transition / step up in energy to the point where i'm fully satisfyied. thanks for breaking it down - going straight to the daw with this now x

[@sacrosyncd4202]

That Tomi Vercetti section is a beast mate !!

[@lightburning9693]

Love your tutorials and your tracks.

[@adv8nturenick]

Surely that classic DJ setup should consist of a set of 1200s 😊

[@Bthelick]

Sorry yes it should but then I'd need to screenshot a reverb/delay etc and I'm too lazy

[@adv8nturenick]

@@Bthelick that’s a great mixer though from Pioneer

[@Bthelick]

It certainly is. A modern classic if you will!

[@adv8nturenick]

@@Bthelick i wish id have carried on with CDJs back in the day.

[@lightburning9693]

I do not get into DNB that much but this tracj was fire. made me wanna get back into digging into it.

[@ev6910]

I absolutely love your videos and as soon as I get my shit together I am going to sit down and study all of this.

[@killakillabarchbarch]

I cant really believe that I had your tutorials waiting for so long in "watch later" playlist. As a beginner I find your tutorials super helpful and educating. Thank you for your effort and knowledge! I am super grateful❤

[@Bthelick]

You're very welcome 🙏 Enjoy the journey! and feel free to ask any questions 👊

[@rollclubmusic]

straight up groovin 💃

[@davidc9098]

Thank you so much for all the knowledge you deliver, your channel is like a university of electronic music and production, keep it up!! 🙏🏾✨

[@ITST-CHO]

this is gold

[@pavelkrylov441]

I just wanted to say - what a great man! thank you a lot!

[@rabmccudden683]

Another great video sir. Keep them coming 😎

[@styzr]

That M1 sound!

[@Bthelick]

It's a free sample btw! (Check out my "release ready piano House sound" video)

[@davidhanley9414]

Jeuss what a chanel man, well done. Would love to see how you process your pianos for piano house

[@Bthelick]

Thanks. I made a Piano process is Here; kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmKXeIyVftpnsLMsi=gKKRoWcdbD7hh8sl I also did a live video piano house from scratch

[@CurtScendo]

another great video

[@WeFightBalloons]

First video I’ve seen from you and this is unreal. The last tune is a banger 🔥

[@samfooz]

Wooof 😮‍💨 that piano track and its drop is 🔥🔥 af. Amazing work [12:35]

[@dex7378]

buddy just so you know, you don't have to ask us to subscribe we're all gonna do it anyways - great video as always

[@ThePhantomJack]

Another video, another gem 💎

[@azizmeziane8456]

Man you are the best 👌🏻👌🏻

[@martygallen]

Another great video. Great tips. Thanks

[@Bthelick]

Thanks Marty

[@made2music]

Great tutorial, thank you

[@davidmcgirr]

Delightful

[@JoseGraphicDesigns]

Thank you very much for your work. Your tutorials are helping me so much. Keep up the good work!

[@Bthelick]

Glad I can help J, thanks for the encouragement!

[@arneanders6306]

Great content 🎉

[@reiz9366]

Thank you so much for your help!! I’ve learned so much from your videos, it’s really helped me get more creative! 🙏🏼

[@JonValtandtheEvilRobots]

This guy is brilliant. Personally I’d love it if it was like 20 BPM slower, more like his original sample. Any references? I don’t know much about dance music.

[@Bthelick]

Which part are you referring to?

[@JonValtandtheEvilRobots]

@@Bthelick 1:55 :) Great videos!

[@Bthelick]

Ah right I'll have to dig it's a long time ago

[@JonValtandtheEvilRobots]

@@Bthelickoh don’t go through a bunch of trouble man! I was just asking if there were key words or band names I could look up!! But I’d love to hear yours too!

[@Bthelick]

​@@JonValtandtheEvilRobotsfound it. We released it under the name "estrn bass" kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIfPmXqGqseGoKssi=gwjb4B5Hh05EsF-W

[@ChristopherMeechan]

please tell me you released the drum and bass track! unreal 😮

[@Bthelick]

It's in the queue yeah!

[@d_lala]

18:20 " withdrawal symptoms " you are hilarious !!! thanks again for this " starve n deliver " masterclass!

[@gbigbo_zjebeezjeboo]

Great video again ! However I cant seem to add it to a playlist ?

[@Bthelick]

Really? How odd. Is it just this video ?

[@MrBrenos]

These are great videos mate. I love the miss the one trick, I call it “haha gotch ya”

[@SukieOOO]

One of the best drops i ever heard was Evian Christ 'Fuck It None Of Ya'll Don't Rap '

[@jamiecorke3195]

Great video thanks 👍

[@Bthelick]

Thanks Jamie 🙌👊🙏

[@gabrielconnell1642]

Hey man, I’ve been trying to start making garage music and your videos are amazing. The example songs you use are unbelievable too. By any chance are any of these on Spotify and what are the names of them pleaaaase. Thank you

[@Bthelick]

Thank you! Was there a garage track in this vid I can't remember?! 🤣

[@gabrielconnell1642]

There was a south asian trap project, a dnb song and then a piano house track, which are all amazing

[@Bthelick]

oh sorry you mean in general I thought you meant the garage track sounded great haha! Yes they should all be out , I try to release 3 ideas a week the piano house went out as "lift me up" open.spotify.com/track/03s3tTW6P3i7VPXxyalTUu?si=798a669a8b2b466c DnB track: open.spotify.com/track/2xIc8sXaEGE6pIZCXNq0B0?si=62bbc3d6bfbd41d7 I can't remember what the remix was called but the trap was this: open.spotify.com/track/7AuuIpiUxJZHtwDSfVoO1V?si=6bb2d0e698d54972

[@dj_levavi]

I want to buy a full production course from you (please make it Tech House)

[@Martinknn]

Instead of liking this twice, I decided to comment!

[@Bthelick]

thanks for the support 🙏👊

[@atibakojo3478]

I really like what your doing your sense of fun and knowledge is nice. A slightly irrelevant attitude. Please never say"and now without further Ado" lol Seeing a lot of Ableton with these EDM tutorials. Nice stuff. Your deep dive into the music is very inlighting.

[@charleskema2009]

This is awesome stuff, is there a video you made about getting the right bass sound. I feel like thats the struggle I am having, like I want a thicc bass, thicc with two c's.

[@Bthelick]

My last vid goes into bass sound design , and the next will look at processing.

[@seanin894]

Mate is there any way I can find the track ID from the DJ drop part? Banger

[@Bthelick]

I don't think I've released it yet

[@petecatt]

RELEASE THE CHORDS! 🦇🐍🐉

[@rebirthtreatmentcenter]

Can we hang out? I have so much I want to do but can’t be bothered to get the sequencer (any DAW) to do it. Seriously great videos. Just found your Chanel and immediately subscribed. Great work.

[@Bthelick]

you don't have to own a daw, or anything. What your expressing the desire to do here is actually the original definition of a producer. Producers don't program, mix, or play they guide musicians and engineers into a cohesive idea. Get yourself a musician and engineer team together and start producing your ideas!

[@infallibl]

That track is hard by the way.. haha

[@TaylorFox-h6e]

Do you offer any sort of coaching sessions? I'd love to pay to be able to get access to you in real time -- these videos are incredible of course, and I think you could charge top dollar for some tutelage.

[@Bthelick]

Aww thanks I get asked all the time. But sorry I just don't have time, making the music and then the videos is all my time right now and personal tutoring would have to kill one of those 😩 Let me know what you're struggling with let's see if we can make it into a video so everyone can learn instead of just 1 👊🙏

[@johnnyweissmuller5838]

I wonder at what point it changed from ”the break” to ”the drop”

[@steviejazzygee]

Bloody edm

[@leandroTavioCabrera]

Can we get this as a rack? To download

[@Bthelick]

Which bit?

[@alecr.28]

@@Bthelick please please please that first track in the DJ POV

[@Bthelick]

@@alecr.28 track or rack??

[@alecr.28]

@@Bthelick lol, I read that first comment as track, I didn't realize it said rack. What I had meant was that I would love a full release of that first track. I would love to put it in a set. (DJ/Prod)

[@viviennepetrakis3825]

Oh, boy... Yer voice sounds like Mr. Carl Cox's... !? 😂 Interesting works, althow not easy (for me) to understand.

[@Bthelick]

haha maybe! We are both from similar areas of England so that would make sense. Let me know what you're struggling with let's see if I can help. I'm still getting used to making videos I don't always do the best job of explaining what I want to communicate!

[@the_JTowny]

You know, Carl is a lovely bloke. He used to put up with me waffling at him, when he played angels in Burnley, in the 90s. He used to hang out a bit in the club before his set, me being a heavily under the influence, amateur producer, used to bend his ear with my semi coherent, endless questions. He was always very nice, not up himself, had time for my nonsense.

[@thameddler]

Toyota Money

[@Bthelick]

Thanks for contributing to the algorithm but I must admit I don't understand the comment!

[@thameddler]

@@Bthelick apologies mate, it’s what I’m hearing in the first example here! When you shorten the loop on the vocal. In the old days people would have been in the record shop asking for the Toyota money tune! Just bought you a coffee btw. Awesome content 👍 Eddie.

[@Bthelick]

@@thameddler ooooh the track! Gotcha 🤣

[@thameddler]

@@Bthelick play your video from the 4.00 minute mark… Toyota Money!

[@Bthelick]

Hehe! 🤣 Here's my fave example of that kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIKXlGhqp6h9lc0si=vN7MTR9EFU9bziFl

[@anthonymanzalji]

I was really hoping the classic dj set up would be Turntables but I guess I'm just an old fart.

[@AutPen38]

Back when the best/only DJ effect was a quick cross-fade to another record for half a bar, or a rapid push of the transform/mute button for a stutter effect. Back in the day we didn't even have EQ on the mixer, let alone Kaoss pads and all that. Then again, we were too busy cuing up the next track and getting it to beatmatch. I think modern DJs have more time for trickery now that the basics of tempo, track selection, and cueing are automated.

[@bestdisco1979]

The problem with all of this is it’s all very calculated. What happened to song and groove . It’s all getting predictable.

[@Bthelick]

Well that's the challenge of education in general isn't it. Some of the best songs we have were just made with 'press and guess' as I call it, no actual calculation just luck and vibe. The problem is when we have to study that to find out why it works we have to compartmentalize and quantify aspects in order to communicate the concepts, which I agree ends up all sounding rather scientific. But I wouldn't be a good teacher if I just told everyone to go "press and guess" it'll work out fine!