I'm done making beats in 4/4

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

The 7 8 gives almost natural live groove to the drums, sounds fresh probably because it's not something I hear or do alot.

[@gehteuchnichtsan7911]

I love the groove of 7/8. I think it feels speedier because it always skips one 8th.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

@@gehteuchnichtsan7911 I might of actually done this more then I thought, listening back to some of My stuff is definitely not 4 4. I dont really think about it I just do anything I feel like. I dont think about the chords I'm using either I just play randomly while recording and then listen back for anything that sounds good and can be expanded on. This is exactly what Elton John said He does.

[@marceloribeirosimoes8959]

Yeah! It's a mix of 4/4 and 3/4 (waltz, like), so, sounds familiar...

[@DuffyMoo-cu5tv]

My production is hard enough at 4/4 But at least this was inspirational.

[@vaukest5888]

To me, when a beat is in 4/4, it just feels like every bar is a sentence. With odd time signatures, it definitely feels like one long stream of "talking", as opposed to a period every 4 beats.

[@sassafrassanid5718]

Try this again, but this time think about breaking up 7 into smaller parts; my favorite is 2 - 2 - 3. It will be easier to follow when you have the rhythm in your mind to begin with. Great idea to break out of what you know, it turned out great!

[@mattwildemusic]

Cool idea, thanks!!

[@natemickens88]

Yes .. I would agree

[@Fred_pimpstone-II]

Love 7/8, swings great, some of my favorite breakcore/jungle tracks are almost exclusively in 7/8. artists: Venetian snares, acrnym to name a couple, use 7/8 frequently.

[@BrennanYoung]

your tips are appreciated

[@sola_is_chilling]

78 likes, nice.

[@not-angelo-404]

@@sola_is_chilling someone ruined it 🤕

[@austinlambdin]

Anything not 4/4 hurts my brain. Or at least when I’m producing it, that is. I was just making a song with my church band and one of the artists made a song with partial 4/4 to 2/4 and the chorus bleeds into the verse (and vice versa). I am all self taught and everything I understand is 4/4. It’s forcing me to grow. I got recommended your video in the perfect ‘timing’ 😂 great video

[@mattwildemusic]

Haha! Thanks for watching ☺️🙏🏼

[@maurtislonel8306]

I'm sure 3/4 won't hurt your brain. Alot of songs are in 3/4 and it's very easy to catch on when producing it. It's basically 6 counts with the snare on the 4.

[@travisthornton1792]

I love playing 5/4 on the guitar and beats in 5/4 are fun too… here’s me on the Drumbrute Impact the day after we got it kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpjGYZuZeNepiLMsi=Ne3k7gUOezQZf2Ku

[@penguindrum264]

A decent amount of CCM amd hymns has a random 2/4 bar.

[@TimothyBornAgain]

God timing brother

[@the_dima_x]

just wanna say that your filming skills are also inspiring as like as your music.

[@raidkyu]

We on the Balkans call that a regular day. 😁 7/8 , 9/8 , 11/8 ...all folklore.

[@mattwildemusic]

Love that ☺️

[@raidkyu]

No doubt...once you get used to it, it's more than groovin. Btw, here is a 7/8 that i played...drums,Prophet...Rhodes. Have a listen if you have a minute. Track starts on 20:20 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmrOoZ2fZp6dY6csi=AhYx3OORieHT08jz

[@ax_madwick]

7/8 is usually counted in "groups" of eighth notes. 1-2-3 / 1-2 / 1-2 is very common (here's an example of a "beat" I made that switches time signatures, but starts in 7/8 counted 1-2-3 / 1-2 / 1-2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIbNhWVslNSYiKs) I would consider counting 7 quarter notes as 7/4.

[@ozancansimsek3418]

These are local ryhtms in Turkish music and being used for ages :) Gives you lots of opportunities to go around and explore. Good Content Matt congrats

[@armchairfm]

Hi! Do you have any good examples of Turkish music?

[@efeisldar7499]

​@@armchairfm hey, another turkish guy here. you can check "Moğollar - 7/8 9/8 (1975)" which is a song that alternates between 7/8 and 9/8, that's a really well-known track which is used in most of the turkish movies in 70's. in case of 9/8 rythm, there are so many examples in turkish folk music because of it's danceability i guess. a great cover of the anonymous folk song "Mavi Işıklar - Çayır Çimen Geze Geze (1966)" can be a good example for it. you can look to the Anatolian Rock Revival Rroject youtube channel for deep dive. hope you like them!

[@ChristophaB]

You are putting language to how I think and how I produce...love it. Thanks for doing this. Yeah...this is 🔥

[@mattwildemusic]

Appreciate that man, thanks for watching too 🙏🏼

[@reeceakana1322]

This is amazing. Honestly I was getting tired of making music these days since all my beats end up sounding the same, but I realized that I can spice things up by changing time signature or even tempo in the middle of a track. It's like I'm learning to make music all over again and it feels great!

[@HugoCoolDude]

A neat thing to keep in my kind to make rhythms sound natural is to realize that at it core all rhythms consists of 1-2, and/or 1-2-3. So 4/4 has two 1-2, 3/4 has one 1-2-3, while 6/8 either has three 1-2’s or two 1-2-3 (mostly the last one is very popular). So, 7/8 has two 1-2, and one 1-2-3. The reason you struggled while playing along, and the reason the song doesn’t sound that natural, is because you cut up a 4/4 beat, basically making it into a 1-2 and a 1, without the 2 basically. And that kinda sounds weird. If you would finger drum your own beat, you would do a natural 1-2-3 at everything would click because you expect the next beat to come. But now, it feels like the natural cadence is kind of cut off and you have to compensate with the other elements and a lot of repetition. The piano for example, doesn’t have this 1-2-3 feel that clicks to the end, marking your downbeat with a little swing beat. Basically I’d recommend you listen to some Balkan/gypsy music, there is a lot of very natural/danceable party beats; but under the hood they feature these interesting time signatures.

[@TheGrreatDane]

I made beats for a solid 10 years and I sometimes miss it. The business killed my enthusiasm almost completely when I was starting to work with bigger artist. I made many mistakes along the way but this makes me want to compose again. Thanks for sharing.

[@jaybeetdown]

@2:16 "Twee Do Kah Daaah" 🎶 🎵

[@BIGREDSETHJONES]

You should something in 11 next cause that’s one of my favorite time signatures 😎🤘❤️💙

[@jordirubii]

7:46 that reminds me of I thought you wanted to dance by Tyler (4'46) hahaha

[@DanJohnson]

Nice work! I always look for a break point in odd signatures - for 7/8 I always think it as 4+3 which makes it easier for me to find a groove

[@clarkingtonatortron]

Im a DCI (drum corps) nerd. My home corps Phantom Regiment had a 7/4 drumline feature in their show this year. The drum major conducted it as a measure of 4 + a measure of 3 alternating.

[@eddieleonard6925]

very cool and inspiring. great vibes.

[@mattwildemusic]

Thank you 😊

[@paxson2000]

I love 7/8 as well. I have a super simple drum machine (volca beats) that has a nice “last step” function that lets you easily create odd meter time signatures. It’s so fun to discover grooves in irregular time signatures. I love syncopating rhythms right before the 1 to funk things up even further. I have some lofi vids on my page! A number of them are in 7/8!

[@JuroJanik]

Love it when beatmakers are actual musicians too! Thats how it should always be imho...

[@McEnroe911]

The algorythm showed me this video and im glad it did. Love your musicality. Subbed and looking forward to the next.

[@colombojazzbeats]

You're a great inspiration Matt, thanks for giving us an insight in your production process!

[@GODBLESS43478]

Bro i swear i love these sweat humble chords ✊ ☮️

[@lucassmusicofficial]

I love the non-traditional approach! Not immediately going for a 2+2+3, or 3+2+2 or 2+3+2 feel (I'm classically trained, so I live and breathe these non 4/4 time signatures), is really inspiring! It helped me push out of my box of always trying to follow my in instincts, when it comes to harmonic related time progressions, and placing a chord on one of those larger beats, with the drums instead of just the drums to help the listener follow along was quite refreshing! Thank you for sharing your time and talent! Much bravo!

[@mattwildemusic]

Appreciate that thank you 👊🏼

[@Just-Sam]

sounds like a chilled out version of whatever DOMi & JD BECK will play

[@soma4354]

Exactly my thoughts, yes!

[@samuelhallsweden]

Nice to hear neo soul in 7/8! 👍I think the reason this sounds a bit stiff and limping, at least at first, is because your drums divides the bar in 4 + 3, but but your main rhodes/piano rythm divides it in 3 + 4, so there's a bit fighting going on on where to divide it. Maybe it would help to cut the drums to have the 3 beat part first. Or maybe you did try that off cam already.

[@beatbuildersstudio]

Nice way to experiment and do something new. The beat came out nice. The video gives me inspiration to try different time sigs.

[@jasondrew6157]

Sounds great. There were some nice little of nuggets of wisdom dropped in there too. Keep it up bro.

[@thekidthatshoots]

That piano sounds amazing ❤

[@jakestewartmusic]

The key is to sit and just listen to your groove until it's internalized. Beatbox along and try accenting different beats and playing with syncopation to feel out the possibilities. Do this before you ever play a note. Just a tip from a guy who loves writing in odd time and has had bands with literally dozens of time signature changes in a single song.

[@mattwildemusic]

Haha great tip, thanks 🙏🏼 by the end of the session I was way more comfortable. Also been transcribing Robert Glasper’s version of Beatrice which is in 7/8. Always learning ☺️

[@unofficialbobcat]

This is so cool. Super chill, relaxed, and fun. Keep it up bro ❤

[@mattwildemusic]

Thanks for watching!! ☺️

[@aangtonio5570]

Love the 7/8, mainly because of turkish art and folk music. 9/8 is another good one! That said, for newcomers, 3/4 may be more familiar to play and listen to. It's not as radical as 7/8, but not as overused as 4/4.

[@selliantuttimusi6735]

Sounds amazing man! Love your musicality and sound selection skills

[@mattwildemusic]

Thanks! ☺️🙏🏼

[@lokologico]

it helps to split the beat rather than counting it all. For example 7/8 is much easier to follow counting 4 and then 3...so 1,2,3,4-1,2,3,...or 1,2,3,-1,2,3,4....and chord, melody based on these split patterns. Can even go 1,2-1,2,3-1,2.... fun times...

[@gamivibes]

Came out fire !

[@mattwildemusic]

Thank you bro! Enjoying your videos too 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@EdTalenti]

Awesome video!

[@mattwildemusic]

Thank you Ed! 🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@RFM__]

7:56 don't worry, man, i do that too sometimes, it really helps !

[@s1lkmusic]

Wooahh, u did a great job, im literally unable to jam to a 7/8 time signature on my bass guitar, it hurts my brain, and i dont have a bass guitar

[@betahost8817]

Finish It!!😉 Beautiful bars Matt - love your vulnerable and adventurous spirit in this vid. Thanks for sharing - it is super refreshing to see the subtleties in a similar workflow. We have a couple of "odd" meters in the "maybe" folder and cant wait to polish something off with the right touch. You've got it already. 🎄❤‍🔥

[@slashwilliams888]

camera on the piano is so well set .. i been fucking w diff sig for a sec and its just funny to me honestly I love it

[@LuanBermudez]

"i like to do it as I was just singing" please, SING !!!! super content, thanks for the help!!!

[@jameson3793]

It's about damn time

[@NeonGhostHobo]

As a drummer, 7/8 is my favourite, and for whatever reason most natural (to me), groove! Happy to witness you finding the JUICE. ;D Also awesome content, thank the algorithm gods for leading me here. ❤

[@priyanshupriyadarshi12]

While side-chaining an instrument to a kick in a drumloop you can use compressors like pro-c and many other and allow compression just from a specific frequency range This would be helpful if you wanna keep the original kick sound from the loop and works almost similarly if you dial the right settings

[@MushroomSoT]

As far as sidechaining from a sample goes, create a new audio fx rack on your drum loop, create a new chain in that rack, add a lowpass so you're isolating the kick frequencies, add saturation, add a gate, and turn that chain all the way down. Now when you go to sidechain, just use the new fx chain you made. That's how I've always done it. Or if you're feeling spicy, you can use your own kick and sidechain the drum loop to duck out the loop's kicks.

[@phonetyx]

ive listened to so much stuff in 7/4 and 7/8 that it almost sounds more natural than 4/4 at points, has a very unique tension and release to it that you just cant get get in 4

[@DeadliestEvil]

Its very jazzy which is a cool break away from pop music and hiphop

[@0_qperry_0]

almost a hip hop beat lol, with 4/4 it would sound almost like j dilla, very beautiful piano he played lol

[@alfredoma5015]

that retrograde bass from Teletone is one of the FATTEST sounding bass vst ive ever heard. Love that thing

[@mattwildemusic]

It is! I’m using it on almost everything atm :)

[@RMKTOPPEN]

Such a joy to watch! Love the creativity and playfulness! You go dude!

[@mattwildemusic]

Thanks for watching! ☺️🙏🏼

[@ארנון-ל3ז]

You did it so “correctly”! Really natural

[@mpasistasyalanci]

I love the tension and release feeling of a 7/8 and odd meters overall, if the track is based on a melody and feeling nothing sounds odd and complicated. An easy way to count is in 2's and 3's (12 12 123 or 123 12 12 or 12 123 12 etc) , you make combinations of them and can count 5's 7's 9's 11's etc. After experimenting with other odd meters (cause I love the way it worked on this track), listen to music from Greece, Turkey and Balkan area countries, traditional music from those areas is often at odd time signatures but it is easy to listen , based on a recognizable melody and made for dance etc. I like prog and fusion jazz etc but traditional ''folk'' ethnic music of those areas has a ''pop'' mentality to be enjoyed from masses at their shared good time

[@misterguy9051]

Nowadays, i dont use 4/4. My most recent "Galacidalacidesoxyribonucleicacidalilove" is on a steady 7/4. with stacked 7/8. Female voice is often in 7/16. Theme of "7" is also present in the form of "7 limit just intonation" chords at the end of the tune. Have fun Maestro.!!!

[@GRIEVES206]

this is wonderful! Time saving tip is you can use the eq on the side chain to only detect the kick from the break so you don't need to make a dummy kick. it's not always perfect but with such a clean break like this, i bet it would be solid. Cheers!

[@mattwildemusic]

Yeah!! I’ve seen a few comments like this. Always learning, thanks for the tip 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@sinnnnnnha]

great job bro, soild succint quality video that was . credit where its due!

[@mattwildemusic]

Appreciate that, thank you! 🙌🏼

[@tomekk.1889]

Man's loves his 7th chords

[@MATALOMUSIC]

This was so sick and super inspiring, you've got a sub in me!

[@artonion420]

I write a lot of music in 7/8 but yours is so different, so groovy and wonky, probably because of that skipped beat rather than leaning into the 7/8-groove. It would be cool to hear at least one instrument accent the 7/8 though, like the bass line or a shaker or something. Imagine a Pino bass line accenting the 2+2+3 over this or something like that. Or hand claps accenting 7/4(!), sort of half tempo against this groove. Anyway, really nice work and super inspiring! I’ll do my best to try to make something similar.♥️

[@seanivins]

This is awesome!

[@BombasticCoco]

I like the vibe this video is giving off. Very cozy

[@officialstanza_]

7/8 sounds fantastic 😢. love your musicality!

[@MP-ti6lz]

Just subbed to the channel. Nice vibes man. I can tell you’re well off from the look of that lovely piano 😍

[@mattwildemusic]

Thanks for watching! Yes, I feel very grateful 🙌🏼 However, it all started 15 years ago with a £100 laptop and a pair of semi-broken headphones 😅

[@mahisandrew2325]

If you do that eq stuff with "finding resonance" (or disonance in your case) like this you must be sure that you know how that affect your phase. If you dont want to read about linear phase or phase stuff in general - just dont use agressive cuts like the one you used to "find resonance"

[@MandrakeGuy]

as a time signature nerd i welcome you to the world of wacky time signatures

[@gar_field2]

The composition reminds me of a Nujabes and i love it

[@ur_pilot_4_2day82]

as a relatively new “producer” this was a super cool video to watch and see how your creative process goes when encountering something new :)

[@ThatsABed]

Damn, that was so fun and easy to watch!!! Definitely earned my subscription

[@giddycadet]

i love 7/8 so much

[@lnerqad--5268]

what an amazing jacket

[@toffchunks]

Excellent love-it !!!

[@t0asted611]

I'm so glad the algorithm served me up this vid, your other videos look cool too. You've earned yourself a subscriber

[@TheChameleon2008]

Sweet video bro and love the chill setting and presentation so big thumbs up! I think most 4/4 music sounds so machine like and i always go HAM with the repeater on all my hi hats and kicks and then after im done im cutting it down into a groove.

[@Bilelogist]

Genuinely excellent content. Congratulations. Informative, entertaining and soothing.

[@mattwildemusic]

Thanks man !!

[@banjofunk17]

Very cool 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Blacklotus63]

Great vibes,

[@prestonpillion8921]

This is a crazy jam!!! Very inspiring work man

[@octaneuro]

7/8 is a sick time signature but 5/4 is my favourtie one because it just sounds natural! in a bar of 5/4 - 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + however you can count just *_1_* + 2 *_+_* 3 + *_4_* + *_5_* + (thats the mission impossible rhythm lol) and it sound natural but it has a *vibe* it sounds like it speeds up and slows down on different parts of the bar

[@iamcookbook]

awesome groove!

[@_Jack__Shirley_]

Fire, mate!

[@koudra_]

your room so cozy

[@bowinghearts]

Great stuff man

[@Lucardooo_22]

First time watching one of your vids. Awesome work, very professional but also simple enough to engage a broad audience. Definitely a new sub here. Great inspiration.

[@nemura_production]

Nice groove, love the vibe 🤟

[@natemickens88]

I'm very familiar with 8/8 but 7/8 is a complicated....might needs some triplets or 32nd and 64th notes to balance the measures out for consistancy and flow.

[@natemorton1473]

This is my introduction to your channel and I must say that I love this kind of content! Please keep it up!

[@JonathanHeinze]

Vibe!

[@BLoom_Beats]

i really enjoyed watching your process making this beat. Definitely makes me want to experiment more with my own stuff.

[@MAJORSVNVLOGS]

Sounding real snarky puppyish 🔥! New sub btw! Love the content!

[@mattwildemusic]

Thank you!! Really appreciate it :)

[@ivonsmith2024]

7/8 is my all time favorite; nice that u demo this in modern music composing format - hopefully it catches on...check out John Mclaughlin & Mahavishnu Orchestra from 1973 to today (2023) for odd timings done so well

[@Datsunn]

SUCH a great video!! New Sub here!!

[@Meekismwisdom]

You counting the piano chord progression was so adorable ! Great video .

[@baca.mp3]

this is fire!! love the groove. did a song in 7 years ago (really feels more like a bar of 3/4 and a bar of 4/4). song is “sky - imaginary” if anyone wants an example of something with vocals. something about 7 just hits!

[@Ryannaut_g]

Great video. It’s like Charlie Brown style of piano.

[@cheenergies]

Really cool live feeling time signature and vibe!

[@WACkZerden]

comprehensive beat walkthrough 👍

[@chrisholland6593]

This video was dope. Really well put together and super interesting to see your workflow!

[@mattwildemusic]

Yo thank you Chris! And for the Matt Wilde Music animation 🙏🏼

[@parkerbolin2080]

Great work man - subscribed! For the MIDI kick, you can also try a ghost sidechain where the MIDI track for the kick is muted, but bussed to the channel that you want sidechained. The MIDI signal triggers the compressor without playing any audio. Might simplify that mixing piece when layering kicks. Anyways, excited to hear more!

[@JonnyCrackers]

Sounds nice, you should expand on it.

[@DanielDahleJohansen]

Ways of changing the pulse within the meter is by accenting and counting it in various ways: 2+2+3 2+3+2 3+2+2 4+3 (the way done in this video) 3+4

[@t.kuenzler]

yees u got it

[@TarL0s]

I love your video, your music and your vibe. Especially the background, it's sickkk

[@mattwildemusic]

Thank you! 🙌🏼

[@BackflipChampionship]

bro this is so sick, helping me so much just in how you think about producing, articulated super well too thank you man it's gonna help me with this album I'm makin!!!!