Kahn's Reggae Production Corner - Ep 2: CHORD PROGRESSION and BASS GUITAR

[@wilfredoriveracolon4005]

Mr.DM Khan, you really knows how to understand, manage, play and produce Reggae Music, but most importantly you have the sensitivity, emotion and spirit needed to produce Root Strength Quality Reggae Vibrations. You also a straight forward new wave tendency to enhance with new harmonic sounds that make Reggae Music the Excellency among music henres. Keep it that way, hope that fans and Reggae music lovers get your message and imitate your progressive Reggae Vibes and waves.

[@DMKahn]

Thank you so much for the uplifting comment brother. So thankful for your support 🙌

[@santaellamedia7077]

only had to watch a few minutes of a couple of your videos to subscribe. You rule! Keep it up and thanks

[@dubcotics]

I was watching it and end up watching almost all of you videos..

[@ngolinyirenda6421]

I always say that my main secret is exactly as you said - scooped mids, drop your lowest bass frequency especially w a 5 string and my extra spice is to actually add highs. You get the rumble and roar of the low notes and nice punch as well. All around.

[@hanneshampel3303]

Its actually crazy when you showed us the different chord progressions. They change the mood of the whole song completely and also the feeling. V I and V II were typically poppy - Reggae Sounding. As soon as you played the third one everything stardet grooving as fuck, although you didnt change anything in the riddim itself. Roots Radics and Greg Isaacs came to my mind. Good work.

[@cutseencinematics]

just what I was thinking - crazy difference

[@ssazipeter555]

so great ....i see these video again and again

[@ounce8947]

Thanks for the tutorials man i learn a lot even though i dont have the instruments

[@DMKahn]

Bless you bro 🙏

[@silajeep1]

Love the music intro, sweet tune vibes

[@JesseEstes]

Great stuff here man. Thanks for taking the time to make these vids!

[@DMKahn]

You're more than welcome, thanks for tuning in and hanging out with me! Peace

[@Bantubrotha]

Sir I have learned so much from your videos, I'm a bass player reggae of course and now I'm learning how to produce my own reggae, I have Logic Pro X and I see it has everything I need to get the music from my head to come to life. Most of my questions were answered in your previous videos so I have much to do to my songs. When I get finished I will reach out to you again. Thanks n bless up

[@DMKahn]

Bantubrotha I started as a reggae bassist as well. I think out of any instrument player, the bass player has a great idea of how reggae should "feel"... So it shouldn't be too hard of a transition once you understand some basic piano stuff and chord progressions (which you Probably already know because of your bass experience). It will take time to learn how to mix... EQ, compression, etc. Etc. But keep it up and you'll be where I'm at in no time. Also check out the Recording Revolution here on KZbin. That's where I learned 80% of my mixing tips and techniques. Even tho it's not reggae, mixing ideaology is pretty global throughout genres. Like I said, you are a bassie so you know how reggae should sound. Heavy drums and bass. Keep up the good works brother.

[@Bantubrotha]

DM Kahn yes I'm learning how to use Logic Pro to get this music out my head, I need to know how to make audio tracks midi to save CPU speed and how to make aux/busses so when I want to put delay on the snare. So I have your videos to watch, thanks bro ahah bless

[@robinsellier813]

Great work !🔊

[@Bass-guitarist]

I played the first minute of the intro, heard your bass sound and subb’d before i listened to the tutorial, great sound, your a good presenter. Looking forward to your vids! 👍🏻 thank you.

[@andrewwest4546]

That bass sound is really captivating and your snare sounds amazing. Glad to see someone embracing my culture and doing it well. Keep it up man.

[@DMKahn]

Andrew West thank you, these are the kinds of comments that make my day! What a compliment, truly humbled 🙏

[@andrewwest4546]

@@DMKahn you, your knowledge and your music made my day first. You are welcome and thanks to you as well. I dont have the technical know like you do as yet but when i know very well what authentic reggae should sound like.

[@hanneshampel3303]

GJ on this compressor adding harmonics on certain notes. Very nice. And good release times, comp makes the bass even more grounded and focused on the fundament of the song. I am not a friend of adding that SSL BusComp that early in the Mix. But thats just personal taste.

[@DMKahn]

Hannes DerKannEs thanks breddren. I agree it’s a matter of taste on the compressor. I find I like the harmonics the SSL comp adds so I like to mix into it. I just have to be careful not to add too much gain otherwise it’ll be squishing more and more! Cheers and thanks for the comment, I love constructive criticism and differing schools of thought!

[@curtischarles5299]

great tutorial khan...

[@rommie4770]

lovely Lovers rock style nice work Kahn keep it up.

[@DMKahn]

Many thanks Rommie!

[@rommie4770]

Your welcome I always acknowledge when someone comes over with a natural feel for my style of music. Meaning that's my bread and butter. Jah bless

[@zilipendwa-club-covers]

wow. great materials Bob

[@JahServant]

Great work again!

[@DMKahn]

Thank you Jah Servant for your contribution to these videos!

[@elijahmwale5614]

Nice one....

[@SokzMusic]

7:17 All I heard was "Flabba Is Wild" by Scientist Meets The Roots Radics or "Burning Ocean" by Stick Figure! LOL great tutorial man, learned a lot :)

[@smeliscave]

oh hell yeah same here

[@conahdalton1302]

Yes Bruv. I don't know muzik theory but it just sounds really good!!! Legend

[@dubcotics]

I ve seen a lot of tutorials with regards to dub and these are one of the best tutorials on youtube for genre..

[@DMKahn]

Thank you man, I appreciate that 🤜🤛

[@7_PICKLES]

Great content. IT helps a lot Thank you

[@DMKahn]

You’re welcome brother 🙏

[@luispompa827]

Great information

[@elijahmant2855]

Sounds good, Kahn.

[@Jbeatz876]

if your views would only go up by how long and how much i watch these videos u would be over a million already lol.. thanks for taking the time for making these videos jah! bless

[@DMKahn]

Jbeatz876 haha, thanks bro. I'm not too worried about views... I think it's a pretty niche market this reggae production stuf anyways... If I put up some hand sampled reggae drum samples do you think they would sell?

[@jamesbahloohsmith7286]

I'd buy them!

[@dos_mas_805]

The first two are 99% 'Cali Reggae' songs'. Thank you for pointing this out to the massive and culture vultures of the last decade.

[@danielruiza8342]

you are just amazing!

[@curtischarles5299]

we are awaiting more tutorials man!!! jah bless

[@eksempler69]

Thank you very much for your answer:)

[@DMKahn]

eksempler l you're welcome! Here anytime :)

[@noahwig500]

exactly, you dont need real drums in reggae because the bass grooves it so much. its different when you make boom bap though then i need to play live on the mpc, it strange! :D

[@zacDboy1]

love your videos bro, riddim and vibe!

[@DMKahn]

Big thanks brother Zac 🙏

[@prismblue8514]

Thanks.

[@xdeville1]

i like the sound of the snare here : )

[@DMKahn]

PaK Deville thanks! I sell a sample pack. Hit me up at [e-mail] or send me your email here. Bless

[@MsStachu94]

I like you style. Great content bro :)

[@Renjyrzn]

that bass line tho !

[@replicantplanet]

Hey Kahn hope your'e good fella love what you doing with these vids. is there any chance you could make some midi files for the piano cords of the different styles? Great work as i said.

[@DMKahn]

replicantplanet hey shoot me an email at [e-mail] with an enquiry. Bless

[@twoubadou]

Great tutorial man. Could you elaborate on the drum sounds and how you got them to sound like that ? Specifically the snare and the toms. Could you tell us if they are your own samples or if you got them from somewhere else. Thank you. Jah bless.

[@DMKahn]

Fabrice- Check out episode 1 in this series, it should help explain it a bit more. The snare samples used in this song were given to me by a friend who makes reggae "Jah Servant". Basically it's a snare dampened with a thin towel, then I EQed and compressed it a little. The other important thing is to gate the snare with a short gate to make it quick and snappy. As far as the toms, I purchased the samples from "loops de la creme"... The Tom pack, check it out. Then I also gated, compressed and EQ'd them to taste. Another thing is how I bus the drums together to an auxiliary track and compressed them as a group.... Just a few dB of gain reduction. Hope this helps! Like I said, check out episode 1 more on drums. Bless

[@twoubadou]

+DM Kahn Thanks a lot man. I saw your other tutorial on drums. Great stuff.

[@Intuicean]

Sounds awesome! Having trouble processing my bass for this kind of sound in the projects I'm working on. Any suggestions?

[@DMKahn]

Nocean thanks! Is it a real bass guitar you're working with or a VST instrument? Try scooping out the midrange (300hz to 800hz) and adding a bit of 60hz and maybe a bit at 150 or 200hz. Also take away most of the high frequencies. This isn't rock so you don't need much after 1k. Maybe just a hint of string noise, but nothin that sticks out. Hope this helps. Cheers 🤙

[@Intuicean]

Real bass guitar. Thanks so much man!

[@dragossh]

Awesome stuff. At some point the piano chords sounded like the windows error sound effect and I got confused.

[@DMKahn]

Dude I’ve been wondering where they came from. I hear it too hahah

[@Skiroy]

thanks so much. what pups and strings are u using for that bass. it is amazing.

[@DMKahn]

Skiroy bless up and thanks for the question. My bass is an American Fender Marcus Miller V. It has the active vintage jazz pickups. I don't think strings matter as much as how old the strings are. For reggae you don't need so much of that bright tone from the strings... so I rarely get new strings, I think I've had my bass for 10 years and I might've changed them 3 times. Another thing to consider is how you pluck the string and where you pluck it. Don't use your fingernail cause that will cause a brighter tone instead of a deep on with the round part of your finger rolling off the string as you pluck it. Hope this reply helps. Bless!

[@worldwidemusicpremier8681]

Do you know Jamaican dancehall? would love u to do some videos on that

[@DMKahn]

Worldwide Music Premier I wish brother! Never made a dancehall track.. maybe one day! Thanks for the awesome comment earlier, made my day. 🍻

[@ThomasFleetwood1]

Thanks for this respect, are you using the bass via a preamo what is your setup , i am looking at recording my own guitars at the moment, your music is spot on bless

[@DMKahn]

Gunshow Riddims Productions for the longest time I just used the 1/8" jack into my computer and a small Behringer mixer as my preamp. After that I finally got a cheap Scarlett 2i2 interface and used its onboard preamps... they work fine as they are decently clean and sterile sounding. I recently got a UA LA610 channel strip and it has definitely brought the fidelity and vibe of my recordings on the way in. But all of that to say, you don't need anything super special... there's a lot of good plug ins for free at your disposal to make the guitar sound proper. I particularly love Steven Slate's everything bundle. It comes with a great guitar amp simulator

[@suri-man]

I trying to do your video on NI Maschine. :-)

[@brodriguezgsxr750]

Which kontakt piano library was used for this tutorial ?

[@DMKahn]

brodriguezgsxr750 Cuba by Native Instruments. Watch the video lol

[@glenja1]

where do you buy your drum samples

[@DMKahn]

Thanks for your email!

[@mojsterr]

YYeaahhhhhhh

[@DMKahn]

Bless you bro -D👑K

[@westmarksman2230]

what piano are you using int his tutorial? its nice for reggae

[@DMKahn]

It's the upright piano included in the "Cuba" plugin by Native Instruments. Thanks for the question, hope this helps. Bless

[@kentaylor9226]

+DM Kahn thank you very much for your reply. you are awesome! :D

[@eksempler69]

What if we use a keyboard for the bass line?

[@DMKahn]

eksempler l thanks for your question. The same "rules" would apply as far as swing and vibe... just make sure you play it "right". Try not to use any quantizing... a little is OK but don't just automatically snap to the grid. Try to have the humanness shine through. Check out my other tutorial on Logic... I use a synth bass on that tutorial. Bless!

[@aljoumeyli]

Why do some producers put the drums on the same track? I put the HH on track 1, the kick drum on track 2 etc. Could you shed some light on this one for me?

[@DMKahn]

There’s a million ways to skin a cat. I’m with you, I like routing my tracks separate so I can process them on the single track level, but then I route them all to a single track to glue them together . Hope that makes sense brother

[@robz75rr]

@DM Kahn is there any way i could get your mail ? id be very interested into talking a little more about what kind of piano you used or just get little advise about how you mix your own sound id really like to learn a little more from you,my name is Robert i live on Los Angeles, county city of bell (factory town) i also make reggae music though im just starting off on logic i have 6 months on logic but years in making live music and ive leaned pretty quickly and my sound is getting better but id really like to be criticized by someone who already really knows so i can grow .. a reply would be appreciated thank you man.

[@robz75rr]

E-mail.*

[@DMKahn]

[e-mail] send me an email and we'll link! Bless

[@chochonpierre6564]

Yo so you actually don't need to put on a logic AMP ??? i mean that's how u usualy do it just audio and straight up SSL , is that all ??? ;) cheers mate !

[@Richielion2]

The Miditations

[@DMKahn]

Lol I see what you did there

[@Dubberman27]

Sounds like you're rewrote Gregory Isaacs`s Night Nurse, with a better bass line :)

[@DMKahn]

Lol I don’t think the night nurse bass line could be improved on by a single note, but thanks for the kind words 🤣🤣🤣

[@jamesboldcomedy6914]

Horrible drums dude!!!

[@DMKahn]

Thanks for stopping by man, I’m assuming by your screen name you’re kidding 🤣👌

[@jamesboldcomedy6914]

@@DMKahn no I make reggae music too

[@DMKahn]

Sweet! Link me some of your wicked drum tracks

[@grannypotproduction]

whats bro long time no video

[@DMKahn]

Hey bro. Been super busy working on projects... Not sure when I'll get to another video. Bless

[@grannypotproduction]

+DM Kahn ok kool bro bless