Your Beats Are Boring Do This Instead

[@lindasson]

You definitely wanna take the listener on a small trip with the beat! That jawn was bananas, and great information as always my brother!!🙏🏾✊🏾💚

[@kirkstate]

Appreciate that🙏🏾you are the master at keeping us on the edge of our seats with your vocal drops and sound manipulation 💯🫡 figure I help a few people out to step their game up and keep us head nodding

[@lindasson]

@kirkstate much love and respect Kirk, that means a lot my brother!!🙏🏾✊🏾💚

[@knockriobeats]

A big drum break at the end of 8 or 16 bars helps make it interesting too. It takes it up and then drops down to release back in to the loop.

[@kirkstate]

Excellent technique 🫡

[@larrysoundz]

Totally agree. Gotta keep it interesting with different drums, patterns, vocals etc!

[@michaels8607]

Hello Kirk...Here is the thing for me,and it might sting. Everyone who makes beats is not good enough, not consistently, and most are not going to make the grade. Now there's a bunch of beatminers with DAWs or hardware thinking they are great because of KZbin likes, yet when it comes to making it on Gold/Platinum records, there's a reason why the greats consistently make hits.It's nice to give tips, yet it is the same issue in the underground DJ world that just because you do routines, are fast, know tricks, does not mean you can rock a party. Now If I am doing a 7-10 hour set on turntables, I need that dirty funk. I can easily have you here when I spin, and your beats would flow into my sets. If I have Kirk State on vinyl, the crowd will pass out while dancing. I'm from the school where I'm stuck somewhere in the corner and people are passing me records or I am on a Serato set, and the dancing is next to me. Point being, there's a reason why I rely on Apex, Dre, Swiss, Kirk, and a small amount who I can rely upon to deliver. I just do not believe most rappers are actually MCs, that most DJs can rock crowds, even if they are popular. I'm just saying I have yet to hear a beat from you that I would not have in my crates and that speaks for maybe 5% of folks who think they can... What do you think about the current Akai lineup for choices?? I have been dealing with others besides Akai although a few friends use their gear so I am curious. I have 5 samplers and out of all of them, the Ensoniq ASR10 is still my live machine of choice. I have an Emu 6400 and the Roland MV8080, yet I have been shopping around for maybe two more machines...I thought about the ISLA 2400 and an Akai, either the MPCX or the Key61...

[@kirkstate]

1. Akai has so many products that the consumer can as they say “get in where you fit in” 2. Yes as far as the Dj game goes a wedding DJ and a Party Rock Dj and a Turntablist are totally different lanes and should be treated as such. Like with Beat Battling and Song Production which are two whole separate lanes . 3. The ASR10 is a certified beast on and off the stage. I use to have one but sold it not being wise at the time 😔.

[@AceBoogieProductions805]

Wooo, that sample was on point with them drums you programmed.💯 shits bangin homie

[@carlosgil4196]

Yeah I suffer from that board beats

[@culturemax234]

🖤

[@kirkstate]

Salute 🫡

[@swalectrix]

Great lesson there Kirk State thanks🙏 I’m gonna make sure I learn from this feedback for my next entry into the next Kirk State Samoke Challenge. 🔥 beat you make it look so easy. 🫡

[@taurus_1977]

I usually make my beats in the song structure. I need to separate the song structure from the showcase structure

[@tincanapplesauce]

I'm taking part of a beat battle in Bmore next month, this video is perfect timing and great advice man, Much love always

[@cvltzilla]

where at?

[@tincanapplesauce]

@@cvltzilla Peabody Heights Brewery, March 24th. Its a part of the loop diggas series. Legitimately nervous.

[@stilltrippin6100]

Gotta love this dude style .. thank you for sharing these priceless but mandatory tips 🫡✌🏽

[@Afkaforpresident]

Great lessons from a-ward 🎉

[@onedarkside4830]

This is awesome advice. Damn I learnt tonnes from this. Thank you 🙌

[@ryboogz7770]

Great advice to use. Thank you 👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿

[@kirkstate]

Glad it was helpful!

[@KrazyfingazBeats]

😂🤣😂🤣 the infamous 4 bar loop. Everything you stated is on point.

[@taylorclaasic]

🔥

[@MiKEYFRESHBEATZ_MGMPrintz]

Definitely learned a lot from you just from the talking in the beginning. Thank you

[@dopeMike_]

2:41 I love me some Jamison 🤙 5:14 Is that from Snaps Vol 1? Ive been waiting on volume 2 for 30 years now. Good advice on the structure and formula 🤙

[@jbva804]

I wasn't ready at 7:53... dope sample!💯

[@kirkstate]

Thanks

[@ghfjfghjasdfasdf]

@ 1:55 Spoken Word Samples are life. 🫡

[@taurus_1977]

I need to work on that structure

[@crazzylee]

Sounds like KRS-One

[@sovereigncosmicwildman]

9:24 - what exactly did you do here to phatten up and flare out that kick? I use a DAW trying to get familiar with the hardware boom bap techniques

[@kirkstate]

I used the Bass Tight drum effect

[@sovereigncosmicwildman]

thanks!

[@irishmossdubwise]

I fx w that beat

[@kirkstate]

🫡

[@DJDigitalJosh]

so white it replaces all the smoke detectors in the house.

[@kirkstate]

😂

[@MiKEYFRESHBEATZ_MGMPrintz]

Did you make a sequence then bounce it to a sample ? Then made chops with it?

[@mikoajczeski1272]

Flava in ya ear or Mass Appeal are only 2 bar loop ;)

[@kirkstate]

That’s cool when someone is spitting bars, but in a beat battle it don’t fly

[@Rio-uv1gs]

He's talking for a beat battle.. Beat battle has to have changes going on in order to keep the crowd into the beat past 4bars...its a competition.