3 Things that changed my Beats Production

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[@mpchead]

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[@RickyTinez]

damn.. "you're always trying different things and not focusing on what works.." that needs to be tatt'd on my hands so i never forget

[@256k_]

that one cut deep.

[@isaacestabridis]

fr

[@KeyDyer]

Seeing one of my KZbin music teachers learn a lesson...priceless 😎

[@3VLN]

X2

[@michaeldabrethren2812]

And also the balance between these two is what really opens up possibilities to create unique but also fantastic music!

[@cookinsoul]

My drums helped :) keep going brother , the evolution has been trully great !

[@prod.hermez2909]

goat drums 🗣

[@mpchead]

For sure 💯

[@rudyrivera3902]

the bundle truly helps, suuu!

[@limedisciple4145]

Which pack would that be?

[@818staccatobeats]

Matt Milne His pack legit, Foreal i use crash from jetlife pack on almost every beat

[@terrymiller111]

Don't work hard--work SMART. That will occasionally mean "hard work" is involved, but only if that's the SMARTEST approach.

[@david87trs]

Life fact!

[@illanoiz1]

There is no way to evade the “process”. Talent, shortcuts and cheat codes will take you only so far, you still have to put in work. OG status is not for play play.

[@Jquint3ro]

"I believe in hard work" that's the key, great words!

[@christianschroer1999]

That´s what my dad also says : Putting time into things automaticaly make you better in a spezific skill. I think it´s also a bit about talent , but If you do nothing with your talent if you not living your talent and excersise it´s near nothing you have . ( sorry for my english xD )

[@mpchead]

✌🏼

[@ryancortez8486]

Skill beats talent when talent fails to work hard

[@jerzwhite4548]

I've been slacking lately with making beats stuck in the world of repetitiveness

[@cruz8006]

I discovered you a few weeks ago and I love how your videos transmit peace and calm and not like that 'hype' type of videos that show you nothing but how to make money instead of learning and enjoying the process. Thanks a lot for doing that, keep going!

[@mpchead]

✌🏼

[@painttheblackbreaks8215]

This is spot on. Well said!

[@MentalPistol]

blacks taught them how to say peace

[@malcolmkiki]

Repetition legitimizes - Adam Neely. Can't stress this enough. Love your videos

[@WildernessMusic_GentleSerene]

Composing grooves that really move people IS a very high skill. I have been working on it for 35 years. It IS easy to copy others grooves, but to make a groove that really drives and moves us that is original.....that is the high skill. Orchestration skills, audio engineering skills, musical skills....listening skills.....you can get there. If it is a hobby that you work at a few hours a week....then talent is needed, because not enough of your time is dedicated to the skill.

[@TheRealNativeSun]

They say it take 10,000 hours to master a skill. Good luck beatmakers 💯

[@SandcastleTheory]

With regards to unquantized recording, I feel as though the reason behind this sensibility has gotten somewhat lost-in-translation in the era of machine music. Kids, a sloppy performance is just a sloppy performance. Period. Being off time is not what makes something sound good or "human". Great drummers put in countless hours playing to a metronome, all in an effort to play as close to perfect as humanly possible; but no man is a machine, so there will always be a subtle (and hopefully meaningful) feel to what they play. When grid-based drum machines first started to appear in pop music, they were widely criticized for being too rigid. As such, much attention was put into programming them to sound more "human". Later sequencers started allowing for unquantized recording, to make this tedious process easier and less time consuming (*provided you could actually play). That’s irony for you... Ahem! Anyway, fast forward a few generations of the blind-leading-the-blind online, and the modern beat-smith is often misguided into believing that anything nudged off-grid or poorly played is somehow better or more “human”. Not true. If you're going to turn the quantize off, you'd better be able to play, else you will be capturing nothing more than a subpar performance. The same could be said of oscillator "drift" in modern synthesis: i.e., out of tune oscillators are not more "analog", they're just out of tune; and that's rarely a good thing. ;) Cheers!

[@__teles__]

Are you trying to end all music production forum wars? Because every fight is exactly over these issues.

[@Ink0ne415]

Real talk unquantizing ain't every thing .

[@caelsalmond2365]

damn some good points in here, appreciate it

[@MrFallen1ne]

You are absolutely correct. Playing on perfect time is what musicians do or try to achieve what makes it feel human is how it's played and very much associated with velocity aka volume. When hitting a snare or a kick or a hat or strings whatever youre playing the attack is never the same every note which makes it feel and sound more natural. You're are correct it's subtle because if it's not it'd be too far off grid or off tempo and sounding like ass. You can quantinize all day and still have it sound human by panning and adjusting velocity add in some automation and the human sounding problem is solved with out getting all stupid about it.

[@fantasyproduct1042]

If you want to sound more human, play the drums like a human. If you're making electronic music who cares

[@LuizBruschi]

Over the weekend I watched some of your videos. I went in search of technical tips, but what helped me most was reorganizing my ideas and knowing which path to take. For the first time, I considered letting go of equipment that was stationary and actually using what was necessary. I would like to thank you for your tips.

[@mpchead]

The more I make music the more I understand it is about ideas and not techniques or gear. Is about listening and understanding where you want to go.

[@LuizBruschi]

@@mpchead indeed, thank you for reminding me that.

[@StrheatPraafit]

Hard work is the ultimate and best teacher bro👊🏾

[@BillyBatsonMarvel]

UnQuantize within the pocket is the trick, long as the snare is locked on the 5th & 13th and the kick land on the 1, you’re good money. The “talent” come from the years of acquiring the knowledge and having a tasteful ear on what make people move.

[@femmy820]

Repetition is the key to mastery. Also, through repetition, you train your ears, which to me, is one of the most important skills in making music. Nothing wrong in repeating something to the point of nausea. It is the best way to sharpen the hearing skills. Also, you can only put down stuff that you hear in your head.

[@Dubbudha]

That's what i needed to hear. I'm currently doing a 100 days beat challenge. Mainly because of 2 points you mentioned here - repetition and putting in hours. It's only day 8 but I already see some interesting phenomenons happening.

[@mpchead]

go for it, it's gonna pay off

[@twistedhalomusic4497]

How’d that challenge go for you?

[@amirdejesus7077]

challenge update?

[@kenanbajric1776]

What is a 100 days beat challenge?

[@lukewest708]

@@kenanbajric1776 make at least 1 beat every day for 100 days. No breaks

[@mattrogers1052]

A lot of what you talked about here is right where I am on the journey, thank you! Also, thanks for being the first hip hop producer to encourage me to turn my drums down lol

[@mpchead]

Took me a long time to turn my drums down

[@bliss3174]

I think conversations like these are needed

[@lindasson]

Love the honest conversation and insight. I started in 2019 and had a ton of questions, and you took time to answer them, and it's helped me tremendously. I love these type of videos when you share your views and opinions on beat making, very VERY Dope my friend. Keep doing your thing bro, God bless!!🙏🏾✊🏾

[@180deuce]

Man thanks so much for what you do. I can go on forever but I genuinely thank you for your time talents and work you put in and share.

[@DystopianTofuTV]

Ok wow, this was special. I really appreciate the way you are very open, calm and clear in this (and your other videos) without the usual youtube exaggerations etc. Also some very good points here. I do a lot of experimentation and love that, but your video motivated me to stick just a little bit more to kind of proven recipes (if that is the way you say it in english). Thank you for this!

[@focusdecorating3637]

Thanks for coming into my life with your advice, all the things I have had suspicions about your talking about - thank you

[@xxx7917]

The one thing that helps Practicing

[@davidcooke779]

So true. And it's not just for music. I've been an artist and designer all my life and the one thing I've learned is that talent is only relevant at the beginning. Hard work and focusing on your craft is the only way to become good at something. There ain't no magic. Thanks for this.

[@tomblaze2]

Gems homie 💎

[@zenhsu]

Man I learned so much from you, and I don't even own an MPC; the concepts and knowledge you share helped me with my beat making and I know I'm not where I wanna be yet but you've made the process more bearable and given me hope that I can achieve that goal. Please keep doing what your doing and know that you're helping beginners like me grow, peace brutha!

[@Jamusictv]

Facts bro ! I’ve produced for 22 years now and I 100 percent agree. Helped my game a ton as well. You are also saving your ears if you mix at lower levels. 🤙

[@mp303sp]

i love your videos. very inspiring and calming. Thank you ❤

[@mpchead]

Thanks 🙏🏼

[@joneswebs]

All about patience and practice. I think copying is a good way to learn too, obviously not identically, but structure of the track and the type of samples used. Studying timing helps ie listening to a favorite track and noting length of intro, verse chorus, drop, outro etc to improve your own structure (and bpm of that track too) . That helped me a lot when I was producing dance music.

[@mpchead]

Yeah I agree, referencing tracks is a good way to learn.

[@DANAMIONLINE]

Your suggestion of repeating a beat you've made is intriguing. There's an unspoken rule I live by in being diverse. Mastering will take much longer if I'm switching sounds and styles every beat. There's a benefit to both approaches. I am recognizing the benefit of repeating a beat and thoroughly understanding how to achieve that sound.

[@drobastein7203]

Much appreciation for sharing your experience and motivation!

[@zakkziegler111]

My man. Your upload schedule is nuts. Thanks for the awesome content and for getting me through the workday.

[@mpchead]

Thanks for tuning in 🙏🏼

[@plump8570]

Thanks for droppin gems Marlow, much appreciated.

[@mpchead]

Thanks for following up 🙏🏼

[@michaelc8718]

Appreciate you uploading a video like this solely to help other people out. Many thanks!

[@NYCBoomBap4Life]

Marlow you're the best dude on KZbin in regards to all things sampling that I've seen. Always have something interesting to say and you don't act like someone you're not. Keep doing your thing man. I just subbed to you the other day.

[@stopfuckingwithobama]

Great, honest and to the point MP content.

[@niko2010]

I feel like I was getting stuck at the same point with experimenting with a lot of different things. even over saturating my beats. Definitely glad to hear that I’m not the only one that felt the same way

[@mpchead]

It's overwhelming to have the world as your sound library

[@augustwest4680]

Dude me too, I’m very scatterbrained in general and either sample way too much or mess with my beats so much I will do too much and ruin it. This is so clutch right now.

[@djfingersflores]

This is the story of my life ! I ALWAYS seem to get carried away with looking for more and BETTER sounds , samples ect . and never finishing or prolonging the process with completing a beat. I recently discovered "saving my favorite drums" and reusing them over and over and that one thing alone has streamlined my work flow tremendously. Thanks for the great video brother.. Stay up. HIP HOP DON'T STOP

[@johncitizen8828]

I feel this, it’s so easy to have a massive sample library, and loads of cheap or free VSTs - but you ultimately end up crippled by the choice, and generally make that is either uncohesive, or just lacks a specific character. Consciously selecting my tools and sound source has helped immensely.

[@wm1573]

@@johncitizen8828 and Cracked vsts lol

[@onpoint1180]

love the gold nuggets my friend. This is good advice.

[@collagecollagecollage]

I appreciate the message of this video so much, its about putting in that time. Big thanks brother! 👊🏾

[@k_like_kitty]

That was very key and well said, i appreciate the way you express these experiences. Thank you.

[@djjohnnied1992]

I have been binge watching your stuff for a few days man. Huge inspiration and I have learned so much to become a better producer :)

[@mpchead]

Thanks Juan 🙏🏼

[@Digital_Mozart]

This video has helped me so much today, it's like it unlocked a something in my mind especially the point about repeating a process and being over experimental. My issue it I make so many genres and have so many drum packs and vsts, I've now move like 90% of my drum library and vsts to an external hard drive and limiting my options. I needed to hear everything in this video, so thanks a bunch.

[@skinnista]

love your channel man, keep it smooth !

[@CaidicusProductions]

This video was wicked insightful. Thanks for making it, Marlow.

[@floncyb5436]

Great words of inspiration bro. I’m new to production and I needed to hear this. Thanks 🙏🏾

[@JeroAlmufakir]

Bro I'm loving these videos, you express your ideas really well and your beats are crazy dope 🔥 keep it up!

[@VocalChainsStudio]

Great knowledge and insight for free🔥. Enjoyable channel, top shelf content, as always.❤

[@hbasm3271]

I really like how your sound is like a perfectly decorated room with cozy, low level light. I can't make it sound like that, even after decades.

[@robbalbrecht]

Mixing at lower volumes is the way. Great channel, Marlow. Really appreciate your insights and explanations of beat making.

[@edgi55]

Thanks so much for these tips Marlow it really helps. Much appreciated

[@xyzman001]

Thank you for sharing! Really like the style of your video too

[@drexia01]

Really great advice and your beats are beautiful. Very glad I found your channel.

[@mpchead]

I appreciate that! 🙏🏼

[@drexia01]

It's early days on my new MPC one and now I'm totally hooked. But I'm going to have to disciplined and work with intention and goals otherwise I'll drift into cliches and derivative beats. Although I am an old-timer with hip hop (saw Public Enemy and Run DMC in Brighton 1988) it was J Dilla's, RZAand Premier who have shown me the rhythmic and harmonic genius of hip hop to create glorious grooves from found sounds. I want to sample my guitar playing and bass and use it for beats and possibly song arrangements. I've been wanting to extract played phrases from Jazz standards and use them with in a 4/4 funk template like Premier has done with jazz samples. I need to focus on the drum paterns right now and your sound is awesome and exactly what I've been looking for in beats. I will be following your channel and grabbing your packs avidly. many thanks @@mpchead​

[@Narffran124]

You have made me think about specific kicks and dedicate time to what works, I think it will help me in my life in general. Thanks a lot

[@trashcat3000]

Omg you're so humble! Thank you for this!

[@lonsdale1744]

Great sound and thanks for the heads up 👍

[@N_tropy_]

Your videos are always helpful man, don’t ever stop ✊ 💪

[@MentPlus]

I completely agree with your perspective ... respect!

[@djantix1200]

You are spot on man. I agree, find the sounds that work for you best and work from there. peace

[@allaahjaamiibnshabazzallaa1435]

I usually record my drums un quantized then add the swing after. It mixes your natural swing w the mpc’s own.

[@miguelfranco9655]

Peace fam, this is my first time seeing your page and I subscribed 3 mins into this video. So much great insight man. That comment about focusing on a genre and getting good at it helps! and the insight about mixing drums too. Thanks. Would love to see more videos like this.

[@mpchead]

Thanks for tuning in, welcome ✌🏼

[@toomanyprojectstx]

You’re content is awesome and very inspiring. I play these videos while I’m at work all day then practice making beats during my lunch. Thanks for making these 🙏🏽

[@mpchead]

Thanks for tuning in 🙏🏼

[@beatemdown1602]

I’ve learned so much fr u bro… I appreciate your videos 💯🦾

[@_mellowsphere_]

Really really needed to hear this, thank you so much!!!

[@donaldbittner4654]

Straight Gold,thanks man.

[@kjw111]

Excellent Marlow 💥👍🏽

[@joansebastianfajardoperico5819]

I've been following you for a short time but you have been very helpful and inspiring, you have a great vibe in your videos and your music, I wish you the best for the future. greetings from Colombia.

[@jdtorian]

Brilliant. No waiting for inspiration! Just show up every day.

[@tywright42]

I needed this advice at this exact point of my life.. Thank you

[@shinbakihanma2749]

Marlow? You should do an in depth tutorial video on how to show novice beat makers how you properly sample and process drums. There are literally no videos anywhere that properly explain how to do it. Drums are the key to a beat, as far as I'm concerned. Love your music and video content.

[@cigarface4812]

Man your videos are getting craaaaazy good bro!

[@mpchead]

🙏🏼 Appreciate that Thanks

[@jimcapley3843]

Thanks brother! You just dropped 20years of wisdom on those who are listening. I value your channel 🤙🏼🙏💥👊🏼💥

[@lim0]

Great video, hella inspiring! Thank u for this

[@jasonschmoldt227]

Word. Good stuff👊🏻

[@iulian9072]

Man, you are spreading Peace and Love without even trying!

[@mart7791]

Thank's a lot for sharing all your knowledges, good advices, tricks, opinion on materials... For a beginner like me, you are a treasure. Keep it up. Can't wait to listen to "Come Home" on my turntable, this project is so inspiring. Peace

[@Jim_KYB]

Appreciate you sharing the knowledge.

[@RoomAtTheTopStudio]

Great advice. I've learned so much from trying out different things with my MPC until I found what I wanted to achieve and then practiced and implemented what I learned. The same with playing keys as I am self taught with that as well. Thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@josephcreer883]

practical and unique tips man, big up

[@ArturTadevosyan]

Love that snare!

[@DjComum]

Congratulations!!! Work so good!!!

[@DopamineOverload]

You're the man. Superb advice, as always.

[@kimbobeats4erybody96]

Inspiration is crazy and you share it my friend

[@deepthings4311]

Excellent vid and advice bro 👌🏽

[@DystopianTofuTV]

Best advide, thank you! When you speak about getting better at making beats, i can always feel some sort of honesty, like you really wanna give a good advice and not -only- for more likes and subscribers etc.! Much love ✌🏻

[@DystopianTofuTV]

haha, i just realised that i already commented on this video 11 month ago hahaha

[@marksmedley3490]

Wise words. Thanks for sharing.

[@kapahkolas747]

Thank you Marlow !

[@thefivespot12]

Wow. The right words at the right time. Blessings...

[@MatthewStratton]

More than anything is putting in the time and work. 100%. Work can be undervalued and gear and other things can over valued if one is not careful. Work is where the big changes happen and it takes time. Great video.

[@maisound1444]

I really love your work and although my set up is completely different (mostly software) this is one of my go-to channels. Great vibes and lots of wisdom, keep it going! And really: thank you!

[@Bricks_shakur]

You just helped me out a lot ( the drum part) 💪🏾🔥

[@tundracon]

Awesome content dude, always come with wisdom!

[@mb2776]

Talent is nothing without dedication!

[@fajarfajar9075]

i watch this like more than 10 times, thx u sir 🖤🖤🖤

[@darrylclarke9366]

This was a very honest video. You are correct, you have to put the time into it. A lot of good useful information, thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge!!

[@earDrops72]

I really appreciated this talk.

[@cyrusm3391]

This was a really honest and genuine video and I agree 💯 of what you say!

[@IfunkY1]

dope...I agree repeat & FIND your sound..I'm elevating just by hearing you confirm...my brotha!

[@DylanParisMusic]

Excellent insight

[@M.A.S.Ked-Crusader]

Great advice !

[@elev-8377]

Thank you just got my first mpc.Very motivated fl studio for years but this is game changer