Sell More Beats By Structuring Them Better: How To Structure Beats For Rappers

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[@ClassEBeats]

Thanks for making this video, I’m so sick of hearing about how to sell/structure beats better from guys who aren’t even selling beats online. Much love fam💯🙏🏾

[@thirdeyeproductionns]

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[@BufoOnTheBeat]

Bro honestly after watching Pain break this down live in Beatclub, the next couple days I purposefully sat in my car listening & counting the bars of about 200 songs of different genres ranging from African Gospel to Bachata and from Hip Hop to Salsa. Its been so helpful! Now I can actually visualize how producers are breaking it down into either 4, 8 & 16 bars; it never really made sense to me before, but it finally clicked and I now have a clear vision of how to properly structure a track. Thank you for being such a great educator Pain! 😎🤘

[@IMADEDAHIT]

Yea its helping me alot too

[@DJPain1]

Happy to help!!

[@farsea1542]

I'm proud of you mate. 🙋🏻‍♂️

[@VicTheMonster]

I can see clearly now the rain has gone

[@UpliftedProductions]

Just by the title I knew this would be a very helpful video when it comes to structuring your beats. Plus, you’ve been making beats for such a long time, for you it’s a no brainer! Thanks for the info.

[@WATEROWL]

can't believe you called it boring at the beginning of the video . that shit sounding fire ,

[@mintibeatsofficial3786]

Seriously you one of the only people on KZbin who actually try and do provide value when it comes to making beats. I prefer this stuff much more than 'how to make a xyz type beat"

[@DJPain1]

Appreciate that. You're in the minority lol

[@mintibeatsofficial3786]

@@DJPain1 I know and it's sad :(Keep up the great content

[@prod.bylvwlee]

Nah this is facts. Dudes be like "how to sound more like hitmaka" 😂😂😂

[@javaniwheelidonparker]

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[@prodbyguttaskum]

Way more then just how to structure man, you threw in some gold advice here! I never even thought about changing the dynamics of the samples with fx, usually i change how active and intense the 808 and drums are to signal the change from verse to bridge to chorus. Nice tips man, I really enjoyed this.

[@ScantlessBeatz]

This is a valid question I been asking my self & doing recently especially applying to music libraries.

[@Pezzone14]

Being a rapper and a producer as well the topic you touched here is crucial! I found dope the remarks you made about shortening the verse to 12 bars when BPM are slow, I think its importance is often overlooked

[@SkullKnightBeats]

Another gem for producers. Important lesson. Thanks for your videos, Pain! They're definitely the most informative - and at the same time entertaining - out there! #staythecourse everybody!✊🏻

[@DJPain1]

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[@Soulful_Jay]

You have no idea how much I have learned from you. This is an awesome video

[@DJPain1]

Happy to help 🙏🏽

[@syberr3135]

I really needed this been having a tough time with structure i sometimes put to much melodies in certain sections

[@DJPain1]

Hope it helped!

[@sonnybreakz3873]

1st, appreciate your vidz. 2nd, I'm going to throw this out there to the community, I've been a turntablist since 1984 and making beatz almost as long. Please start thinking about the DJs when you're making your structure. So much of today's music is just booty to mix. Keep up the good work brotha.

[@ogwallywest]

Great tutorial

[@AnubisProd]

Thanks for the video, the beat club seems a nice mentorship program. ✌🏾

[@knowledge3.072]

Def one of the most valuable vids I have seen from you so far, big thanks Pain! 🙏😇

[@DJPain1]

Happy to help

[@JESTABEATSENT]

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[@ascendingkeyzbeats7446]

😂😂😂right

[@DJPain1]

@@ascendingkeyzbeats7446 The first mic I ever got was picking up Chinese radio. It was a Behringer b-1. It wouldn't record the radio signals, but you could hear them in the headphones.

[@ascendingkeyzbeats7446]

@@DJPain1 all types of crazy be coming thru them waves.

[@kinglidge8559]

I follow you on twitter and KZbin. You’re always putting people on. Thanks for all the 💎 you’re a legend

[@DJPain1]

Appreciate that

[@ManeBeats]

Get this man to 100k subs! He the 🐐 for all the information he's giving out!

[@IMADEDAHIT]

I subbed

[@DJPain1]

@@IMADEDAHIT thank you

[@MrKAT0K]

Thank you, P! I used to overthink this, but now it is much more clear

[@crassytheprodigy]

Your hustle is respected man! Thank you for all your work g

[@Majickbeats]

Simple but so effective! The tricks with fills and removing bits in the sub sections is exactly what i've been doing recently so it's reassuring to see you're using the same method! The dynamics are really important

[@prodbyguttaskum]

Forgot to add! Your comment about using good samples and turning them up or down is soo accurate.

[@DJPain1]

Happy to help!!

[@taderrellkane3950]

Thanks! for all your contribution to the community!

[@cbclapp]

Sick man, needed this. Thanks for all the info you provide us. Glad I found you.

[@alomusic1805]

you can always learn something new, or at least you can find some new ideas....no matter how good you are...i sometimes watch videos i already watched

[@YakDiezel]

DJ Pain i just want to say that you give great advice and show us what makes sense. Honestly you don't need to explain yourself bro your work is plenty proof. Keep enlightening us you on point.

[@AngelRay2191]

This helps so much 😎🎹🎧🎶❤

[@SOBProductionBeats]

Loved your reaction to the weird noise bro 😆 as for structures it's one of the most important things to learn for getting more sales imo!

[@DJPain1]

it really freaked me out

[@ascendingkeyzbeats7446]

It usaully be in the middle of the night when I start hearing them weird sounds and see things out the corner of my eye.😂😂😂😂 But you might wanna go check on that noise soon.

[@DJPain1]

I heard it again last night in my headphones. Sounded like a chainsaw. I think my mic is picking up radio frequencies.

[@fbeatz6297]

@@DJPain1 maybe turn off WIFI

[@SEANTSEANT]

structure helps big time but it sucks cause some of my favourite songs to listen to are the one with unique structures

[@bdubzproduction5597]

Learn the rules, then break them :)

[@SEANTSEANT]

@@bdubzproduction5597 oh yeah couldnt agree more

[@beatzbymaine]

Definitely needed this video! Great info

[@Kevin-ii3px]

Great video. This is something I go back and forth with often

[@ransmomebloke1949]

Been making hip hop beats for over 20 years. Even though I know these technics. I still enjoyed watching your video.

[@AutoclaveBeats]

Thank you for sharing Sir...Do you find its better to start with a chorus instead of a verse after the intro?

[@DJPain1]

It really depends on the beat. When there's a chorus already written, I start with it just to showcase it and set the tone/theme for the song for the artists who is listening, but if it's just an instrumental, I go with feel.

[@AshukaMadeIt]

Been waiting for such a video my whole life! Thank you Sir!

[@DJPain1]

Sorry I took so long

[@XSalador]

Thanks for this as I suck at structure.

[@romestill100]

That's my biggest struggle. I can make dope loop but I guess i over think it

[@swissbakeryrapnews6089]

again dropping knowledge, appreciate it

[@djflexifresh]

Haha. Awesome. Liked this right after the intro

[@icreate1583]

Thanks coach

[@dommaier1737]

Real gems. Helped me out a lot !

[@DJPain1]

🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@JakeyWakey]

Woah, Acid Pro... I'm having flashbacks!!!

[@DJPain1]

better than hot flashes

[@tyates2891]

I've used Acid Music Studio 6 for years. I love it. I was recently given a copy of Ableton Lite and I'm thinking of looking into newer versions of Acid Pro.

[@JakeyWakey]

@@tyates2891 i'm sure it's cool. i love the simplicity of it. I just the like having the option to tweak everything. I'm sick that way

[@m3kbeatz]

Exactly what I need. Thanks 🙏

[@fergbeats8582]

This is a gem.

[@IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIX]

Thank you for doing this topic!

[@sterlshineproductions]

Good Lookin out my bro

[@bruceebeats3125]

Dope video ty for sharing

[@PBOYBEATZ]

That’s what I do

[@musicforcoffins]

Only good stuff here. Thank you.🙏

[@bigbro4266]

Thank You. Because I've purchased alot of beats from producers and the structure was way off or they didn't have any. And one thing that the internet tricks you on is that some beat websites only play like 20 seconds of the beats so you don't know how it's structured. Sometimes I don't have time to talk to the producer, I just want to grab the beat and go about my day.

[@prod.bylvwlee]

Have you ever had an engineer edit your beat to make a verse longer or shorter etc.?

[@thatdudesquare]

5:48 to 6:12 Basically every one of my sessions, except without the mic on 😱

[@ForeignboyAK]

I subbed g damn you been on since 2007 damn I wanna see you at a 100k too

[@DJPain1]

I think longer. Maybe 2006 or before 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@kelvinspencer9173]

stellar teaching DJ Pain 1 big shout out fam

[@RealxRebel]

Very informative! Thank you!!

[@DaGoV]

Big facts love the vid bro

[@devizebeats]

Got ya beat with Acid Pro 2, 1997. 😀

[@sheeepman]

wow, his facial hair, eyebrows and hair are totally uniform, some kind of a perfect smooth structure

[@DJPain1]

Really??

[@surgekush]

I can’t believe I haven’t already been subscribed here

[@SIKKYBEATS]

Great video bro, this one will really help out producers struggling with arrangement.🙇🙇🙇

[@dukenut21]

This was amazing! Great knowledge for us beginners. Thank you👍👍

[@TrippyTechnologyMusic]

Thankyou mate

[@thebillygarcia]

this beat is CRAZY

[@wumwhedrewum5707]

thanks for the video Pain. it has been so helpful. I've created so much loops and always get stucked in the arragement. this video has pushed me on step further. so thanks alot. I'm wondering where I can purchase the vinyl fills you used in the video. can you please direct me to find good fills for hip hop and trap? thanks

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[@milkmanproductions1837]

been watching your videos for awhile and you've definitely helped my music career bro. just subscribed and once i pay off my medical bills i will be subscribing to MEC. look forward to working with you in the future.

[@DJPain1]

Thank you, looking forward to it!

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You're a dope teacher. I subbed, hope you hit 100k in 2020✌🏿

[@DJPain1]

Thank you

[@shbtz8834]

Thanks

[@BeardedKingface]

Thanks for using ACID lol. Been using that shit since 2003-4

[@sontwisted]

Do you diplicate verse 1 for verses 2 and 3 or do you make them dynamic

[@gbeats_productions1935]

was your joint haunted 😂 sketching out every couple off minutes over that sound

[@agthaog1986]

thats kinda my problem too is the difference in chorus and hook. like how many bars is each commonly can the chorus and the hook just be 8 bars each

[@yinon165]

I can see that you reached 100k

[@darrenhirst9900]

Now its help me get to a million, it never ends with producers 😂

[@anjuulinajuulie]

I’ve been told for modern trap ull have to double everything, so chorus that’s 8 bars is now rlly 16

[@anjuulinajuulie]

ooo i wasnt even thinking of that but good point, i was thinking that since its a lot faster it has to be doubled or else it will be way to short

[@adolescentmusic9784]

laze mz laze mz there’s no way that the bars counted are longer on trap beats because they say less words, that’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard lmao. It’s because the tempo of trap is faster.

[@DJPain1]

That's advice from somebody who can't do basic math.

[@WAKMM]

thanks for all your videos bro.. i dunno why you giving out gold for free but ay ill take it!

[@BeatTek85]

Industry techniques bro!

[@sooesoss6063]

Tight

[@zenzero1356]

8 bar bridge? Who does that?

[@DJPain1]

goddamn fools! and also virtually every producer/composer who writes bridges.

[@chrispy2timez]

great video. question, do you usually keep the same arrangements for the 2nd and 3rd verses like the 1st one or do you change them up a little?

[@DJPain1]

generally the same unless there something REALLY intentional I want to change.

[@twalz1164]

Beat is 🔥

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[@DJPain1]

I'll try

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@@DJPain1 thanks! I will pick one up. For some reason I don't like the way it looks on a hoodie with the pocket and stuff on the front. But on a reg tshirt it'd be dope

[@Nadroj97]

Does anyone know what DAW he's using? I'm new to all of this and I really like the way his interface looks

[@DJPain1]

Magix ACID Pro/Next

[@Nadroj97]

Thank you, didn't expect to get a reply from the man himself 😁 love your work and thank you so much for all your content

[@DJPain1]

@@Nadroj97 thank you 🙏🏽

[@Crookedletta601]

Mane you really Nailed 🔨 it with this video!!! I am going to implement this into my beat making. Do you sell these vinyl fills??? If so I would love to purchase them from you. Well hope all is well and I look forward to learning more from you💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯ered🎯👌🏾

[@DJPain1]

I give them away. I'm working on volume 3 now.

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[@elmortobeats5919]

6:08 lol ive even heard demon voices thru my earphones bro ;-) maybe theyre comunicating thru electronics, haha

[@rolandbest3365]

Holy man, your videos are so freakin’ dope, for real, nuff respect! And thank you so much for dropping so much amazing knowledge on us about the music and business side of things, really appreciate it man. Hey, I was curious, do you use many drum loops in the beats you make? If so, how do you do your stems for those, do you just send the drum loop all together as one stem, or do you separate the kick, snare and hi-hats some how and create three (or more) individual stems? Thanks again, keep dropping gems on us! ✌🏿

[@DJPain1]

I tend not to, but if I do, they just are their own stem.

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[@keenanduplessis3023]

Thank you for the content, I appreciate it. I have no idea why you don't have many subs at this point, but your choice of DAW could maybe be a reason? Maybe just something to consider

[@DJPain1]

Eh, I'm not making beat tutorials really, but I'm sure you're right

[@keenanduplessis3023]

@@DJPain1 I definitely understand that :), my assumption is based on the idea that when we as consumers search for things, the words we use usually contain something (in my case) FL Studio related, and even when not, there's so much FL content. that other producer content rarely pop-up (in my experience). But hey man, lol, you definitely know what you doing, I'm not right/wrong, but I appreciate you even taking the time to respond to my opinion.

[@DJPain1]

@@keenanduplessis3023 I know why I dont have many subs. It's because I took a break from KZbin for a while, which was really stupid.

[@keenanduplessis3023]

@@DJPain1 i have nothing but respect for you and the decisions you make :), I wish you nothing but greatness. I look forward to seeing your channel/you grow even more than you have already :)

[@RTCLR123]

Lets go 100k

[@robinstewart6030]

If you take that part that you just made it’s only one intro verse chorus n hook so how do you make it a full song? What about the other verses?

[@DJPain1]

Copy and paste?

[@AMOXIBEATS1]

dj pain uses Sony Vegas to make beats?

[@DJPain1]

he might. but I don't.

[@AMOXIBEATS1]

DJ Pain 1 decent

[@gamerbullies5753]

what version of acid pro is this?

[@DJPain1]

8

[@gamerbullies5753]

@@DJPain1 thank you for your super fast reply i love your beats and videos bro keep up the great work!

[@R-LoBeats]

Sound like me making a beat getting distracted by. Random noises 😂

[@MeccaBeatz]

Bro dropping gems. I stay selling a beat and structure very important💯 @DJPain1 gratitude fam

[@angusmcfarlane1225]

When I buy the license for a beat, I almost always have to disassemble it and reassemble it before I can start to write the song. Hey guys, please write your beat in multiple of four beats to allow space for the vocals! And stop filling all the gaps with stoopid noises. I can add these myself :)).

[@macebofficial]

Aint no way he use acid pro for mixing.

[@nolidcreations]

Great content, thank you for sharing...A fellow KZbinr told me about your channel and I am so glad I dropped in✨.. Just Subscribed, tapped the bell 🔔 and selected all just as you show in the top of your video...I am glad to be someone to help contribute towards your 100k... Sure you will be there in no time 🙏🏾✨💯

[@DJPain1]

I really appreciate that

[@nolidcreations]

@@DJPain1 Definitely ✨.. appreciate you 💯🎯

[@romesworldent]

💪🏿

[@triplebeam23]

Man youtube is fucking you hard.. how are you still not at 100k