| If you love hip hop as much as I do, especially rap, I | | | | Here are the steps I suggest taking when creating |
| know exactly how you feel when that beat gets going. | | | | your beats: |
| I can't help dancing on the street, moving my body | | | | First make sure you have the hi-hats down. This is the |
| when I have my iPod blasting in my ears with the | | | | speed and rhythm of your beat. Next move on to |
| latest rap song. | | | | creating the baseline with the kick and snare drums. |
| Of course the best part of a rap song is the beat. The | | | | Now the part that really makes the difference |
| beat is the mind, heart and soul of the song. The DJs | | | | between an ordinary beat and a good beat is, once |
| at a club are going to pick the songs with best beat to | | | | you have the basics down, i.e. you have the hi hats |
| get the crowd moving. You would be surprised how | | | | down with the kick and snare drum, what you want to |
| easy it is to design your very own beat. That's right, | | | | do is have some kind of cool sound intertwine with the |
| you can customize and create a beat and have it | | | | beat, bringing it to whole different level of a beat. This |
| sound exactly the way you want it to. | | | | sound can be anything you can think of. It can be a |
| With today's advanced technology and worldwide | | | | unique instrument kicking in. A good instrument to use |
| accessibility, you will be able to find endless sound | | | | might be an electric guitar, or maybe some kind of |
| mixers to help you make your first beat. It's important | | | | piano key. This can also be something like a "shout". I |
| to note that when making your own beat you want to | | | | think you get the picture here. Just use your |
| make sure it stands out. Anybody with a piece of | | | | imagination and talent. After all that's what music is all |
| digital sound software could probably make a beat. | | | | about. |
| You want your beat to be a good beat that will catch | | | | The best way to implement these tip and start making |
| people's attention. You want to make the kind of beat | | | | good beats is to get a hold of a good sound mixing |
| that the DJ will want to play over and over again. | | | | tool for your PC or MAC. |