OGBama
Big Clit Energy
Say @2GooD Productions whatcha want re: Moderating but I'm now doing my making part.
- Thread starter Dusty B
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Making lists of who plays what, "just in case".
Social media can be very addictive and is a huge waste of time. It has its uses, but its addictive and will kill hours of time that could be spent making beats and learning what works and what doesn't to then share with others, instead of just sharing anything, some good things and some bad things. We go to others for help because they have experience in the problems we are having and have already solved them, they have found out what is snake oil and what isn't, by actually using the tools.
I'm just mystified by the concept of a person who would be considered a position of authority on a subreddit about hip hop production that hasn't made hardly any beats. Just seems strange to me, a bit like the blind leading the blind. If I want to learn how to fish, I don't go to the fisherman that brings home no fish.
I like that @OGBama wants to help others, that is commendable, but when you give bad advice because you cant tell it from good advice, then you aren't actually helping, but hurting. First comes the learning and doing, then comes the advising and helping. Not the other way around.
I've said it before.
Just spend more time doing and less time talking, do the talking to find something out, then go do it. Get off reddit, get off all the other social media sites for a while and just make some music. Cut out the distractions. Build a collection of beats that are at least 1 min long, then look back on them and see where you have improved and where you need to improve. Just my 2 cents.
Fade
The Beat Strangler
Administrator
illest o.g.
I think everyone should be on IllMuzik 24/7 
, but as far as social media, hell no.
I agree with @2GooD Productions that if you haven't made many (or any) beats then just focus on doing that instead of posting.
, but as far as social media, hell no.I agree with @2GooD Productions that if you haven't made many (or any) beats then just focus on doing that instead of posting.
Dusty B
ILLIEN
Battle Points: 38
Right. I try to look at my DAW like it's a piece of hardware that can't connect to the outside world. Obviously a quick search here or there if I'm in fine-tune mode, but otherwise I try to close everything out. It's like my nightly therapy. I've been making ~4-5 beats a week with that approach lately, obviously that doesn't mean anything and it comes down to quality, but I'm also a believer in just getting shit done since perfection is often the enemy of progress.
I played the flute in elementary school.
I also played one of these bad boys in front of all the parents:
Shit got wild. I was doing crab scratches on that thing and everyone was freaking out. I even got free milk the next day.
Classic. Snapping one of these sticks was probably the most satisfying sound you could get out of it...