@Marc Duncan thanks loads m8! i've been working steadily on my drum game, the snare and kick sounds and are from ghosthacks ultimate producer bundle with a lot of mono reverb on the snare. the bongos and hats are from the free lowfi pack on this site i mean i did sequence them myself if thats what you mean
im sure you could replicate it with just about any drum pack you have if you dl the bongos and mess with the snare
@Alejandro yeah i get what your saying i was debating putting a melody over the bassline in the dracula part to spice things up a little but i diddn't want to muddy the mix to much so you couldnt hear the talking. very valid point though
@Feel ahhhh to you too m8
@2GooD Productions haha i checked out bomb the bass after reading this.. those guys stole my drum groove before i was born ! yeah i think i should come clean and say i dont strictly consider myself a hiphop producer dont get me wrong i love the genre especially older stuff like mobb deep, pharycide tribe called quest etc but a lot of the reason i'm here is to up my drum game from ppl who are experts at it (since its one of my weaker points musically), Like I learned a heck of a lot from this site and listening to your music especially so i am considering trying to make a straight up hip hop track for my next project this being a hip hop producer forum and all hehe. Really appriciate you giving your feedback regardless its always spot on
@Memento Beats thanks a ton m8 you along with
@2GooD Productions are probably the two guys i look up the most on this forum so it really means a lot when you say that
anyway on to the reviews !
@Alejandro love the drum groove and the hats really work the orchestral swells at the start are really well put together (read as fcking fire!) not a huge fan of the organ think it needs to be playing a chord or a two layer harmonization/some other melody to make it sit better. overall very good sound and design a little polish and this would turn out epic
@2GooD Productions what can i say my man, your beats are straight up godtier in my eyes. Think its only a matter of time before you really blow up if you keep pumping em out at this level. if you found the right artist to colab with and really buckled down to make an ep/album people would eat that shit straight up. sorry i dont have anything constructive to point out or say you should improve (must be frustrating being at your level haha) but just keep at it, your talent both musically and rhythmically is nuts !!
@Feel ok so
track 1
good stuff: the melody is cool and unique and the groove is good and works with the rest of the beat.
not so good stuff: to my ears atleast the bass sounds slightly out of tune
things to improve: you should focus on adding some more elements to spice it up a little keep working on your fundamentals especially basic music theory, i think you have the drums down well in this track so keep at it man i see promise under the faults, also i'm sorry if i come across as a little harsh i know you worked hard on these but i need to say it like i hear it
track 2
you know i used to play in a brass band when i was in middle school and this sound is like something a totally new trombone player would make :O you really need to work on your musicality and melody composition i agree with
@Memento Beats about the drums keep working hard i like that you experiment but before you break the rules in music you need to first learn them so you can break them in the right way
check out this video and some more on melody from this guy he's insanly talented at every aspect of beatmaking and just music in general i think it would really help you
@Memento Beats i love the 808 work and sound of the hats and i'm also a huge fan of gaming so it's right up my alley
know this was part of a comp but the idea of taking weird sounds and making a track from them is very appealing to me i wish you could get your hands on some itallian rapper who could do a mario's voice style rap over this hahah great work m8
@OMAR. this is super chill i like the electronic keyboard playing the main theme its very relaxing and sounds great well mixed and a cool boom bap style to the drums too i dont have much to add as i wouldnt want to change this much at all i just think its really solid also i jammed over this with my guitar
heheh i think the chord progression is super pretty