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[CMoney]

Yo, I really wanna become a producer cause I like listening to beats. My inspiration is Dr. Dre. He's been in the business for 22+ years. He started out as a DJ because he just loved the music. I would really love to make beats, but I din't really know where to begin. I'm really thinking about going to a music school to learn even more, but for know I want to do it as a hobby & to show respect to Hip-Hop music. Please help me out. Thanks in advance!!!

 

[tubesrawsom]

First you need to go back to school, your writing runon sentences.

 

[CMoney]

Sorry, I get carried away sometimes.

 

[bennychico11]

as far as i know...there is no music school available that teaches "making beats." Most schools will teach you tougher subjects that you may be too far advance for what you want to do.
There is a DJ/HipHop thread here and many people have success with just learning on their own. Take a look at programs like Logic and/or Fruity Loops

 

[bigwillz24]

If you want to be a producer....


Learn everything there is to know about producing....


Then be a producer...


Thats the best advice anyone can give you

 

[bennychico11]

but also know...that REAL producing had nothing to do with making beats until the rap/hip hop days. for some reason the definition of producer has changed

 

[thane1200]

Sorry, I get carried away sometime.

Sorry, I get carried away sometime.


Just giving you a hard time. If you really want to be a producer, I believe the three R's are in order: READING, wRIGHTING (beats), and READING some more! LOL!

 

[bigwillz24]

but also know...that REAL producing had nothing to do with making beats until the rap/hip hop days. for some reason the name definition of producer has changed

Yeah I just learned that I'm actually an "Arranger" to anyone not doing hiphop

 

[Rokket]

Seems to be more and more people into making hiphop on here, which is cool. If you want to be a producer, you should learn how to record first. That way, you will know how to get the sounds you are after. Making beats is secondary to that, IMHO. If you learn how to record, you will learn how to make beats in the process. I would start with learning how to record.

 

[bigwillz24]

Seems to be more and more people into making hiphop on here, which is cool. If you want to be a producer, you should learn how to record first. That way, you will know how to get the sounds you are after. Making beats is secondary to that, IMHO. If you learn how to record, you will learn how to make beats in the process. I would start with learning how to record.

Hey I'm learning to record but I'm also making a nice penny or two "producing" tracks for the guys & gals at the school I attend who just want to rap.

But I agree with Rokket on learning to record..

However I think you would benefit more in learning as much as you can about MIDI trust me on this one

 

[bennychico11]

Seems to be more and more people into making hiphop on here, which is cool. If you want to be a producer, you should learn how to record first. That way, you will know how to get the sounds you are after. Making beats is secondary to that, IMHO. If you learn how to record, you will learn how to make beats in the process. I would start with learning how to record.

actually, i would disagree. making "beats" has nothing to do with recording. it's the composition side of music. that's like telling a classical composer that he needs to understand how signal flow on a console works before he should write a sonata. repeating the same 4 bar beat through an entire song is very rudimentary compared to understanding how to record. maybe learning to press record and understanding how to use an MPC might relate....but mic'ing situations and mixing a 4 peice band or even something as large as a full orchestra doesn't.

but maybe this is just me that disagrees....but there is no way I'd want anyone to call me a producer. i'm an audio engineer. two completely different things. i think even those big time "producers" who have all the recording gear in their homes hire actual real engineers who know how to use them.

 

[Rokket]

actually, i would disagree. making "beats" has nothing to do with recording. it's the composition side of music. that's like telling a classical composer that he needs to understand how signal flow on a console works before he should write a sonata. repeating the same 4 bar beat through an entire song is very rudimentary compared to understanding how to record. maybe learning to press record and understanding how to use an MPC might relate....but mic'ing situations and mixing a 4 peice band or even something as large as a full orchestra doesn't.

but maybe this is just me that disagrees....but there is no way I'd want anyone to call me a producer. i'm an audio engineer. two completely different things. i think even those big time "producers" who have all the recording gear in their homes hire actual real engineers who know how to use them.

I thought about that after I posted it....
I still think it would benefit him to learn recording. Maybe start with something like Fuity Loops and build up from there. Being a producer I guess means that you tell the guy to play a flat 7th on a particular phrase to bring it out, or something of that matter. They don't push the buttons, but do they know how to add a flanger on a part and how to tweek it to get it to do what they want? I think so. But then again, I haven't been inside a studio in years, and I wasn't in the control booth....

 

[bigwillz24]

It will just makes you that much better IMO in what you do if you understand most of the aspects.