{"id":22843,"date":"2022-09-04T03:44:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T07:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/?p=22843"},"modified":"2022-09-04T03:57:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T07:57:15","slug":"dancehall-10-minutes-di-genius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/dancehall-10-minutes-di-genius\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make a dancehall track in 10 minutes with Di Genius"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Few music producers have made a name for themselves in dancehall like Di Genius.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The GRAMMY-winning producer from Kingston, Jamaica has collaborated with world-class artists including the likes of John Legend, Shakira, Damian Marley, and many others. In 2016, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Billboard praised him as one of the producers who brought dancehall back to the mainstream, (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/dancehall-charts-producers-7616664\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Billboard<\/em> praised him as one of the producers who brought dancehall back to the mainstream,<\/a> noting his work on Drake&#8217;s hit track &#8220;Controlla&#8221; off the multi-platinum album <em>Views<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/3O8NlPh2LByMU9lSRSHedm?si=3ae9e5b074e84d7f\" width=\"100%\" height=\"80\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Dancehall really started from the creators in Jamaica being resourceful and needing a place to play the music,&#8221; Di Genius tells us. &#8220;The actual venue where people would go to dance and listen to the music\u2014that&#8217;s what was the &#8216;dance hall.&#8217; It really started from there\u2014people needed to move and people needed to just really embrace and feel the energy, and go all the way into the music. That&#8217;s the vibe of how we get the music to transcend globally.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In celebration of the recent release of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"his sample pack, (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/sounds\/splice\/digenius-sample-pack\/\" target=\"_blank\">his sample pack on Splice Sounds,<\/a> Di Genius sat down with us in the studio to showcase how to make a dancehall track in less than ten minutes. Watch along above to get an exclusive inside look into his creative process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What was your favorite insight from Di Genius? What other genres would you like to see a producer tackle in ten minutes? Let us know in the comments section of the video, and subscribe to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the Splice YouTube channel (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/splice\" target=\"_blank\">the Splice YouTube channel<\/a> for more tips and tutorials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Incorporate Di Genius&#8217; sounds into your own productions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/sounds\/splice\/digenius-sample-pack\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Explore the sounds<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Di Genius (Drake, Shakira) sat down with us in the studio to showcase how to make a dancehall track in less than ten minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":22844,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1696],"tags":[1725,1795,1061,1254],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to make a dancehall track in 10 minutes with Di Genius - Blog | Splice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Di Genius (Drake, Shakira) sat down with us in the studio to showcase how to make a dancehall track in less than ten minutes.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/dancehall-10-minutes-di-genius\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to make a dancehall track in 10 minutes with Di Genius - Blog | Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Di Genius (Drake, Shakira) sat down with us in the studio to showcase how to make a dancehall track in less than ten minutes.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/dancehall-10-minutes-di-genius\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blog | Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-09-04T07:44:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-04T07:57:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/How_to_Dancehall_Di_Genius_syndication_BlogPost.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Harrison Shimazu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/bitly.com\/namaboku-twt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@splice\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Harrison Shimazu\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/dancehall-10-minutes-di-genius\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/dancehall-10-minutes-di-genius\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Harrison Shimazu\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1ed73f890efad66c4808440680e9e50d\"},\"headline\":\"How to make a dancehall track in 10 minutes with Di Genius\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-04T07:44:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-04T07:57:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/dancehall-10-minutes-di-genius\/\"},\"wordCount\":265,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/dancehall-10-minutes-di-genius\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/How_to_Dancehall_Di_Genius_syndication_BlogPost.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"10 minute challenge\",\"dancehall\",\"sample packs\",\"sounds\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Tips &amp; 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