{"id":25609,"date":"2023-03-27T22:46:23","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T02:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/?p=25609"},"modified":"2024-08-09T13:34:46","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T17:34:46","slug":"beat-making-tips-you-wish-you-knew-earlier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/beat-making-tips-you-wish-you-knew-earlier\/","title":{"rendered":"4 beat making tips you&#8217;ll wish you knew earlier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Beat making is a lifelong pursuit.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The truth is, there&#8217;s no single tip that will automatically make your drums sound &#8216;perfect&#8217;\u2014at different points in your creative journey, you&#8217;ll find yourself focusing on a myriad of different goals and topics, including arrangement, sound design, embellishment, simplification, etc. That said, keeping a handful of key approaches and techniques in mind can go an incredibly long way in accelerating the development of your beat making chops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the tutorial above, veteran producer <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC4O0HDYyda7UbxGVPwZ0fAQ\" target=\"_blank\">iBEENART<\/a> sat down with us to share four beat making tips that he wishes he knew earlier in his own career. From adding unexpected textures to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/strategies-auditioning-samples\/\" target=\"_blank\">the importance of sample selection<\/a> and knowing when to cut back, these timeless techniques will help you prioritize what&#8217;s important for taking your drum programming to the next level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;If you&#8217;re like me, at one point or another you&#8217;ve probably either felt like your drums were too stale, or that you were doing <em>way<\/em> too much,&#8221; iBEENART says. &#8220;These are a couple of things that help me get better with my own drums\u2014I hope you can take these tips and apply them to spark your creativity too.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explore more tools and tutorials <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you enjoyed the demo productions that iBEENART featured in the video, you can <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/sounds\/collections\/D1GzSJ6VDnmhRz69Q50JdHjP8BQ\/samples\" target=\"_blank\">explore his favorite loops and one-shots via this Collection.<\/a> For similar tutorials for other topics in music creation, also be sure to check out our videos on <a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/chord-progression-tips-you-wish-you-knew-earlier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">chord progression tips you\u2019ll wish you knew earlier<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/mixing-tips-you-wish-you-knew-earlier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mixing tips you\u2019ll wish you knew earlier.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What was your favorite tip from the tutorial? 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