{"id":32276,"date":"2024-06-03T19:48:23","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T23:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/?p=32276"},"modified":"2024-08-09T13:32:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T17:32:39","slug":"how-to-make-afrobeat-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/how-to-make-afrobeat-music\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make Afrobeat music: Iss 814&#8217;s step-by-step walkthrough"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Distinct from Afrobeats, Afrobeat is a genre that blends West African musical styles such as highlife and Yoruba music with American funk, jazz, and soul influences.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Above, expert producer and <a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/sounds\/search\/packs?filepath=iss%20814\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">veteran sample pack creator<\/a> Iss 814 dropped by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@splice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Splice YouTube channel<\/a> to walk through how to make Afrobeat music from scratch. He begins by tracking a smooth chord progression in Logic Pro X and pairing it with some percussion. From there, he composes a saxophone melody and fills out the production with an infectious drum groove. Lastly, he adds some saturation to round out his mix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1iqK8lftb8q9GRweucYqCN?si=-xz8v3BFSvyxBmaLBUIstA\" width=\"100%\" height=\"80\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I like to inspire people,&#8221; Iss 814 says. &#8220;And I like to inspire people that then go and inspire people again. It makes the whole thing more interesting and creates a kind of cycle\u2014everybody inspiring everybody and picking things up from everybody.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Which part of the tutorial was favorite? What other musical styles would you like to see Iss 814 break down? Let us know in the comments section of the video, and subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@splice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Splice YouTube channel<\/a> for more artist-led tips, tutorials, and insights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Incorporate Iss 814&#8217;s modern Afrobeat sounds into your own productions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/sounds\/packs\/splice-sessions\/ss_modern_afrobeat_iss814\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Explore the sounds<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Expert producer and veteran sample pack creator Iss 814 demonstrates how to make an Afrobeat track from scratch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":32434,"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":[1850,1856,1696,49],"tags":[1307,1061,1254,918],"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 Afrobeat Music: Tips and Techniques From Iss 814 - Blog | Splice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Expert producer and veteran sample pack creator Iss 814 demonstrates how to make Afrobeat music from scratch.\" \/>\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\/how-to-make-afrobeat-music\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Make Afrobeat Music: Tips and Techniques From Iss 814 - Blog | Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Expert producer and veteran sample pack creator Iss 814 demonstrates how to make Afrobeat music from scratch.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/how-to-make-afrobeat-music\/\" \/>\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=\"2024-06-03T23:48:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-09T17:32:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0524-Iss814-How-to-make-an-afro-beat-track-in-LogicProX-blog_BlogPost-1.png\" \/>\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\/png\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/how-to-make-afrobeat-music\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/how-to-make-afrobeat-music\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Harrison Shimazu\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1ed73f890efad66c4808440680e9e50d\"},\"headline\":\"How to make Afrobeat music: Iss 814&#8217;s step-by-step walkthrough\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-03T23:48:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-09T17:32:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/how-to-make-afrobeat-music\/\"},\"wordCount\":203,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/how-to-make-afrobeat-music\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0524-Iss814-How-to-make-an-afro-beat-track-in-LogicProX-blog_BlogPost-1.png\",\"keywords\":[\"pop\",\"sample packs\",\"sounds\",\"youtube\"],\"articleSection\":[\"DAW\",\"Logic Pro\",\"Tips &amp; 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