9/02/2011

Looking For The Perfect Beat Loop

By Julian Walls


Every beat producer out there's looking for one thing, the ideal beat. Naturally, nobody wants to find the ideal beat just once, they'd like to find the formula for the perfect beat, creating something vital, each time they start up their sequencing software.

Of course, what the perfect beat looks like changes over a period of time. Like everything else in music, things don't stand still for long, if in any way. So , the concept of hunting for the ideal beat could be a search that goes on indefinitely, whether or not you find you have reached perfection, or neared it, from time to time.

But what makes the perfect beat loop. Is it creativity? Is it the way a vocal fits over it? Is it the way that it subtly develops or changes around a hook? Obviously all of these things are pretty important, if you are trying to find perfection. Any producer who wants to make the ultimate beat must have these things, so as to maximize the chances of hitting perfection.

Obviously, there are techniques of making it more likely that perfection is hit. As an example, making sure you are learning your software inside out, testing any new ideas that come to you and listening to other music, both the classics and the new stuff that others are doing.

At the same time, you want to avoid duplicating others, maintain your mixing skills and get the most out of the artists you're employed with. Getting input from vocalists, for example, can make a really positive effect on how your beats work, in truth, sitting on a track.

It's also vital to get the balance right, when it comes to self feedback. You do not need to be so urgent that it stops you trying new things; on the other hand, if you are not urgent enough, it can be hard to reach a point of perfection. When you make beats it is chock-full of that sort of tightrope walking.




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