J Dilla's Chopping Technique?

soopa wrote:

jaem wrote:soopa u forgot to add.....

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my bad, i forget some take things seriously

and yeah StonesThrow i was kidding lol




but yeah TennesseePimp I read that too somewhere

It's all good. You can't always tell what's a joke and just being a dick when everything is typed and not actually heard.

Yeah i mean i doubt he had one sole technique that he lived by when he chopped it. He had good records. Chopped them where he felt it, played it how he felt it...put some insane bass on it...bam. its not like back in the day where someone would come out with a record that had a sound on it where NO ONE knew where or how to create but the producer that did that beat.
Just listen and it will come to you. Youll find it much easier.

Does it matter how JDilla does it? Really?

Anyone who bites any producers style needs a kick in the balls.

Ive heard it in an interview too. They said he did have a special technique which I think is quiet mysterious.. He probably chopped the way everybody else does but maybe he had some secrets for right after the actual chopping..? Or maybe his sequencing techniques were beyond and so he did the craziest stuff with the most stupid chops.. Or maybe its all bullshit but Ive read it and heard it a few times. He also died due to a stomach disease so he probably sat down often chopping things up, eating cake and smoking blunts. but what do i know

yes but studying another artist is a good way to extend your own techniques. Its the same with painting and making movies and everything else artists do

JazznFunkPack wrote:yes but studying another artist is a good way to extend your own techniques. Its the same with painting and making movies and everything else artists do

thati s totally right

JazznFunkPack wrote:yes but studying another artist is a good way to extend your own techniques. Its the same with painting and making movies and everything else artists do

You took that the wrong way. I didn't say don't study him.
Don't twist my meaning around.

yeah. its good to learn how other cats do things.. but i agree with lamp. do your own thing.. pay attention to yourself as much.. or more, than you do with other cats

J Dilla's technique was creative chopping. That's it. He was great because he was versatile, just like every great producer.

There is nothing wrong with studying and being inspired by producers you find are great...even those great producers had people that inspired them.

There is nothing wrong with studying and being inspired by producers you find are great...even those great producers had people that inspired them.

true

I really dont understand what is wrong when someone studies an artist's artwork. For example, if you really feel Dillas basslines its more than appropriate to imiate that. It's very educating when you try to re-do things.

After understanding how he did it, its time to do your own. Add things, remove parts or do totally different. Influences + creativity multiply skills. It's how music is made.