By zach
Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:30 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtgsWg5zjiU
MED- Push
By zach
Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:40 pm
By séance
Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:02 am
dilla technique: Actually thinking about what beat to make before cutting the sample
By zach
Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:07 am
word, seance!
this is my painting 'Baatin'
By zach
Sat Apr 02, 2011 2:32 am
By zach
Sat Apr 02, 2011 11:21 am
By zach
Sat Apr 02, 2011 11:24 am
By zach
Sat Apr 02, 2011 11:26 am
By nod records
Sat Apr 02, 2011 11:50 am
there was no secret formula with dilla's production.
i'm sure someone showed him the basics on the mpc 3000, then from there he just stayed on it, got his workflow down, learned some of his own tricks on it and made beats.
he had a good ear for picking samples and chopping them up. i bet once he got comfortable on the mpc, he didn't do much thinking at all. he just got in the zone and let the music come out.
the funny thing is mad heads debate about his gear, technique, though process, etc... trying to emulate his style.
the irony of that it is, to be like dilla you would have to do the opposite and not think that hard on it.
cats like dilla, madlib, etc... are not sitting around thinking about how they're gonna make music. they just do it.
they key is to be open minded, have a good ear and experiment. enjoy what you do. it's not scientific, it's music.
i'm sure someone showed him the basics on the mpc 3000, then from there he just stayed on it, got his workflow down, learned some of his own tricks on it and made beats.
he had a good ear for picking samples and chopping them up. i bet once he got comfortable on the mpc, he didn't do much thinking at all. he just got in the zone and let the music come out.
the funny thing is mad heads debate about his gear, technique, though process, etc... trying to emulate his style.
the irony of that it is, to be like dilla you would have to do the opposite and not think that hard on it.
cats like dilla, madlib, etc... are not sitting around thinking about how they're gonna make music. they just do it.
they key is to be open minded, have a good ear and experiment. enjoy what you do. it's not scientific, it's music.
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By eastcoast121
Sat Apr 02, 2011 6:28 pm
word. i also noticed dilla uses a lot of i to v progressions. actually on 80% of his beats. for example Aminor for 2 bars Eminor for 2 bars. or 4 bars each.
By ChewoBeats
Sat Apr 02, 2011 10:24 pm
It's ok to study great artists work - the whole classic genre builds up on replaying and interpreting other artists work.
In this case
One thing could b the extensiv use of sidechain compression in his works.
The blending of real drums with the mpc.... Filters, Moogs, 45's....
The list could go on if it was about music and not about a myth.
Dilla came up on the sp 12 and beattapes - Nobody ever had to tell him anything.
Even the mpc 60 and 3000 are easy as hell. Nobody showed me the mpc and i rocked that baby in a minut. So I don't believe he had someone explaining selfexplaing stuff.
In this case
One thing could b the extensiv use of sidechain compression in his works.
The blending of real drums with the mpc.... Filters, Moogs, 45's....
The list could go on if it was about music and not about a myth.
Dilla came up on the sp 12 and beattapes - Nobody ever had to tell him anything.
Even the mpc 60 and 3000 are easy as hell. Nobody showed me the mpc and i rocked that baby in a minut. So I don't believe he had someone explaining selfexplaing stuff.
sampling the air
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By stinktank
Sat Apr 02, 2011 10:45 pm
nod records wrote:
the irony of that it is, to be like dilla you would have to do the opposite and not think that hard on it.
cats like dilla, madlib, etc... are not sitting around thinking about how they're gonna make music. they just do it.
I don't disagree with what you're saying, but you almost discredit Dilla's (Madlib's, etc.) "genius" by hinting that he/they don't THINK about technique or whatever. These dudes live and breath music, of course they think about it a great deal. I read some official Dilla bio where they speak of his schooling and how it influenced his "MATHEMATICAL" approach to making music.
If what you're saying is "DO, don't over-analyze," cool. But rest assured, Dilla did think hard on his music, other people's and his own. Questlove has even written about Dilla remaking other producer's beats. You don't just recreate a beat without analyzing the shit out of it first.
By jimmie
Sun Apr 03, 2011 1:01 am
jimmie wrote:First Spacek tune I heard was http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kSQugn4jLs in 2000. Heard it on Giles Peterson, then went out and bought it on white label.
I never knew Dilla did a remix of it.
Ahh, I just noticed zach posted the dilla remix. First time I've heard it.
Funny thing is, I heard my first Dilla track "Think Twice" also played on Giles Peterson in 2001, and went straight out the next day and bought Welcome 2 Detroit. Love the production on that album.
By browniez
Sun Apr 03, 2011 3:51 am
ChewoBeats wrote:Dilla came up on the sp 12 and beattapes - Nobody ever had to tell him anything.
Even the mpc 60 and 3000 are easy as hell. Nobody showed me the mpc and i rocked that baby in a minut. So I don't believe he had someone explaining selfexplaing stuff.
No doubt. Intuition.