Discuss the various methods you use in music production, from compressor settings to equipment type.
By BKLOC Wed May 04, 2005 6:33 am
DOES ANY ONE KNOW THE NOTES(KEYS) TO SOME HIP HOP AND R&B SONGS ESPECIALLY FROM ARTIST LIKE MOBDEEP,USHER,JODECI,AND THAT SONG BY DMX AND SISQO(WHAT THESE *****S WANT FROM A *****) IM REAL GOOD IN THE SAMPLING DEPARTMENT IM JUST TRYING TO SHARPEN UP MY KEYBOARDSKILLS.
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By dubmunkey Wed May 04, 2005 1:34 pm
no- why dont you do what everyone does and listen alonga nd work it out....surely you have a keyboard?

greg
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By MistaMike4u Wed May 04, 2005 4:55 pm
Even though u can really stop being lazy and do it urself!!! I'm gonna give one, cuz it's easy.... Don't ask me specific notes, cuz i'm not doing all your work for you......

Let Me Love You - Mario (Produced by Scott S.)

3 Chords (of course it's not gonna sound just like the song, cuz the song has all the extras in it, including drums, etc)

Eb(Add 2)/C
Bb/G
Fmaj

Thats it.... good luck...

By BKLOC Wed May 04, 2005 10:29 pm
AIGHT FIRST OF ALL THIS IS FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN THINGS BASICALLY LEARN FROM EACH OTHER.IF U DONT WANNA ANSWER MY QUESTION OR HELP flowers IS YA POINT OF EVEN LEAVING A REMARK flowers.NOW ANYWAY FOR THE OTHER ****** THAT MIGHT READ THIS AND CHOOSE 2 B IGNORANT LIKE THIS CLOWN ITS LIKE THIS I JUST WANT A FEW TO GET ME STARTED SO I CAN SHARPEN MY KEYBOARD SKILLS THATS ALL AND ON THE FLIP SIDE ITS LIKE THIS (THIS IS JUST A EXAMPLE)LETS SAY A PERSON HAS A ENSONIQ ASR10 AND HE ASK ME HOW DO U DO THIS OR HOW U DO THATAND HE HAS A MANUAL , I WILL STILL TELL HIM AND HELP HIM OFF THE SIMPLE FACT ALOT OF TIMES THE MANUAL DOESNT EXPLAIN EVERYTHING PERFECTLY THE GUY MIGHT NEED A BETTER WAY OF UNDERSTANDING AND A MORE SIMPLE FORMAT OF DOING IT ESPECIALLY WITH ROLAND PRODUCTS THEY MANUALS B CRAP. AND YES I HAVE A KEYBOARD BUT THAT DOESNT MEAN THAT I HAVE TO B A PRO ***** HOW U KNOW I AINT COP MY MOTIF JUST THE DAY B4 I POSTED THAT SMH LMAO U CLOWNASS ***** ANYWAY GOODLOOKING OUT MistaMike4u 4REAL 4REAL
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By JonLocsback Wed May 04, 2005 10:53 pm
You should be asking about were you can buy a new keyboard because your shift key seems to be stuck.
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By dubmunkey Thu May 05, 2005 9:31 am
calm down mate i only suggested having a go for yourself....only way you will learn after all...

easy

greg
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By dubmunkey Thu May 05, 2005 9:33 am
You should be asking about were you can buy a new keyboard because your shift key seems to be stuck.
>>>>>>>>>>>>

damn fullstop key is broke too- got bored and stopped reading that 12 line sentance bout half way through

greg
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By featherboy Thu May 05, 2005 11:47 am
So .... what you are wanting is the notation of some of these tracks. The problem with that is that most of these tracks would have been composed & recorded without any use of written notation. For example, most of the music might just be one looped sample & someone would have listened to that & improvised bass notes to it until they had got a bassline that felt right. They might not even have thought about what key the sample was in. They just used their ears to get it right.

Anyway, what you will need to find is someone to do what it was first suggested that you do, listen to the track & play along to it. Then, if that person has score writing software like Sibelius they could convert their playing to a music score which I guess they could convert that to a PDF & e-mail you that. Do you want guitar charts too? Again, you might be lucky & find someone who will listen to the track, play along with their guitar until they feel they have found the right chords & write that down for you. Also, if the track has a sample from a really famous record, for example if it uses the intro to Marvin Gaye's "Inner City Blues" you should be able to find the score for that.
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By MistaMike4u Thu May 05, 2005 12:52 pm
featherboy wrote:So .... what you are wanting is the notation of some of these tracks. The problem with that is that most of these tracks would have been composed & recorded without any use of written notation. For example, most of the music might just be one looped sample & someone would have listened to that & improvised bass notes to it until they had got a bassline that felt right. They might not even have thought about what key the sample was in. They just used their ears to get it right.

Anyway, what you will need to find is someone to do what it was first suggested that you do, listen to the track & play along to it. Then, if that person has score writing software like Sibelius they could convert their playing to a music score which I guess they could convert that to a PDF & e-mail you that. Do you want guitar charts too? Again, you might be lucky & find someone who will listen to the track, play along with their guitar until they feel they have found the right chords & write that down for you. Also, if the track has a sample from a really famous record, for example if it uses the intro to Marvin Gaye's "Inner City Blues" you should be able to find the score for that.


Feather you trippin..... what use is all of that if you can't find a singer to teach you how to SING the songs too!?!?!?? Come on brotha.... :D :D


Fact is man, you're not asking someone to "Show me how to record on my keyboard" You're asking someone to put a CD in, learn a song, and teach you how to play it over the internet, and i'm assuming you probably don't have experience playing the piano at all, no formal training, and probably no natural skill at picking up stuff by ear (If you did, you could do it urself).... Which means you probably dont even know how to chord chart, and you're expecting some one to say

"Play D in the bass, C with the thumb, E with the middle finger, and G with the pinky....."

And give you every Fvcking chord to the song... U know how long that'll take brotha, for you to learn something that you can learn how to do yourself?

I'm not posting up anymore songs, I gave you one to get you started, but I'm gonna give you something that will really "sharpen your keyboard skills"


http://www.perfectpitch.com/ipiano2.htm

or if you wanna be a cheap azz

http://www.hearandplay.com/leads.html

Now calm the hell down and get back to ur music, stop trying to be a bigshot by typing in CAPS AND PISSING EVERYONE OFF, and go learn some rap melodies.... I guarentee it's not hard if you'll sit down and try, and if you have an ear for music at ALL

By mwalker Thu May 05, 2005 1:42 pm
yo bkloc,

first off you are from brooklyn (right?) and there are a thoudsand one churches in brooklyn (right?), just go to a church and take lesson from the church organist(they will be more than happy to make a few bucks, i bet), stupid. there are no short cut in the music thing. do you still use training wheels on your bike? just stand on your own and get the job done.

again, just because you own some musical equiment does not make you a beakmaker/producer there are skills involved. you are not going to be great over night. just go to a church and ask the organist for some help and drop them a few bucks for a number 3 at mickey d's (super size of course).

By BKLOC Thu May 05, 2005 2:17 pm
AIGHT 1 I DIDNT ASK U FOR ANYMORE SONGS I SAID GOODLOOKING OUT AND LEFT IT AT THAT 2 I DIDNT ASK ANYONE TO GO LISTEN TO ANYTHING AND TEACH ME I WAS ASSUMING PEOPLE PROBABLY KNEW ONE OR 2 SONGS OFF HAND AND I NEVA ASKED FOR WHOLE SONGS JUST THE MAIN MELODY BUT ITS A DEAD ISSUE 4GET ABOUT IT CASE CLOSED 1

By elmacaco Thu May 05, 2005 4:02 pm
EVERY HIP HOP SONG OUT THERE HAS A "D" NOTE IN THEIR MELODY ALL THEM CATS HIT THAT NOTE SOMETIME AND THEN THEY STOP AT THE NOTE THEY STARTED AT SOME SONGS HAVE AN E IN THEM TOO BUT UNDER NO CIORCUMSTANCED IS A G INVOLVED

Sorry, I couldn't resist. Try playing along with it, you might get it by ear, and it's good practice.
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By MistaMike4u Thu May 05, 2005 4:53 pm
BKLOC wrote:AIGHT 1 I DIDNT ASK U FOR ANYMORE SONGS I SAID GOODLOOKING OUT AND LEFT IT AT THAT 2 I DIDNT ASK ANYONE TO GO LISTEN TO ANYTHING AND TEACH ME I WAS ASSUMING PEOPLE PROBABLY KNEW ONE OR 2 SONGS OFF HAND AND I NEVA ASKED FOR WHOLE SONGS JUST THE MAIN MELODY BUT ITS A DEAD ISSUE 4GET ABOUT IT CASE CLOSED 1


I know you did..... and you're welcome by the way, but fact is, you sayin good lookin out doesn't excuse the fact that you're not puttin in the effort to do it by urself.....
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By Smoove03 Thu May 05, 2005 5:11 pm
BKLOC wrote:AIGHT 1 I DIDNT ASK U FOR ANYMORE SONGS I SAID GOODLOOKING OUT AND LEFT IT AT THAT 2 I DIDNT ASK ANYONE TO GO LISTEN TO ANYTHING AND TEACH ME I WAS ASSUMING PEOPLE PROBABLY KNEW ONE OR 2 SONGS OFF HAND AND I NEVA ASKED FOR WHOLE SONGS JUST THE MAIN MELODY BUT ITS A DEAD ISSUE 4GET ABOUT IT CASE CLOSED 1


why you so angry? dont be a square. take some theory lessons or something. i had to do it. but you obviously like music enough to want to learn so at least the read wont be monotonous (if thats the word to use). it takes practice. you might know the notes to the songs, but if your just starting your fingers probably arent very strong and might slip all over the place. practice, start at the basics. dont overwhelm yourself with whole melodies to songs if you cant even find the notes yet...but my point is, start at step 1. and move your way up you know? and dont get so angry at these cats, aint that serious brotha!