Beats Inspired By...
Beats Inspired By...
Drum Pattern E-Book
Drum Pattern E-Book
Copyright © 2009
Index
Introduction...2
Contact Information And Donation...2
Save Money on Your Software...3
Some Basic Tips...4
Shout-Out's ...4
Chapter One: Dr. Dre...5
Chapter Two: Jermaine Dupri...7
Introduction
Who am I? My name is Andreas I am a Hip-Hop music artist/producer under the alias Andre B. I'm trying to get my game on. And I want you to do the same. And thats probably the biggest reason why I putting this e-book together.
Because everybody knows that the drumbeat could be what either make or break a Hip-Hop production.
This book is broke up in five chapters/producers (Dr. Dre, Jermain Dupri, Just Blaze, The Neptunes and Timbaland). I really wanted to have some more producer's in this e-book. I really wanted to have a Dj Premier chapter but it was to hard to get it right so unfortunately I couldn't give you that. But if you look in the beginning of every chapter theres a section called “Similar
producer's/beatmaker's”. And if you ask me for example Just Blaze and Dj Premier has a similar
production style. And then I added Dj Premier to similar producer's/beatmaker's in the Just Blaze chapter.
And every producer got a “Featuring artist's” section where I added some notable artist that the producer has work with.
And some pattern are based upon some real drum patterns from songs produced by the producer. But not all are. And thats why the patterns ain't named after the songs they are based on. But the most of them you probably could figure out. The screen shots of the drum pattern is from FL Studio but you could basically use any modern music daw, drum machine and/or sampler.
My idea with this e-book ain't that you should steal the original drum pattern. It's more to give you new ideas to create your own drum pattern inspired by them in this e-book.
Contact Information And Donation
Feel free to send me a mail with feedback on this e-book, collaboration or anything. And if you got any suggestions on what you would like to see in the next book...
E-Mail: [email protected]
AIM: andrebmusic
And if you find this e-book helpful I gladly appreciate a donation. Even if it's just a one dollar it still something that shows that you appreciate this. And it could probably speed up the work with a follow-up.
Click here to make a donation using Paypal
Check Out My Music:
http://www.myspace.com/AndreBmusic http://www.youtube.com/AndreBmusic http://www.soundclick.com/AndreBmusic http://www.rocbattle.com/AndreB
Save Money on Your Software
If you ask me I would say that Fl Studio (formerly Fruity Lopps) is the best and easiest music software for both newbies and pros. And I have worked with Reason, Cubase and Pro Tools. But when I want to put down a beat fast it's always FL Studio I start up. If you want to try it just download the demo.
Download The FL Studio Demo by Click Here
You could do every drum pattern in this e-book by using the demo version. But you can't save them because of the limitation of the demo.
But if you would like to get serious with your music I suggest that you buy FL Studio (or any other software you like). But if you choose FL Studio I can offer you an 10% discount. Just use my affiliate link here.
Save Money On Buying FL Studio by Click Here
Some examples:
• If you buy the "Producer edition" it will cost you 180$ instead of 199$.
And you save: 19$
• And if you buy the "XXL Edition" it will cost you 270$ instead of 299$.
And you save: 29$
*Notice: It's the download version of FL Studio that you are buying. So you won't get no CD or
box.
But you will get free lifetime updates. So every time whenever theres a new version of FL Studio you could download it from Image Line's homepage.
Some Basic Tips
Let's start with some basic tips that will make your beat sound better. One of the most important and most overlooked things to do is adjust your “velocity” on your pattern. Velocity is how “hard” or “soft”the drum hit. By changing it you give your track a more live natural feeling.
And if you use more than one snare then you could “offset” some of them to give it a nice sound. This technique is used often by producer's like Dr Dre.
And thats why theres more than one snare/ clap channel on many patterns in this book...
I chose to limit the pattern picture to: Kick, Snare, Hihat, Open Hihat, Shaker and Cymbal. But of course some snares could be claps or the hihat could be a shaker and and vice versa. It's all up to you.
Shout-Out's
Before we start some shout out's to some music production/beatmaking sites that has helped me a lot:
http://www.beatclass.com/
http://www.fruityloopsuniversity.com/ http://www.todaysbeats.com/
Chapter One: Dr. Dre
Featuring artist's: 50 Cent, Bishop Lamont,
D12, Eminem, G-Unit, Snoop Dogg, The Game, Tupac, Xzibit,
Similar producer's/beatmaker's: DJ Khalil,
DJ Quik, Eminem, Irv Gotti, Scott Storch,
• Westside 85-90 Bpm
• Club 90-95 Bpm
• Ride or Die 90-95Bpm
• Candy 95-100 Bpm
Chapter Two: Jermaine Dupri
Featuring artist: Bow Wow, Da Brat,
J-Kwon, Jagged Edge, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Nelly, Usher,
Similar producer's/beatmaker's: Diddy,
Lil Jon, The Neptunes, Trackboyz,
• Luv 70-75 Bpm
• Snap That Yo 80-85 Bpm
• Yeah Lean 75-80 Bpm
• Call Me 80-85 Bpm
• Humble 180-180 Bpm
Chapter Three: Just Blaze
Featuring artist: Beani Sigel, Cam'ron,
Freeway, Ghostface Killah, Jadakiss, Jay-Z, Kanye West, T.I.,
Similar producer's/beatmaker's: 9th
Wonder, Dj Premier, Kanye West, RZA, Swizz Beatz
• Blaze 85-90 Bpm
• Husslin' 85-90 Bpm
• Players 150-155 Bpm
Chapter Four: The Neptunes
Featuring artist: Britney Spears, Clipse, Jay-Z,
Justin Timberlake, Kelis, N.O.R.E., Nelly, Pharrell,
Similar producer's/beatmaker's: Jermaine
Dupri, Kanye West, Rockwilder, Swizz Beatz, Timbaland, will.i.am
• What Happen 90-95 Bpm
• Give Me 125-130 Bpm
• Mention 85-90 Bpm
• Hot' 105-110 Bpm
Chapter Five: Timbaland
Featuring artist: Aaliyah, Bubba Sparxxx,
Ginuwine, Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, Ludacris, Madonna, Missy Elliott, Nelly Furtado,
Similar producer's/beatmaker's: Danjahandz,
Scott Storch, Swizz Beatz, The Neptunes, Will.I.Am
• Late night 75-76bpm
• Dirty 80-85bpm
• Out of time 110-115Bpm
• Sexy 115-120bpm
• Do it right 115-120bpm