Are you looking to get into the instrumental beats business? Unlike others who will likely try to sugarcoat it, I’ll let you know up front that this is a tough business to get into. There is a lot of competition because the reward can be very great. The rest of this article will cover a few things to keep in mind when approaching the business of instrumental beats.
Tips on Creating Instrumental Beats
1) Perfect your craft. You need to approach your rhythm in the same way that Edison did when he set out to create the light bulb. I mean, I was going to stick with it until I made it work no matter what. You need to make rhythms for eating and sleeping so that your skills are finely honed. The best ones in this game have thousands of beats that they have personally created to draw from when tackling a project. You need to be on the same playing field just to have a chance.
2) Use the best tools. This is analogous to coming to a gunfight with a knife. You need to make sure that you are giving yourself the best chance to succeed. That means until you’re doing enough that study time isn’t too much of an issue, then you should be using the best desktop beat maker software.
3) Listen to it and then believe it. The beats you are looking to create need to sound good in your head first. There’s no reason for you to think that if they don’t sound right, some magic software can fix it for you. You are creating the beats so that other people can add vocals to them. This means that you should also have an idea of the structure of the song. Put yourself in the shoes of someone trying to use your instrumental rap beats, instrumental hip hop beats, or some other genre of music. Can they use what you’ve created? Use Keep It Simple Stupid (KISS) when analyzing your beats. If you have to explain a lot of things to a potential user, your pace probably won’t work. KISS IT!
4) Do new things. This means that instead of always starting with the same ole framework or structure that you normally use, do something completely different. Of course, you can use part of the structure you’ve developed with some rhythms you already really like. This is a way to get unstuck and create something. But don’t stop there. Keep pushing the envelope.
5) Love what you do. Just remember at the end of the day if you love what you do all day you will never have to work a day in your life. It will also make it much easier to stick with early on when you’re still honing your niche and beat-making skills.