That sample flip is so dope 🔥🔥🔥 Please finish it :) Just record some flips in the sequencer and multipad export those ones you like. Mix, arrange and master the beat. Because now you are in love with the beat. You are feeling it. In a few weeks or months you won't finish it anymore. The excitement will be gone by then. Imagine in two years you will think about that dope beat you made but you don't have a finished file you can listen to or show to anyone. I would be much more feared about not having any result in the future than of being disappointed after the process. Maybe having a greater goal could help. Like a beat set you want to perform or a beat tape. If that beat is just a part of a greater thing like a beat tape, it may be more likely you will finish it.
Thanks for the advice and help! I'm going to try and work harder on getting ideas finished over the next few weeks. The 404MK2 is probably the best device for doing that with how easy it is to record/export to computer!
great vid again 🔥never experienced the fear of finishing the beat. As soon as I have my sample and drums, I imagine that there is one or two best ways to chop and lay stuff down and am trying to find it. Its a fun concept. The weird thing that happens to me is that when I make a beat that is still not exported yet and hear it like the next day, I might make huge changes to it and make it something different but it never hurts the beat, its always way better. Unfortunatelly that keeps me from making a beat a day.
Nice, I've had the same before as well. I've come back to some chops the following day and made a chop pattern that is 1000x better than the one I originally made!
solution: leave it the way you like it, no matter what other beatmakers and producers, engineers, etc. are going to say. None of these assholes are going to bring food to the table with their perfectionism. normal, ordinary people are the ones who bring you food on the table. it cost me a lot to learn this and many still fall into this pitiful game.
Appreciate the comment but that isn’t really what I’m concerned about. It’s more about how I feel about the beat when it’s finished. What I was trying to say is sometimes when you feel like you are on to a good idea there can be a fear of going through the process and being personally disappointed at the end. I’m sure I’m not alone with this and it’s part of the curse of being creative. But yeah I agree with your points. You gotta tread your own path and ignore baseless criticism
@@spvidz Yes bro, you have to love your own creations... each one of us is unique and special, I know what it's like to feel angry when you want to sound like someone else, but that's the fatal mistake... it makes you lose your way and lose ''your magic''. Let's not be intimidated by Instagram and social media. I currently earn $400 a month on Spotify for a few years (so you understand, I'm talking about a base of 8 years of experience in this lofi thing). I know a lot of people in this world from the golden age of Soundcloud and today. And I write this so that no one gets discouraged or makes the same mistakes I did by letting myself be scammed and criticized for my beats. Everything you see on Instagram is 90% a lie, those profiles with 170k or more monthly listeners are a lie... most are people who have had to do bad practices, and pay to be there or have friends in the publishing houses of their country (yes , because every few years, the publishers rotate in different countries... Italy, Mexico, Switzerland has been home to many bad illegal practices $$$, BELIEVE ME... I know what I'm talking about) lofi today is a business, gentlemen... a dirty business that can be anything but that, THAT IS NOT HIP-HOP. Many lo-fi producers were born into rich families and they should know that there are many people who have had to work their butts off to be able to buy a sampler, even sacrificing their own food on the table. Our community should be more aware and make lo-fi a real part of HIPHOP culture, what do I mean by this? I'm sick of lo-fi being anchored to damn anime and commercialism. The biggest mistake of lo-fi artists was that, lacking a conscious and social message for people... they built a purely commercial and recyclable school. It's time to take lo-fi to another level, more humble, more conscious and more human, for the rest of the world. Sorry if I offend anyone, but fuck... nobody dares to talk about these things nowadays, as long as they make money, they don't care about anything else. As a final note I want to say… I have 15 followers on Instagram (I never upload videos or stories) and I generate monthly income on Spotify, much more than profiles with 5,000 followers that upload videos every damn day. With this, the people who read this should be clear about what I mean. i remember one day an engineer who is a lofi artist told me: ''hey but people don't like the dialogues in the beats'' the dialogue was a message in spanish, to raise awareness, social conscience. that day i wish i had told him: ''what the fuck do i care if people don't like it bro...''. i want to raise awareness with lofi.... not be a generic commercial product based on anime and bullshit...''. please don't make my mistakes, don't be intimidated by anyone, don't follow any advice other than your heart and your ears. Love your beats, love yourself... transform the pain into something good... something good and fair. I send you a big hug brother SPVIDZ and I'm sorry if I deviated from the topic of the video, but... many new guys with honest dreams come to your channel... and I don't want them to go through the hell I had to go through to get to where I am, many times I thought about taking my life because of those stupidities of always being dissatisfied with what you do. guys, I humbly tell you with my open heart... love your present and be thankful every day for the plate of food you have on your table... and delete instagram or don't take it too much importance, it's not worth it, to sacrifice this life in those little things.
@@spvidz Yes bro, you have to love your own creations... each one of us is unique and special, I know what it's like to feel angry when you want to sound like someone else, but that's the fatal mistake... it makes you lose your way and lose ''your magic''. Let's not be intimidated by Instagram and social media. I currently earn $400 a month on Spotify for a few years (so you understand, I'm talking about a base of 8 years of experience in this lofi thing). I know a lot of people in this world from the golden age of Soundcloud and today. And I write this so that no one gets discouraged or makes the same mistakes I did by letting myself be scammed and criticized for my beats. Everything you see on Instagram is 90% a lie, those profiles with 170k or more monthly listeners are a lie... most are people who have had to do bad practices, and pay to be there or have friends in the publishing houses of their country (yes , because every few years, the publishers rotate in different countries... Italy, Mexico, Switzerland has been home to many bad illegal practices $$$, BELIEVE ME... I know what I'm talking about) lofi today is a business, gentlemen... a dirty business that can be anything but that, THAT IS NOT HIP-HOP. Many lo-fi producers were born into rich families and they should know that there are many people who have had to work their butts off to be able to buy a sampler, even sacrificing their own food on the table. Our community should be more aware and make lo-fi a real part of HIPHOP culture, what do I mean by this? I'm sick of lo-fi being anchored to damn anime and commercialism. The biggest mistake of lo-fi artists was that, lacking a conscious and social message for people... they built a purely commercial and recyclable school. It's time to take lo-fi to another level, more humble, more conscious and more human, for the rest of the world. Sorry if I offend anyone, but fuck... nobody dares to talk about these things nowadays, as long as they make money, they don't care about anything else. As a final note I want to say… I have 15 followers on Instagram (I never upload videos or stories) and I generate monthly income on Spotify, much more than profiles with 5,000 followers that upload videos every damn day. With this, the people who read this should be clear about what I mean. i remember one day an engineer who is a lofi artist told me: ''hey but people don't like the dialogues in the beats'' the dialogue was a message in spanish, to raise awareness, social conscience. that day i wish i had told him: ''what the fuck do i care if people don't like it bro...''. i want to raise awareness with lofi.... not be a generic commercial product based on anime and bullshit...''. please don't make my mistakes, don't be intimidated by anyone, don't follow any advice other than your heart and your ears. Love your beats, love yourself... transform the pain into something good... something good and fair. I send you a big hug brother SPVIDZ and I'm sorry if I deviated from the topic of the video, but... many new guys with honest dreams come to your channel... and I don't want them to go through the hell I had to go through to get to where I am, many times I thought about taking my life because of those stupidities of always being dissatisfied with what you do. guys, I humbly tell you with my open heart... love your present and be thankful every day for the plate of food you have on your table... and delete instagram or don't take it too much importance, it's not worth it, to sacrifice this life in those little things.
@@spvidz I tried to tell you something very long and extensive, but I have no idea why TH-cam deletes the comment. I will try to comment it in a separate comment so it will be useful to all the people, and I take the opportunity to send you a big hug SPVIDZ, I really value what you do brother, you are HIPHOP because HIPHOP is about teaching and passing the knowledge... and you are doing that.
Thanks for all your thoughts and encouragement bro! TH-cam comments are being very weird tonight. I’ve left a few replies and they didn’t show up, then 10 mins later they did. Stay safe man and thanks for sharing your knowledge 🙌
I sometimes start songs and then get stuck with the B section, for example, or how to transition to it and so it sits on the device sometimes for ages. However, I just got the mighty but mini Woovebox and it is awesome and I started and finished a song in no time at all. It can generate patterns for you. Check out the latest video on my channel👍🏻
Just found your channel, and subscribed. I have a tremendous amount of trouble making quick and big decisions on a beat. Biggest blockers for me are intros or outros...finding rhe right ways to start a beat. Rare I have a good idea there. So that keeps beats in limbo for days and even weeks sometimes...feels like a fear of making a decision that could "ruin" the dopeness of the beat. If its something I could stop, tell me how lmao 😂
@@spvidz Cool. I just set up the SP404SX as an outboard FX piece and I was hoping I could figure out a way to arrange things a little plainly on the intro and outro and use the 404's FX to kind of get something going....maybe sprinkle some effects over the beat and mix in some other FX in the beat. Kind of out of ideas...
I bought my SP four months ago and haven't finished a tune yet...very strange for me. And yup...I have a great idea all ready to record, but I keep putting it off. Other than a few thousand plays online, there is little reward. And I'm not sure folks really know trash from treasure. So...what's the point?
It’s a bit of an open ended question but quick answer - I guess you gotta either work on how you start getting more listens or find another purpose for your beat making that is more rewarding. I was trying to talk more about the process of getting to an end point rather than how a beat/beats are received once they are out in the wild, but maybe your point could be something I could cover in another video 👍
Yes! Acoustic treatment will help immensely. Before you invest in a new microphone, buy some acoustic foam wedges for the upper corners of your room. That will kill a lot of standing waves (especially bass) that can be problematic. You can go cheaper with the walls and ceiling with homemade panels. Glenn Fricker did a how-to video years ago on his channel. Add couple of rugs here and there and you're all set. You will have immediate better results, you can work longer with less ear fatigue and you'll just BE HAPPIER!
Sweet beats, by the way and thanks for your ideas and tips for the SP404. It's an an amazing piece of gear that offers great possibilities for all musicians.
🥁 Check out my drum packs & merch here - bit.ly/2OIJ0zf
I love the new way you are filming the videos in the more blog style 👍
Thanks a lot. Appreciate the support while I’m trying something new 🙏
That sample flip is so dope 🔥🔥🔥 Please finish it :) Just record some flips in the sequencer and multipad export those ones you like. Mix, arrange and master the beat. Because now you are in love with the beat. You are feeling it. In a few weeks or months you won't finish it anymore. The excitement will be gone by then. Imagine in two years you will think about that dope beat you made but you don't have a finished file you can listen to or show to anyone. I would be much more feared about not having any result in the future than of being disappointed after the process. Maybe having a greater goal could help. Like a beat set you want to perform or a beat tape. If that beat is just a part of a greater thing like a beat tape, it may be more likely you will finish it.
Thanks for the advice and help! I'm going to try and work harder on getting ideas finished over the next few weeks. The 404MK2 is probably the best device for doing that with how easy it is to record/export to computer!
Whatever comes out, is what comes out.. that’s my motto. 🔥🤘🏽
Thats a good one to work by!
great vid again 🔥never experienced the fear of finishing the beat. As soon as I have my sample and drums, I imagine that there is one or two best ways to chop and lay stuff down and am trying to find it. Its a fun concept. The weird thing that happens to me is that when I make a beat that is still not exported yet and hear it like the next day, I might make huge changes to it and make it something different but it never hurts the beat, its always way better. Unfortunatelly that keeps me from making a beat a day.
Nice, I've had the same before as well. I've come back to some chops the following day and made a chop pattern that is 1000x better than the one I originally made!
Damn those chops 🔥🔥🔥
Thanks yeah they came out nice! I gotta grow a pair and get it finished 😂
@@spvidz Consider to buy an Akai 950, it's a game changer 🔥🔥🔥
That’s so weird you mention that as I talk about the 950 in my next video on Thursday!
@@spvidz Puahah that's really weird ahahah! I think it gives that nice "taste". You know ✌🏼
solution: leave it the way you like it, no matter what other beatmakers and producers, engineers, etc. are going to say.
None of these assholes are going to bring food to the table with their perfectionism.
normal, ordinary people are the ones who bring you food on the table.
it cost me a lot to learn this and many still fall into this pitiful game.
Appreciate the comment but that isn’t really what I’m concerned about. It’s more about how I feel about the beat when it’s finished. What I was trying to say is sometimes when you feel like you are on to a good idea there can be a fear of going through the process and being personally disappointed at the end. I’m sure I’m not alone with this and it’s part of the curse of being creative. But yeah I agree with your points. You gotta tread your own path and ignore baseless criticism
@@spvidz Yes bro, you have to love your own creations... each one of us is unique and special, I know what it's like to feel angry when you want to sound like someone else, but that's the fatal mistake... it makes you lose your way and lose ''your magic''.
Let's not be intimidated by Instagram and social media.
I currently earn $400 a month on Spotify for a few years (so you understand, I'm talking about a base of 8 years of experience in this lofi thing).
I know a lot of people in this world from the golden age of Soundcloud and today.
And I write this so that no one gets discouraged or makes the same mistakes I did by letting myself be scammed and criticized for my beats.
Everything you see on Instagram is 90% a lie, those profiles with 170k or more monthly listeners are a lie... most are people who have had to do bad practices, and pay to be there or have friends in the publishing houses of their country (yes , because every few years, the publishers rotate in different countries... Italy, Mexico, Switzerland has been home to many bad illegal practices $$$, BELIEVE ME... I know what I'm talking about)
lofi today is a business, gentlemen... a dirty business that can be anything but that, THAT IS NOT HIP-HOP.
Many lo-fi producers were born into rich families and they should know that there are many people who have had to work their butts off to be able to buy a sampler, even sacrificing their own food on the table.
Our community should be more aware and make lo-fi a real part of HIPHOP culture, what do I mean by this?
I'm sick of lo-fi being anchored to damn anime and commercialism.
The biggest mistake of lo-fi artists was that, lacking a conscious and social message for people... they built a purely commercial and recyclable school.
It's time to take lo-fi to another level, more humble, more conscious and more human, for the rest of the world.
Sorry if I offend anyone, but fuck... nobody dares to talk about these things nowadays, as long as they make money, they don't care about anything else.
As a final note I want to say… I have 15 followers on Instagram (I never upload videos or stories) and I generate monthly income on Spotify, much more than profiles with 5,000 followers that upload videos every damn day.
With this, the people who read this should be clear about what I mean.
i remember one day an engineer who is a lofi artist told me: ''hey but people don't like the dialogues in the beats'' the dialogue was a message in spanish, to raise awareness, social conscience.
that day i wish i had told him: ''what the fuck do i care if people don't like it bro...''. i want to raise awareness with lofi.... not be a generic commercial product based on anime and bullshit...''.
please don't make my mistakes, don't be intimidated by anyone, don't follow any advice other than your heart and your ears.
Love your beats, love yourself... transform the pain into something good... something good and fair.
I send you a big hug brother SPVIDZ and I'm sorry if I deviated from the topic of the video, but... many new guys with honest dreams come to your channel... and I don't want them to go through the hell I had to go through to get to where I am, many times I thought about taking my life because of those stupidities of always being dissatisfied with what you do.
guys, I humbly tell you with my open heart... love your present and be thankful every day for the plate of food you have on your table... and delete instagram or don't take it too much importance, it's not worth it, to sacrifice this life in those little things.
@@spvidz Yes bro, you have to love your own creations... each one of us is unique and special, I know what it's like to feel angry when you want to sound like someone else, but that's the fatal mistake... it makes you lose your way and lose ''your magic''.
Let's not be intimidated by Instagram and social media.
I currently earn $400 a month on Spotify for a few years (so you understand, I'm talking about a base of 8 years of experience in this lofi thing).
I know a lot of people in this world from the golden age of Soundcloud and today.
And I write this so that no one gets discouraged or makes the same mistakes I did by letting myself be scammed and criticized for my beats.
Everything you see on Instagram is 90% a lie, those profiles with 170k or more monthly listeners are a lie... most are people who have had to do bad practices, and pay to be there or have friends in the publishing houses of their country (yes , because every few years, the publishers rotate in different countries... Italy, Mexico, Switzerland has been home to many bad illegal practices $$$, BELIEVE ME... I know what I'm talking about)
lofi today is a business, gentlemen... a dirty business that can be anything but that, THAT IS NOT HIP-HOP.
Many lo-fi producers were born into rich families and they should know that there are many people who have had to work their butts off to be able to buy a sampler, even sacrificing their own food on the table.
Our community should be more aware and make lo-fi a real part of HIPHOP culture, what do I mean by this?
I'm sick of lo-fi being anchored to damn anime and commercialism.
The biggest mistake of lo-fi artists was that, lacking a conscious and social message for people... they built a purely commercial and recyclable school.
It's time to take lo-fi to another level, more humble, more conscious and more human, for the rest of the world.
Sorry if I offend anyone, but fuck... nobody dares to talk about these things nowadays, as long as they make money, they don't care about anything else.
As a final note I want to say… I have 15 followers on Instagram (I never upload videos or stories) and I generate monthly income on Spotify, much more than profiles with 5,000 followers that upload videos every damn day.
With this, the people who read this should be clear about what I mean.
i remember one day an engineer who is a lofi artist told me: ''hey but people don't like the dialogues in the beats'' the dialogue was a message in spanish, to raise awareness, social conscience.
that day i wish i had told him: ''what the fuck do i care if people don't like it bro...''. i want to raise awareness with lofi.... not be a generic commercial product based on anime and bullshit...''.
please don't make my mistakes, don't be intimidated by anyone, don't follow any advice other than your heart and your ears.
Love your beats, love yourself... transform the pain into something good... something good and fair.
I send you a big hug brother SPVIDZ and I'm sorry if I deviated from the topic of the video, but... many new guys with honest dreams come to your channel... and I don't want them to go through the hell I had to go through to get to where I am, many times I thought about taking my life because of those stupidities of always being dissatisfied with what you do.
guys, I humbly tell you with my open heart... love your present and be thankful every day for the plate of food you have on your table... and delete instagram or don't take it too much importance, it's not worth it, to sacrifice this life in those little things.
@@spvidz I tried to tell you something very long and extensive, but I have no idea why TH-cam deletes the comment.
I will try to comment it in a separate comment so it will be useful to all the people, and I take the opportunity to send you a big hug SPVIDZ, I really value what you do brother, you are HIPHOP because HIPHOP is about teaching and passing the knowledge... and you are doing that.
Thanks for all your thoughts and encouragement bro! TH-cam comments are being very weird tonight. I’ve left a few replies and they didn’t show up, then 10 mins later they did. Stay safe man and thanks for sharing your knowledge 🙌
I sometimes start songs and then get stuck with the B section, for example, or how to transition to it and so it sits on the device sometimes for ages. However, I just got the mighty but mini Woovebox and it is awesome and I started and finished a song in no time at all. It can generate patterns for you. Check out the latest video on my channel👍🏻
Yeah those transitions can be tricky that’s for sure! Kinda like working out a puzzle
Got the hip hop sample pack 1+2 from your summer sale. Love your stuff👌
Very much appreciated! Thanks for the support 🙏
Just found your channel, and subscribed. I have a tremendous amount of trouble making quick and big decisions on a beat. Biggest blockers for me are intros or outros...finding rhe right ways to start a beat. Rare I have a good idea there. So that keeps beats in limbo for days and even weeks sometimes...feels like a fear of making a decision that could "ruin" the dopeness of the beat. If its something I could stop, tell me how lmao 😂
lol I feel you on that side of things as well. Maybe I could do a video about arrangement. Thanks for subbing 🙌
@@spvidz Cool. I just set up the SP404SX as an outboard FX piece and I was hoping I could figure out a way to arrange things a little plainly on the intro and outro and use the 404's FX to kind of get something going....maybe sprinkle some effects over the beat and mix in some other FX in the beat. Kind of out of ideas...
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Thanks for tuning in 🙏
that is a jem of a sample man
Nice one man. Need to get this one finished 😆
@@spvidz can’t wait to hear what you do with it! Did you stumble apon this record or was it from a site? A blind buy lp?
@@kodeshe8643 That Ain't the Way You Make Love by Z.Z Hill. Same as Fancy Clown by madvillain :)
Great video, 4:39 is a DOPE beat. And yea I have a huge fear of finishing beats, I think it is me overthinking it.
Thanks a lot! Yup overthinking things is a huge problem when doing something creative
I bought my SP four months ago and haven't finished a tune yet...very strange for me.
And yup...I have a great idea all ready to record, but I keep putting it off.
Other than a few thousand plays online, there is little reward. And I'm not sure folks really know trash from treasure. So...what's the point?
It’s a bit of an open ended question but quick answer - I guess you gotta either work on how you start getting more listens or find another purpose for your beat making that is more rewarding. I was trying to talk more about the process of getting to an end point rather than how a beat/beats are received once they are out in the wild, but maybe your point could be something I could cover in another video 👍
This has been on my mind recently, too. Good luck finishing it up 🤘. You can record to a phone over USB!?
With the MK2 yes! You can also record the other way too via usb. I have a video in the archive somewhere 👍
@@spvidz thanks man I found it. Man I’ve should have got into 404s a long time ago. So man little things I love about it. USB audio is king
He’s on fireeeee 🔥🔥🔥
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Yes! Acoustic treatment will help immensely. Before you invest in a new microphone, buy some acoustic foam wedges for the upper corners of your room. That will kill a lot of standing waves (especially bass) that can be problematic. You can go cheaper with the walls and ceiling with homemade panels. Glenn Fricker did a how-to video years ago on his channel. Add couple of rugs here and there and you're all set. You will have immediate better results, you can work longer with less ear fatigue and you'll just BE HAPPIER!
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Sweet beats, by the way and thanks for your ideas and tips for the SP404. It's an an amazing piece of gear that offers great possibilities for all musicians.
Thanks for that - will definitely do some treatment on the walls soon. I’ll either hang rugs or make some panels like you mentioned 👍
Damn it. Now I want Frosted Mini Wheats. 😤
Haha they are really nice. Just did a box of honey and nut and they just didn’t hit the same
@@spvidz 😂. Great video. My problem is I don’t finish beats on the SP. I have a bunch of loops. Nothings finished. 😑
yeah I'm bad for it on the SP too. I find it amazing for getting ideas down quickly but past that it becomes difficult...!
Make 2 or 3 "vip" mixes of the track and then see which one people (or you) prefer.
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Thanks for watching!