I really like how you actually explain the musical ideas, not just making "Pharrell type beat". It's actually extremely important to show young beatmakers how you can use the same techniques for completely different results
Using percussion as a song starter is a Phil Collins classic trick ! He used to start with a CR78 drum machin as percussion to create a groove. To did it, he programed loops as a rythmic pattern. Then, based on his drum machin pattern, he composed, an acoustic drums groove to create an all rythm section, and added the melody and harmonic part at last.
When thinking of Pharrell, I’ve always considered him a minimalist. He seems to only use longer sustains on the bridge, or breaks. One perfect example, is “Drop It Like It’s Hot”. When I hear younger track makers throw every sound they in their DAW into one track, I refer them to that Pharrell/Snoop track
this is so valuable to me as I am great at making loops, but have trouble making that into a song. Thanks for this as always, Navie! Keep loving yourself. peace from Japan.
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Thank you so much man, this is very insightful. I've been into making 2000's-ish hip hop lately. Typically in the style of the Neptunes. I was getting sick of starting of with a framework that limits room for creativity (for example: starting of with chords, a melody, overused trap hihat, overused trap snare, a bouncy snare and a spinz 808). The things I've learned from listening to alot of beats produced by the Neptunes for the last 2 days: 1. Use textured drums. 2. Don't be afraid to use percussions in an unconventional way. 3. Chords don't have to be extended throughout the whole song. 4. Same goes for the melody. 5. Sometimes you don't even need chords, but just weird textured sounds on the background to fill up the frequency spectrum. 6. Same goes for the melody. 7. Don't spend alot of time trying to make your instrument sound natural. 8. STOP USING REEVERB ON EVERYTHING. It's what I do inuitively, but alot of melody instruments the Neptunes' use are dry as hell. 9. IT'S OKAY TO LEAVE SPACES. 10. Have fun with it. Experiment, try new things. Enjoy the fact that you don't have to stick to a protocol that leaves little room for innovation, so that your beats don't end up sounding as if they were mass produced in a Metro Boomin' factory.
Your analyses are all kinds of on point. Here are four producers with respective suggestions for deep dives I'd love to hear your perspective on: DJ Premier - You Know My Steez Pete Rock - The Boss Large Professor - Half Time Easy Mo Bee - Machine Gun Funk Peace
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Naw man, I saw Chad tell in an interview that usually Pharell has a more or less finished beat when he enters the studio and his job is to make it sound phat
i don't comment a lot, but wanted to give you kudos. the thing i luv about these vids is that you give techniques used by greats while emphasizing that these are concepts that can be used to create your OWN sound. you do a great job of showing how they get a result technically without saying "DO THIS TO SOUND LIKE ____". It's hard for some to separate techniques from someone's art, and you kill it every time. keep up the great work!
Please credit Chad. When they produced as The Neptunes, he's a key part. Mr Me Too is a Neptunes beat not entirely produced by Pharrel as is Busta's What it is.
Very late but HHNF was produced entirely by Pharrell. "The Neptunes" are credited, but Chad isn't credited anywhere on any of the tracks unlike the majority of Neptunes-produced songs
Get the Korg Triton Extreme and Korg MicroKorg Plug-ins, they have 99% of the sounds Pharrell (The Neptunes) used up until around 2010 or so. These are the actual keyboards they used at that time. Even the drums are the same in the Triton.
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Navie you are primed for greatness. Honestly I ain't even an flstudio fan - your content is much more than that. good to see you are promoting it that way more
No reason i watched this 8 times lol. Do NaShiem Myrick!!! Small World - Nas, Queen B*tch - Lil Kim, Who Shot Ya - Biggie. He's got a Crazy unique pocket and would love your take on it. Bless
the 2nd core idea definitely comes from pharrell's marching band days. that percussion for the beat you used specifically is very similar to a marching tenor drum groove
Thought the same haha. Me and my wife like to play Pharrell Roulette while driving sometimes. You just hear it instantly if the Neptunes or Pharrell has something to do with the beat.
interesting that Kanye covered a while ago here also uses toms and other percussive elements more melodically sometimes, especially great using the synthier drum machine toms pairing them with Kanye-esque distortion
I really like this approach of tutorials...it’s about studying. I know this isn’t totally the genre you focus on but could we study some flylo? He’s my hero
I really appreciate your videos for the way it never comes across like you're copying the artist you're focusing on, only taking inspiration. so much more insight than if you were to just do "how to make a Pharrell type beat"
As a producer and an engineer. What made Pharrell different was the sounds he and chad used to make the beats and the mix was different because the drums always sounded really compressed but had enough snap to it to be effective. Although this video is correct in some aspects… the sound choice and mixing was what made producers like Timbo and Pharrell head and shoulders bigger among other producers at the time. You have producers like Dilla and Primo totally sample driven and then you had Pharrell and Timbo etc who also sample but the usage of the samples were different and in some cases there were NO samples used at all.
I used to use FL studio to make some home beats, it's been a long time since I've watched any videos on DAW or producing. I am totally blown by the amount of information you're sharing here. Thank you so much. I just finished like 4 videos from your channel and got to see on your bio that you've been making music for a long time now. It would be great to have a video on how did you start and what kind of DAW do you use. Again, thank you so much for the share. Take care.
Ok. My favorite producer is Pharrell. This was a good video breaking down some of his techniques. I hit like on the video. Then you pulled up the Ye vid?! Kanye is my second favorite producer so I had to immediately subscribe. 👍🏽
your videos on music productions ideas are, quite literally, the only music production youtube videos that don't immediately make me vomit. thank you very much for making them!
It bothers me a lot whenever content creators like this talk about Pharell as a producer. They seem to forget that its not just Pharell, Its the Neptunes. Much of their style and sound was created by his partner Chad Hugo.
I’m a new subscriber I love your breakdown of beat making I am currently working on a beat using a sample from killing me softly I love the first part of the song
I really like how you actually explain the musical ideas, not just making "Pharrell type beat". It's actually extremely important to show young beatmakers how you can use the same techniques for completely different results
Using percussion as a song starter is a Phil Collins classic trick !
He used to start with a CR78 drum machin as percussion to create a groove. To did it, he programed loops as a rythmic pattern. Then, based on his drum machin pattern, he composed, an acoustic drums groove to create an all rythm section, and added the melody and harmonic part at last.
he not afraid to let his s3xuality shine
When thinking of Pharrell, I’ve always considered him a minimalist. He seems to only use longer sustains on the bridge, or breaks. One perfect example, is “Drop It Like It’s Hot”. When I hear younger track makers throw every sound they in their DAW into one track, I refer them to that Pharrell/Snoop track
That bridge was Chad's idea
this is so valuable to me as I am great at making loops, but have trouble making that into a song. Thanks for this as always, Navie! Keep loving yourself. peace from Japan.
How can I check out your loops
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Thank you so much man, this is very insightful. I've been into making 2000's-ish hip hop lately. Typically in the style of the Neptunes. I was getting sick of starting of with a framework that limits room for creativity (for example: starting of with chords, a melody, overused trap hihat, overused trap snare, a bouncy snare and a spinz 808).
The things I've learned from listening to alot of beats produced by the Neptunes for the last 2 days:
1. Use textured drums.
2. Don't be afraid to use percussions in an unconventional way.
3. Chords don't have to be extended throughout the whole song.
4. Same goes for the melody.
5. Sometimes you don't even need chords, but just weird textured sounds on the background to fill up the frequency spectrum.
6. Same goes for the melody.
7. Don't spend alot of time trying to make your instrument sound natural.
8. STOP USING REEVERB ON EVERYTHING. It's what I do inuitively, but alot of melody instruments the Neptunes' use are dry as hell.
9. IT'S OKAY TO LEAVE SPACES.
10. Have fun with it. Experiment, try new things. Enjoy the fact that you don't have to stick to a protocol that leaves little room for innovation, so that your beats don't end up sounding as if they were mass produced in a Metro Boomin' factory.
this is actually very helpful information, thanks man imma sauce up something now
Your analyses are all kinds of on point. Here are four producers with respective suggestions for deep dives I'd love to hear your perspective on:
DJ Premier - You Know My Steez
Pete Rock - The Boss
Large Professor - Half Time
Easy Mo Bee - Machine Gun Funk
Peace
Havoc, Easy Mo Bee, Hitboy, Just Blaze, Erick Sermon...I could go on forever. Videos have been 🔥🔥🔥 Whichever producers you pick I'm watching
Navie just keeps coming up with the best videos ideas 💯💯
you should do RZA next
Pharrel often makes the drums and Chad does the melodics
Yeah I was kinda torn whether to call it a Pharrell video or a Neptunes video
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Damn Pharrell got the easiest part
@@NavieDcan you do a video on RZA please? He’s my favorite producer 🥶
Naw man, I saw Chad tell in an interview that usually Pharell has a more or less finished beat when he enters the studio and his job is to make it sound phat
i don't comment a lot, but wanted to give you kudos. the thing i luv about these vids is that you give techniques used by greats while emphasizing that these are concepts that can be used to create your OWN sound. you do a great job of showing how they get a result technically without saying "DO THIS TO SOUND LIKE ____". It's hard for some to separate techniques from someone's art, and you kill it every time. keep up the great work!
Lil Jon's style in the 2000's created big hits and influenced the sound we have today, would be nice to have a breakdown of his style
Underrated comment !
Lil Jon constantly overlooked. He imported Miami sound to ATL and gave them momentum for musical growth
@@Tarteviant facts
💯 Please! 🙏🏾
Lil Jon the beast.
very very informative , thank u😊🌺
Please credit Chad. When they produced as The Neptunes, he's a key part. Mr Me Too is a Neptunes beat not entirely produced by Pharrel as is Busta's What it is.
Pharrel done almost all the work
@@scorchinsun6586No he didn't.
@@boigenius1542(almost) bro
@@scorchinsun6586 dont trip bro
Very late but HHNF was produced entirely by Pharrell. "The Neptunes" are credited, but Chad isn't credited anywhere on any of the tracks unlike the majority of Neptunes-produced songs
Get the Korg Triton Extreme and Korg MicroKorg Plug-ins, they have 99% of the sounds Pharrell (The Neptunes) used up until around 2010 or so. These are the actual keyboards they used at that time. Even the drums are the same in the Triton.
The Korg 01/W was the foundation of that sound, almost as much as the Triton. Their drums were tweaked samples from breakbeat records
J'adore cette série de vidéo. Ça change des tutoriels habituels !
I really like your vids man, keep it up g
Thank you Thomthom!
Thank you for providing us with quality content as always bro ❤❤
Thank you for showing up all the time!
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THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!! Pharell saying he was pretending to be Premo was a gem ... Both of them influenced my sound!
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Lol same here
Same bro 😂😂😂 Clicked this with the quickness
Hahahahahaha😂 RIGHT!!???
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Navie you are primed for greatness. Honestly I ain't even an flstudio fan - your content is much more than that. good to see you are promoting it that way more
No reason i watched this 8 times lol. Do NaShiem Myrick!!! Small World - Nas, Queen B*tch - Lil Kim, Who Shot Ya - Biggie. He's got a Crazy unique pocket and would love your take on it. Bless
Ur a genius at deconstruction cuz /bow
the 2nd core idea definitely comes from pharrell's marching band days. that percussion for the beat you used specifically is very similar to a marching tenor drum groove
7:38 I swear there was a two year period in the 00s where every Neptunes beat sounded exactly like this 🤣
Fantastic video as usual Navie D.
Salute 👍🏿
Thought the same haha.
Me and my wife like to play Pharrell Roulette while driving sometimes.
You just hear it instantly if the Neptunes or Pharrell has something to do with the beat.
@@ooe93 🤣🤣👍🏿
do Sounwave
minor 9th that's all you need -Pharrell
Need a just blaze video!
Good take bro
I’ve been waiting for someone to make this video for years 😩
Man you’re a G, so much value in every video without the forced and fake delivery
Great video as always. Would love to see a breakdown on HIT-BOY
A breakdown on HIT-BOY would be sick
this is so sick, keep up the great work!
Great Video - I would love to see a RZA type video ;-)
what's the best way to start the morning, I hear you say?
wisdom from both Navie and Pharrell, obviously
How kind, thank you Rafael!
Nice video man, very interesting, i can't wait to watch in the next video of this category Dr. Doom😍
Man thank you so much for this!
Love these breakdowns. Have you done one for el-p yet?
+1 that would be nice!
El P would be another really awesome idea
Love El Producto’s style!
been only listening to pharrell recently thank u for this
Pharrell also loves the 4 count of melody slice at all his tracks intros
I just learned this. Im going to start getting busier with these one shots.
great vid as always
Great input. That's high praise, coming from me. Yes I know how I sound. It's the truth.
Good stuff Navie. Maybe do cookin soul or apollo brown next?
The beats cookin soul did for Nipsey are 🔥
You're the best music production channel I've ever seen on TH-cam. Clean, meaningful, consistent. Great work!
I didn't know benzema was a producer, great! 😂❤
The 4 count intro is the top secret. :)
Cardo Got Wingz.
Pete Rock.
Monte Booker.
These would be great future videos IMO.
aye another great video.. in other news tho.. that beat on tip 1 is fireee!!!
You're the best!!
Have you thought about doing a breakdown on Swizz Beatz? I've always been a fan of his production style
interesting that Kanye covered a while ago here also uses toms and other percussive elements more melodically sometimes, especially great using the synthier drum machine toms pairing them with Kanye-esque distortion
I really like this approach of tutorials...it’s about studying. I know this isn’t totally the genre you focus on but could we study some flylo? He’s my hero
I really appreciate your videos for the way it never comes across like you're copying the artist you're focusing on, only taking inspiration. so much more insight than if you were to just do "how to make a Pharrell type beat"
"To be able to wear gigantic hats" 😂😂😂😂
As a producer and an engineer. What made Pharrell different was the sounds he and chad used to make the beats and the mix was different because the drums always sounded really compressed but had enough snap to it to be effective. Although this video is correct in some aspects… the sound choice and mixing was what made producers like Timbo and Pharrell head and shoulders bigger among other producers at the time. You have producers like Dilla and Primo totally sample driven and then you had Pharrell and Timbo etc who also sample but the usage of the samples were different and in some cases there were NO samples used at all.
Yeah, I am not saying that is the ONLY thing that made those producers popular. Just a factor to think about
Awesome video! Have you already done a Just Blaze video?
4:31 that's some real sauce, brother, respect 💯💯🙏🏿
You do a great job with you videos bro
Awesome! would be nice see you talk about pete rock!
Thanks. I find myself adding to much of something, and try to do things tastefully. This also can make your perception of loudness be louder.
Very introspective and informative my friend! This is a sort of hip hop history course for the real students of music
I used to use FL studio to make some home beats, it's been a long time since I've watched any videos on DAW or producing. I am totally blown by the amount of information you're sharing here. Thank you so much. I just finished like 4 videos from your channel and got to see on your bio that you've been making music for a long time now. It would be great to have a video on how did you start and what kind of DAW do you use. Again, thank you so much for the share. Take care.
This video was definitely needed. Appreciate the input.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🕺🏾
Ok. My favorite producer is Pharrell. This was a good video breaking down some of his techniques. I hit like on the video. Then you pulled up the Ye vid?! Kanye is my second favorite producer so I had to immediately subscribe. 👍🏽
Just wanted to say: great video! Thx.
Love the shortness and straight to the point vids 🙌🏻💯 really helpful.
One of your better videos imho. Cheers m8
What producer next… HitBoy!!! 💪🏾
That first beat that you made, is fu**ing fire🔥😍
Thank you for your videos. It would be cool to see a video about the secrets of Apollo Brown.
Great intelligent research brother. Loving your content 🫶🏻
your videos on music productions ideas are, quite literally, the only music production youtube videos that don't immediately make me vomit. thank you very much for making them!
amazing video navie!
Thank you Meyerrrrrr
You are underappreciated. I am subscribed, but there are still some lost souls out there.
6:39 piece by piece is a good example of this aswell
very good tips.learned a lot. luv from CN~~
Can you do a full tutorial on his beats
It bothers me a lot whenever content creators like this talk about Pharell as a producer. They seem to forget that its not just Pharell, Its the Neptunes. Much of their style and sound was created by his partner Chad Hugo.
Timbaland please! I am most interested in his drum technique. You're the best. Thank you in advance!
Even if he's not only a producer I’d like a video about Tyler the creator's producing style
Hey I was wondering if you can cover some other genre of hip hop like west coast? A video on Battle Cat would be sick.
now you should talk about Varnish la piscine!!
That Mr Me Too beat uses a stock sound from a microkorg, A.43 in D'n'B/BREAKS.
The greatest never depends on tools, the greatest use the tools in the order to serve his or her life purpose.
Dope shit bro 🔥🤘 thank you
Would be amazing to see a song breakdown of the game - hate it or love it. As the producers chop up that sample to perfection!
If you want a crazy challenge try to remake the Milkshake beat exactly
Excellent Analysis!
Early pharell was a huge influence when I was starting out back in the day.
Who would you say is the biggest influence next
@@NavieD pharrell taught me the importance of understanding music and then JD taught me the importance of understanding groove.
you could do rza next
naive the goat, banger of a video!
Thank you
This is great. Can you do a video on Dr. Dre's sound? Thank you.🔥🔥🔥
Nice break down...👍🏾
Great video! Could you make a video analyzing rza's beats
RZA is definitely up there
My beats are so different and experimental. I don't like doing what most producers do. You gotta stand out if you wanna be remembered.
I’m a new subscriber I love your breakdown of beat making I am currently working on a beat using a sample from killing me softly I love the first part of the song
thank you for thisss & also, couldn't help but notice the art graphic (not the keys lol) on your wall.. its so dope!
Great Vid💥
we really need a video where you made that first beat from scratch🔥