3 Hacks for Better Drum Beats
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ก.ค. 2024
- Watch this Hack Music Theory lesson to learn how to program better drum beats. These hacks will take your music production and drum programming to the next level. So whether you want to program MIDI drums or make live drum parts, just follow these 3 drum hacks (including our "drunk drummer" hack), and your drum beats won't just be unique, they'll be super groovy, too! But first... tea!
0:00 Introduction
1:24 Hack 1: Drunk Drummer
3:01 Hack 2: Unexpected Accents
5:35 Hack 3: Frame USP
7:16 Playthrough of Final Drum Beat
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Hello, we're Kate Harmony and Ray Harmony, and together we are Revolution Harmony. If you’re new to our channel, welcome, and please allow us to introduce ourselves. We're music producers based in beautiful Vancouver, Canada, and we’re also the founders of Hack Music Theory, the pioneering notation-free method for making great music. Every Monday, you’ll find us here on TH-cam sharing our top secret music theory hacks, which are designed to transform you into a super confident music maker whose songs will stand out on those Spotify playlists. So, whether you’re a beginner or a professional, a songwriter or a producer, an instrumentalist or a DAW musician, our music theory hacks will have you writing great songs in no time!
Who is RAY HARMONY?
Ray is an award-winning music lecturer and the author of the critically-acclaimed book series, Hack Music Theory. After decades of teaching ‘popular’ and ‘classical’ music theory, Ray created a unique crossover method for songwriting, which we call Hack Music Theory. We use this method to write all our music. Ray’s songs have even featured Serj Tankian (System of a Down), Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine), Kool Keith, and many more.
Who is KATE HARMONY?
Kate is the only person on the planet who's been trained by Ray Harmony to teach his Hack Music Theory method. From 2014 to 2016, she undertook her formal teacher training, and has since become a partner and co-teacher at Hack Music Theory. Kate has a Grade 8 (the highest grade) Distinction in Popular Music Theory from the London College of Music, and is also a songwriter, producer, and recording artist.
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Hack Drum Beats (PDF) - Everything you need to know for making beats in one PDF: HackMusicTheory.com/Drums
haha, I was mislead by the title. I thought this would be some Dilla Style drums, cause these are often referred to as drunk drum beats.
Anyway, cool concept. Thanks for sharing!
We're really happy you enjoyed our video! Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment :)
What kind of music are you into?
You guys are great! Love the energy and time you’ve taken to post up these lessons! Mahalo 🤙🏽
Do I have to be drunk to do this? I could put rum in my tea I suppose.
Nope, definitely don't have to be drunk, in fact, it probably works better if you're not!! Hope you're having a great week and as always thanks for watching :)
Fantastic tutorial, as usual! Thanks for this.
Awesome! So glad you enjoyed this one! You changed your name on YT... do you mind me asking what it was before? It helps me stay organized!!
Hope you're having a fabulous week! Kate :)
This is so useful as I am struggling with drums, but more amazing is your channel... so much useful information! Thank you for making this, this is incredible! :)
Thanks so much for watching and connecting by janis! We're thrilled you're finding our channel helpful and we're super pumped to welcome you into our Hack Music Theory revolution! What kind of music do you make? Kate :)
Hack Music Theory Wow, thank you! I am really fascinated by Post Rock. I am not that good, but I try to be consistent in my writing and practicing. I challenged myself to do music no matter what. I saw your online apprentecipe and I really want to take that kind of class, where I can get a feedback, because I never had a teachers. Can I enroll later? What you are doing is amazing and I dont want to miss a chance to learn more about music. :)
Hi by janis! Thanks for sharing. That's awesome that you are so committed to your music. Through practice, hard work, and learning music theory and how to apply it, you will absolutely become a better songwriter, so you're definitely on the right path!
There is no individual feedback offered in the apprenticeship, as we just don't have enough time to offer this consulting service and teach Hack Music Theory and make music! However, I think you would find it very helpful in your journey to becoming a better songwriter. Ray always says he wishes he had his teachings when he started making music in his early teens... but he had to learn the hard way and I'm so glad he did, otherwise, we'd have no Hack Music Theory!
There are two ways you can do the apprenticeship. You can do Apprenticeship #1, which gives you access to 16+ hours of video of Ray writing "Mile Zero" from start to finish, and teaching all the theory along the way. The other option is to sign up to our Artist tier on Patreon, where you can watch Apprenticeship #2 unfold over the coming months. We start in February, and we can't wait!
If this sounds like it would be helpful to you, then you can find out more here: www.RevolutionHarmony.com/Apprenticeship. Let me know if you have any other questions.
Thanks again for your interest in Hack Music Theory, and until next time, take care and happy songwriting! Kate :)
Thank you for encouragement and suggestions. I am definitely will make it to your patreon page for apprentaship #2! Thank you for teaching all those tricks, I am definitely going to stick with what you are teaching. All those hacks are extremely useful and I already try some of them. It's like magic. Thank you again! :)
You are most welcome Janis :) We are so looking forward to having you join us for Apprenticeship #2!! Take care and have a lovely weekend! Kate :)
Really good stuff! Thank you guys
Thanks for dropping by Riccardo and leaving us a kind note! We're super happy you enjoyed the video :) Until next week, take care and happy songwriting! Kate :)
Thanks guys this helps a lot 🤘
Happy to hear it, Dave, and a very warm welcome to the Hack Music Theory community! What kind of music do you make? Take care and have a great weekend :)
thank you very much
Very useful tips, so simple, yet effective!
So glad to hear that you found this useful! Hope you're having a wonderfully sunny week... we miss the sunshine here!
Wow, scientifically done, organic result
Thanks TrueGritProductions, happy to hear you're digging our vids! A warm welcome to the Hack Music Theory community, what kind of music do you make? Take care, and we hope to see you again soon for more theory hacks :)
thank you
Love you guys
Aww thanks Justin, that's very kind of you! Thanks so much for watching and connecting, we really appreciate it :)
What kind of music do you make? Kate :)
I haven`t watch you so long... No time period in my life. One view on new "lesson" and I am positively set up for next day or even longer... Love you both.
Great to hear from you again LostInDigital! Thank you for your kind words, we're glad to hear that our hacks are helpful to you and your music! By the way, what kind of music do you make? Take care, Kate :)
sorry for late answer.. busy like a bee... ;-) soundcloud.com/user-197982931/taki-chill-ze-wacek-mieknie I don`t know what kind of music it is. I have started from zero about 2 years ago... you name it ;-)
Very interesting technique, thanks for sharing! Gotta try real soon
Great to hear from you Pierre! Thanks so much for watching and connecting, it always makes us happy to know that our hacks are helping musicians! On that note, what kinda music do you make, and where are you based?
Hack Music Theory, I make some electronic music in its various forms. But I really lack in the theory dept, so you are so helping to me! I m based in France, North East part.
Keep up with the good work!
Dope guys. Been needing help on my drums for a while. Bout to test it out after the vid
Hey, thanks for watching and connecting, Cross Music! It always makes us happy to know that our hacks are helping musicians :) On that note, what kinda music do you make?
I make hip hop music :)
Lot's of love ❤❤🙌👑
You're very kind, Flam Heddy Beats 🙏 We'd love to know what kind of music you make? Take care and have a great week!
u got yourself a subscriber
- Did you say Coffee?
- For the drunk drummer !
Oh, I love you guys !
Haha, yup! We love having you here, Salvadore :) Hope you're having a lovely weekend!
@@HackMusicTheory DAT COMMENT INTERACTION THO!
The Harmony family is harmonious
Lol, thank you Salvadore :) Sending you harmonious vibes from sunny British Columbia!
@@HackMusicTheory OOOOOH I HAVE BEEN THERE! I worked for a few months in the shipyard in Victoria BC. Insanely beautiful place !
I would send you vibes from UK, but its mostly raining here, so... I send you vibes from my soul !
So cool, Salvadore!! We loved living in Vic, and as you say, it's definitely an insanely beautiful place! Whereabouts in the UK do you live? Ray spent 10 years living in London, so he knows the rainy summers well :) And thank you for the soul vibes, we received them loud and clear 🙏 Kate
fantastisc....it makes the drum feel more natural ! it would be great on reggae beatz !thanks
We're really happy you enjoyed our video, Négusfirst! Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment, we're deeply grateful to you. Until next time, happy songwriting! Kate :)
Wow. Your channel is 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Haha, thanks M1NDSET STUDIO!
@@HackMusicTheory can you deconstruct "Genna Bounce" please see link th-cam.com/video/OR9w80cJwCA/w-d-xo.html
For ages I can't figure how they are doing the beat pattern, or the melody/keys being played. Seems to be common in New dancehall music.
Please please please 😁😁😁😁
that was great
We're really happy you enjoyed our video, Nacho Ejem! Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment, we're deeply grateful to you. Until next time, happy songwriting! Kate :)
pretty interesting!
Thanks so much for stopping by LemonJOe, and a warm welcome to the Hack Music Theory community! What kind of music do you make? Take care, and we hope to see you again soon for more theory hacks :)
Wow, I just realised I kind of did this! Since I finished my January song so quickly last week I started working on a new one. This time I wanted to feature percussion as a main driving factor on the song and give it a more latin american/afro feel. So I used 2 djembe drums allong with the drums, but they didn't really sound tight together so what I did was to use the bass note on the djembe pattern and copied it to the kick drum, and suddenly everything fit completely nice together. For harmony I went all over the place using wierd scales and modulations to get the sound I had in mind. Now I'm struggling with the vocal melody and lyrics for that song any tips?. On the bright side, once that's done I might be able to record it as live session on both audio/video. As always, great video.
Amazingly amazing!!! Thanks for the update, Pradich, we're pumped that you're joining us on this 1song/month journey! Regarding writing a melody and lyrics for your song. If your harmony is pretty wild, which it sounds like it is, then I'd definitely explore all the naughty melodic movements of one semitone, where you go from a diatonic note to an unexpected non-diatonic note, that always sounds thrilling! Then be sure to bring in some big melodic jumps for drama, as well as balancing the aforementioned semitones. Regarding lyrics, I've actually got an in-depth hack for writing lyrics in my Songwriting & Producing PDF, which you can check out here: RevolutionHarmony.com/Books. Hope that helps, my friend! Take care and talk soon. Ray :)
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Brilliant XD
Hey hey Alice Minguez, lovely to see you again, hope all's great your side! We hope to see you again soon for more theory hacks! Until then, have a wonderful week/weekend :)
How do you know which note represents which drum part?
Question : I'm not using reaper, so maybe that's the problem here, but when you copy the bass line to the drums it looks like you end up with fewer drum hits than the number of bass notes you started with. What's going on? I'm using FL Studio 12...
Thanks, great stuff - I signed up for the apprenticeship. Looking forward to getting it.
What daw are you using?
Hi MarsWiley, thanks so much for watching and connecting! We use Reaper and are big fans of the software and the company for so many reasons! They give you a free 60-day trial of the full program and it's relatively inexpensive to buy at US$60. You can check it out here: www.reaper.fm. Take care and we hope to hear from you again. Happy Songwriting! Kate :)
Very educational (but I was hoping for a more rock oriented drum lesson).
Hey, Have Guitar, great to hear from you again! How's the playing going?
We cover all genres of music on our channel, and pretty much all our hacks can be used in all genres. That being said we do have a drum video with hacks from Ray's rock/metal song "They Live to Kill": th-cam.com/video/cHUNSMbN-vU/w-d-xo.html Also, have you seen the 2-part series with did on TesseracT last month? It's got some juicy hacks for rock/metal songs (including some drums): th-cam.com/video/-BpGQo8CSyA/w-d-xo.html. Have a great week and happy songwriting! Kate :)
How do you make reaper do a note every time you right click? I have to double click and it’s sapping my will
I think he's just using left click+drag. You can't change usual right click behavior in Reaper's midi editor as far as I know.
Hey Karaoke Apocalypse, thanks for watching and connecting, much appreciated! And yes, as Daniel Leonov answered (thank you Daniel), drawing notes in Reaper's piano roll is done by left clicking and dragging the note out as long as you want. Is this what you're having an issue with, or is it something else?
Yeh that was the problem. Thank you both!
Awesome!!! Happy to help :)
great video guys, so I have to be drunk to make drums lines isn't?😝
Hola M B, glad you enjoyed the video! The hack will probably work better if you're not drunk... haha ;) I hope you have a lovely week! Kate
Hack Music Theory Hi kate! I was just kidding 😆
Haha!
do you guys plan on switching daws?
Hey hey Renzo, thanks for watching and connecting, much appreciated! I've pretty much used every DAW out there, and I love Reaper the most, so no plans on switching. What DAW do you use? Thanks again for stopping by! Ray :)
Im on ableton! so its a little easier to stay on track with ableton videos! but i still have a lot of knowledge ive gained from you guys even though its different!
This is gold and you guys are such a cute couple :)
Aww thanks so much for your kind words, glitch314! What kind of music do you make? Take care, and we hope to see you again soon for more theory hacks :)
@@HackMusicTheory Hey! Thanks a lot for your reply :) This may sound silly, but I'm not making any music, just a gearhead who likes to make noise... I find the whole music making process too daunting and my span of attention is too short to put something together, I'm afraid... I just hook things up and get lost in sonic worlds, which is fun enough for me. But I love learning about the technical side of things, which help me appreciate the music I listen to (glitch, baroque, grunge, acid, etc.) I must admit your lessons are the easiest to digest I've seen so far and even make me wanna try to actually put something together :)
Hey glitch314, thanks so much for sharing :) You're definitely in the right place to try your hand at writing/composing something! May I recommend following along with our Step-by-Step Starter Guide: th-cam.com/play/PLgYcaQlDpHN5GZwnfDVwRmx-WHhJvdtMf.html. You could work on one layer at a time :) If you do give it a try, let us know how it goes! Also, we love that our lessons are helping you to appreciate the music you listen to, that's awesome. Until next time, take care, glitch314. Kate :)
What a cute couple...
erster :)