NEW BEATMAKING CHALLENGE Hip Hop hero Barry Beats Sampling on a budget (inspired by Rhythm Roulette)
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Still riding high from the success of his bootleg Mass Appeal rhythm roulette attempt, Cornish beat making master Barry Beats decides to test himself once again with a brand new beat making challenge.
This time the blind fold (or Helmet) is removed BUT so is the record buying budget. Armed only with a shiny £1 coin and a full tank of diesel, Barry’s mission is to buy enough sampleable records to go back and craft a bangin’ beat using only the records bought for said pound.
In addition to the digging’ and Beatmaking challenge, Barry has also decided to compose his very own musical underscore to accompany the record searching portion of this vid. It has long been a dream of Barry’s to do a movie soundtrack and in the absence of a phone call from Tarrantino, Baz decided to take things into his own hands and get his Lalo Shifrin on. Inspired by the Library music of the 1960’s and 70’s Barry got creative employing the amazingly convincing virtual instruments to his disposal and wrote a drama suite incorporating 9 original pieces.
The entire Drama suite can be downloaded for, you guessed it £1, via the Barry Beats aka Si Spex Bandcamp page.
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Anyway, back to the Beat Challenge where first up Barry hits up the animal charity shops of Camborne and pool in Cornwall where the practice of getting in specialist record pricers is un heard of and usually ends up the job of an old lady called Eunice.
On route from Pool to Camborne Barry makes a pit stop in the fantastical house clearance emporium that is Miss Mollys just outside of Tuckingmill. Here Barry strikes gold with 10p per record and a room of LPs (No AC-DC though)
After approx 45 mins of digging, shop manager Katie takes pity on Barry as he successfully manages to haggle 6 records for 50p!
Barry is unfortunately not as successful in the local chazzas so he decides to return to Camborne’s high wizard of vinyl, the legendary Art (Proprietor of music and head shop Lost in Music) where he is directed to some bin (trash) bags in the corner stuffed with records. These records mean nothing to Art but could really save Barry’s bacon. With a big old pile under arm, Barry manages to snag the lot for just 50p which is a pretty good deal considering there is a Simon Sounds Two Generations and a 20th century steel band LP amongst the haul.
After a busy and successful mornings dig, Barry and camera operating sidekick Leonard need to re fuel and if you are in Cornwall that means just one thing… Pasty time, and there is nowhere better in West Cornwall than Brian Ethertons in Scorrier.
Totally stuffed, the two intrepid adventurers return to the lab where a full assessment of the dig takes place. The verdict is positive as plenty of sample worthy material presents itself. Way too much to feature in this video in fact.
Now for the fun bit! Getting busy in Ableton.
First, in traditional Barry style he starts off by laying down the drums, in this case the rolling bangers of the Simon Sound.
Not quite happy with the loopy chopped B-Boy sounding style of drum pattern, Barry plumps for a more traditional programmed style of drum while also incorporating some layered virtual Addictive Drums for good measure.
Now for the music and after auditioning a number of samples over the drums (again, not enough time to show this on this 30min vid) he finally settles on the Baja Band track Big Red with its cheeky Sesame Street feel.
Using Ableton’s excellent Simpler sampler Barry dissects the Baja Band into hundreds of component parts and gets funky with it. The result is a choppy sounding quirky 12 bars of smile inducing niceness.
Not content with just the Baja Band samples Barry decides to delve into some of the other records in the £1 stash to add extra musical flavour. Both the Beat Street and Duane Eddy are somehow interweaved into the mix giving the track even more variety and entertainment value.
And that is where we leave the lab and get to check out the finished beat complete with added virtual instrument additions.
And speaking of virtual instruments here is a list of instruments used in this track…
Barry adds a bass, marimba & glockenspiel from the Native instruments Komplete collection
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Also the track features the amazing RMI Rocksichord virtual instrument which can be downloaded for free from Soniccouture
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Finally you can here some tasty jazz guitar licks courtesy of the Archtop Hollowbody guitar by Impact Soundworks
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Hope you Enjoy and if you fancy taking Barry’s £1 (or $1.25) Beatmaking Challenge then go for it. Would love to hear your results. Feel free to post any links to them in the comments section below.
HAPPY BEATMAKING
Barry is so un-hip hop that he's most hip hop ever, if that's possible. Mackin"!
true story!
We are all also fooled by the nowadays crazy looking artists. Real Hiphop was sort of average guys doing what they love. That's why he and us, the real Hiphop guys look unspectacular.
should've been our music teacher........the adventure
hip hop comes from your heart
If you got real love for the culture then it will bleed through regardless of your style. A head nod can say a lot more than a chain and some shoes.
This is the most underrated channel on TH-cam
I agree
We need a "Life of Barry Beats" sitcom!!
Thank you for sharing your style and please keep the beats comin
Coming soon when I launch my Patreon!!!
£1 on records and about £20 on petrol driving about 😂 Great video and a brilliant finished track.
bringing the uk flavour to crate diggin. nothing more hip hop than a charity shop
This guy is the real deal no doubt.
100% real deal craftsman
i could watch a 5 hour video of barry just making beats
i could spend a week watching him dig
If I had the money I would pay for a class to be taught by this guy
me too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
just pure unfiltered genuine back n forth with strangers, fantastic man heart of gold
What’s in the Cornwall water? It’s given us Aphex Twin, Luke Vibert, Mark Pritchard and now Barry!
Grapht our Barry has been releasing bangers since the 90s to be fair
pastel black Well, I know that now but I hadn’t heard of him until he did his ‘rhythm roulette’ vid.
John Fugler, from Fluke, is from St Austell too.
Richard and Luke both grew up in the same district (Kerrier) Prob about 7 miles from me. Mark on the other hand, who I'm good friends with is a Somerset boy haling from Crewkern. Tom his ex partner grew up down ere. For more Cornish talent can I recommend you check out my very good friend Dren Throwdown of 33 Throwdown records. Just do a google.
The art of sampling in a nutshell, this is inspiring .. Now I want to do a sampling video =D
Grad a quid and take the Barrys £1 challenge man. You can put it in the comments and I will stick a link to it in the description of this vid.
@@Sispex Is that offer still available?
Walter White/Ned Flanders killin it as usual 🔥🔥🔥
Ned white or Walter Flanders?
As a DJ for the past 35+ years, and having worked at a charity organisation for 10 years, as a van driver picking up all the donated shyte from the shops, I can confirm it is hard not to fill your house with vinyl at those prices. I used to get it even cheaper (staff rate), and ended up with vinyl in almost every room of my house. Barry you are ace, and a style icon.
I've worked at charity shops the past few years and there's barely anything here where I am in regional Australia. Maybe once a month a handful, even a small box of records will come through. Almost always your standard compilations, classical, nanna's music like Kamahl, Some Guy and His Orchestra Play 20 Golden Classics, and utterly trashed 45s. Everything gets priced at $2, unless it's something people have heard of like Abba or Meatloaf, then it's like $10+. I've bought quite a few records, but maybe half a dozen of them are actually worth owning.
5.00 'get me hustle on" !
Thanks Barry, for giving us an inside look at the goings on of Cornwall. Loving this series of Beat Making vids you're putting out. PLEASE keep them coming. Respect !
Im afraid im going to be taking a little break from the vids for now to concentrate on finishing off my album 'The 2 sides of Barry'.
@@Sispex
Oooh... How far along are you?
Probably quite a way off. Juggling work, child care and currently doing my self assessment tax means I don't get a great deal of time in the lab. Im fully focused on it though and have all the tracks sorted. just need to arrange and mix em as well as do some skits.
Barry is tight AF. He finds the dankest possibilities in budget snags. That loop...
Favourite beat maker on YT
Yes yes yes! Barrys back .....
Hi Barry! With over 40k views now, the bargain you made with the lady at the house was well worth her time.
Stellar video. I produce hiphop in my own time in America (usually crate dig in local thrift stores and Goodwills). I have to say that I've never seen locations quite like the ones you visited. It was all so home-y and pleasant.
Also those prices! I'd be be hard pressed to find one record for under $1.20 where I usually spend my time searching.
Have a good one.
Big Boy Barry's back
Barry is all about manners & bangers
Damn Barry those loafers are razor sharp! Fiery breaks and ice cold style - it can only be Barry Beats.
Just watching Barry mug that woman and snag SIX RECORDS for 50p! Call the cops Barry's committing daylight robbery! and then he waited while she brought him the change! Love how videos on this channel can go from Barry playing jaw-dropping beats for Diamond D to looting Cornish record stores for hidden gems, what a treat this is. I only discovered the channel two days ago, looks like I might have missed the boat since there's not been a lot of recent posts, but I wanted to say thanks because what there is is pure gold.
This dude is mad talented
sweet dig!!! thats how i dig here in the philippines... i set a amount and ask every thrift/surplus shop here if they sell vinyl records... I dig cheap, uncommon records for samples...
Something very steel band about this tune, Bazza. A+
This rules. WAY better than Rhythm Roulette. Do more of these man!
I lived near Ameoba in SF, spent a few years buying .99c budget bin records, was a glorious time and lots of keepers. Great video Barry, one day, I hope to visit you in England.
Back in like '95 I was copping Soul 45s 4 for $1 and entire crates of "garbage" LPs for $1 at the local Flea Market. Matter of fact, I got that "marimba" record you bought in a $1 crate that also had the Miami LP with "Chicken Yellow" and the Tommy Roe "Dizzy" record in it on one trip.
Such a joy to watch, everything from the lovely Cornish folks right down to the finished beat (which, btw, has strong Go! Team vibes)
Now I know when a producer hears that golden sample and smiles.
Barry enjoyed watching sir and look forward to watching a load more.
Nice cameo for Barry Beats Bog Roll.
Not only is this funny and entertaining, it also showcases his creative process really well, I especially liked the layered beat introduction at the very end - inspiring, informative, intriguing shit you got going sir!
I love how Barry's getting all flirty with the lady at the charity shop 😂
wow, so glad i found your channel barry. this little road movie of yours made a drab cold thursday morning bearable. it really did lol.
cheers!
26:47 the choir just blows the phrase ending into the next level...
and then... 26:58
So fucking good. Teach it Barry, teach it!
More of this please Barry !! One of the best TH-cam channels period.
Barry is straight fire.
Dude, Barry you've given me a new appreciation for sampling and sample chopping your vid has inspired me to gone ahead and dig in!!! Blessings
Beatmaking like a BOSS!
This couldn't get any more British :)
Nothing but love
One of the most entertaining videos I've ever watched on TH-cam!!!
Perhaps one of the hip hop sampling geniuses of our time!!!
That background music was crazy
Thanks for showcasing the Julius Wechter Marimba album.....I have been trying to remember the name of the Flyin High tune because it was on a compilation I had (Espresso Espresso) now found thanks to you and some cross-referencing via Discogs :)
We love you brits and the Heat you Produce! - greetings from germany ❤
I have a record collection that is insane , just sampled franc Liszt and a western soundtrack album, sounds alright , but to get to this level , I’m years behind , man is a legend in the hiphop community , his videos are just comedy the man has made beats for some really famous people and he was part of the creators , hip hop legend
YES, just YES (again)
Ive hit that baja marimba band those were the days too. Theres a while lot on the platter.
I love Barry's swag
We struck drum gold!
Thanks Barry
Lovely haul there!
Barry, thankyou, you are a legend for this. Putting Cornwall on the hiphop map
legendary video!
the absolute king, he killed the rhythm roulette. Asim Choudhry needs to find Barry and make a sitcom on BBC Iplayer
This is quite simply one of the best TH-cam videos I have seen
I straight up bought the Pink Beat Street album the day it dropped at Rasputin Records in Berkeley, California
Barry this channel is the bombbb babieee. You gotta do more of Cornwall Diggin.. I think I’m gonna pop down to Cornwall myself, may get 2 lp’s for 10p… keep up the great work u do..
Come on Barry it must be time to do another I've waited patiently enough 🤷🏼♂
Sorry man, last year was a write off and I am now rebuilding my life. Just moved and have not yet set up my studio. But do not worry! Part of that re building envolves LOTS of beats and vids. I'm itching to get busy and have been planning lots of coooool ish!
@@Sispex Sorry to hear that. Hope you're well and all settled in soon. Can't wait to see you doing what you do best! Peace
Barry Mate, You gotta do a video showing us your skills on the turntables
Ha ha, alas my skills on the tables are very 1989. There are 1000s of better turntablists out there on YT
@@Sispex Nothing can beat some old school scratches on a pair of dusty 1200's. Just after listening back to your star wars mash up again and the scratching is on point man.
Ha ha, well pro tools helped out a bit with those cuts ;-)
Geddon barry clicked on this like it was a brand new blockbuster, you beaudy big love from callington, out Lanson ways!
absolute bomb Barry 👏👏🔥
This man is an absolute legend.
I bloody love your channel, it's compulsive viewing, ALL OF IT. Best of breakbeat regards to you, sir. Best regards from Spain.
Come on Barry, we need you in a Mark 1 Ford Escort or a RS2000...need a crowd fund!
u needa do more of dis
Can't judge a book by its cover. A true boom bap aficionado if I ever seen one. Chop game is definitely on point. SALUTE
This is the coolest guy I've ever seen
Really great! 👍👍👍
Daam i need to go diggin tomorrow, Thanks Barry
It’s honestly so refreshing to hear somebody that’s so into the art and craft of hip hop and beat making and has stayed true to the craft in the most unlikely of places. As much as I want your producing career to blow up, I also want you to stay in the underground so you stay real to the art
Barry is one of the creators. Fucking hip hop legends. Check out their album "the weight"
Barry Beats You're the man.... Keepin it rural!
That solid soul sensations album seems wicked, might have to seek they out
Dope 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Absolutely fantastic.....
Yea that's nice!!!
Legend.
Brilliant stuff Bazza.
Awesome more stuff please !!!
glad this poped up in suggestions
You and this channel just became my new hero. It's like old school breaks meets khruangbin meets James Brown meets Nardwuar meets...who knows. Love it.
Kinda need more barry in my life
this beat is DOOOOOOOPE BROOOO !!! you r genius 😎😎
Really coooo video man. Fresh. Greetings from Huntington Beach, California. 🥳⚡️⚡️⚡️🎛
Very nice indeed 👍💯
King Barry is back!
LOVE YOUR STYLE BARRY!!!!Keep the vids coming!!!!!
"Montavani, he's a boy"! Brilliant
This dude ❤️❤️❤️
From one Barry to another Barry, the end product is proper funkoliciousssssss..... thank you for that very entertaining video.
BTW please put the full version up on youtube... frikin awesome,
Next time I'm in Cornwall I'm hitting up these Camborne record stores
Barry, your videos are the BEST! Thank you!
Barrys a legend. Hope to see other producers take on this challenge.
Tassle loafers and white sox is a guarantee that the beats will be fiiire!
It's unfair that you can only give this video one thumbs up.
🙌🙌🙌 we're not worthy..Barry my brotha you are a MONSTER my man
drums are so hard