52 Weeks 52 Beats

Where I post the results of my resolution to complete a beat for every week of 2015

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Update #1

Working on my beat for Sunday,  definitely starting to rue my decisions to delete my old project files.  It's pretty frustrating to not be able to remember how you did something on a track you made a few months ago.   In the past, I always thought that deleting all of my project files was a way of turning over a new leaf.  Now I realize that it was a way to run away from the difficulties that come with being a producer.  When you delete your files you're alleviating the pressure to finish what you've started by taking away your ability to.   Going along with my resolution to complete a track every week, I'd like to stop deleting files, and in addition, see my ideas through to the point that even if I don't finish them completely, I still have something to show for it. ~ C

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Week #2: I'd consider this beat to also be a cop out considering how badly I want my tracks to be r and b sample free in the future. However, considering I'm starting this blog two weeks late into January I'll give it a pass. The samples are relatively untouched, I added some drums over. I'd really like to improve my drum mixing next week, and to have better thought out drum patterns. These drums seem lazily put together. In addition I'm going to do my best to search for less commonly used drum samples. I think everyone can agree that 808's are getting a little played out. TLDR: For next week I'm going to focus on cleaning up my drums and making the move away from sampling and towards synthesizing my own sounds.

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Week #1: I feel like this is a little bit of a cop out to be honest. This is more like a mash up then a beat, but I still think it's a pretty fun listen. I originally found the sample on reddit. I planned on doing a boom bap style beat, but I thought the groove in the original sample was good enough to simply layer something on top of it. Obviously, "hot nigga" by B. Shmurda has been huge this year, so it was one of the first candidates to cross my mind. After adjusting the bpm and making sure the various parts of the song fit together, I had this track. I'd like most of my future stuff to be less sample based. In addition if I do continue to work with rap vocals, I'd like to do more in which the beat changes overtime to keep things interesting.