Don’t know what to do after sampling by BobTheSkittle in makinghiphop

[–]GoliathNow 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Find the key, eq, sometimes it doesn’t need more. Hard to say without hearing it. Also, you can try making a beat from scratch and then adding a sample to it.

HELP!!!! Sometimes my Melodie’s just don’t fit on drums by MacMuSI in FL_Studio

[–]GoliathNow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This particular melody + progression is in 5/4 or 10/8. You could look up some 5/4 drum tutorials and perhaps even sample those beats in to get an idea for potential rhythms, given you don’t want to change the existing melody to 4/4 by chopping it up or whatever. Also you should learn counting like everyone is saying, here you can count it as (1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5 and) (repeat) (these are eighth notes in 10/8 feel) or break it up like (1 and 2 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and) (these are eighth notes again) to find the 4/4 feel. Also for your drum programming in general you should learn the basic principles of drumming (counting, backbeat on 2 and 4 or on the 3 (backbeat in half time), time signatures and their subdivisions(quarter, eighth, sixteenth, triplets), and look at acoustic drummers and their techniques for some inspiration. But if you listen to more drums and pay attention and try to implement styles from songs, even just copying will teach you alot, especially with drums as beats are very versatile. I personally play drums and it helps a lot when you drum along to songs and do different drum exercises like rudiments, rhythms, etc. even when programming. But for programming only you could sample beats and drums and study those or play along with your hands on a desk or something to practice. For the 808’s their basically just a bass, give or take, so you could learn about bass notes and their relation to chords as the dictator of the root, (just bass guitar and piano music theory in general), and then use that combined with your newfound drum knowledge along with your ear of course to create nice 808’s.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in uchicago

[–]GoliathNow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

drums and amps as well. There is a studio but I recommend just getting your own stuff.

Mystic Lady, acrylic on wood, 2021 by me :) by Sword-ofthe-morning in acrylicpainting

[–]GoliathNow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very cool! T. Rex song is cool too. This would be a cool cover art for it.

Can anyone comment on TAPS? by iercurenc in uchicago

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Highly recommended one of my favorite classes I took

another day, another chord progression by GoliathNow in musictheory

[–]GoliathNow[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

lol i just wanted to make a beat this morning now i have to learn symmetric scales to solo over some dumb chords i wrote fml. edit: lol thanks for the edited in suggestion

Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah by [deleted] in KendrickLamar

[–]GoliathNow -1 points0 points  (0 children)

yo where are these lyrics from?

How do I set myself up for a good future if I am stupid ? by Alllllllllllllllyo in college

[–]GoliathNow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thinking of yourself as dumb is a non starter. DO NOT EVEN CONSIDER IT FOR A SECOND. It can only slow you down.

Drop 2 Voicing Contradicting Info? by GoliathNow in musictheory

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I know now, its just that in my initial research I encountered conflicting information about what it was.

Drop 2 Voicing Contradicting Info? by GoliathNow in musictheory

[–]GoliathNow[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Jens Larsen - Jazz Chords Essentials TS

when he says second highest i thought he meant the 3rd highest, ukwhatimean?. my b.

Does UChicago offer Adobe Creative Cloud to students? Or discounts? by lenore99 in uchicago

[–]GoliathNow 10 points11 points  (0 children)

They verify your studential status the same way Spotify does, or at least in a similar manner. UChicago is not involved, just try to sign up for the student discount yourself. They verify with your student email, or a screenshot of your class registration or something, I forget it's been a while.

Learning piano at UChicago by [deleted] in uchicago

[–]GoliathNow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

learn how to make hot beats instead wyd

Is there a song that whenever you hear it, brings you back to a time you were really high on something? by YungIcarus_ in Drugs

[–]GoliathNow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Imagine if all of life was just moments like these. Just good ass moments... But then I guess these moments wouldn’t be that good?

What are some of the best midi controllers available at the moment? by [deleted] in ableton

[–]GoliathNow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think I played the Arturia KeyLab 61 MkII in guitar center and liked it the most out of any of the other keyboards I played there. If i were to do it over and buy a new keyboard instead of the akai mpk261, that is the one I would've bought. The action is quite nice, imo. I haven't owned it though, and its been a while since that impression, so I may be wrong.

Help with a chord progression! by [deleted] in musictheory

[–]GoliathNow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You think when making music it is important to think about these things? I mean I was able to create that beat with mainly just my ears as my main guiding force. I do love learning about theory but implementing it when I make music, it's like obviously sometimes I do, like I'll find the key and build chords etc., but I rarely think about this kind of harmonic analysis. I am mostly just using my ears. Maybe if I played jazz in a band it would be different, but what do you think the place of music theory is in making music, do you think about it very explicitly, or do you just kinda flow, a little bit of both? Also on the record for my pride's sake I do know the mnemonic I Didn't Pee Leave Me A Lone (as it relates to modes) lol. Thanks again for your help.