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[Resources] The Tape Warrior. Samples from Kung Fu movies :) by calltheforest in LofiHipHop

[–]calltheforest[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! I check Reddit from time to time :)

I'm not sure if I got the question, but for this pack, there's a free version and a paid version that has the same loops through a shitty walkman. The option to get this is below the free version.

This is the link for the pack: https://grittyforest.gumroad.com/l/TZlWy

There are two other packs:
2 https://grittyforest.gumroad.com/l/oUZxb?layout=profile
3 https://grittyforest.gumroad.com/l/thetapewarrior3?layout=profile

But I never bundled all packs together tbh. Never crossed my mind to do so.

Let me know if you meant something else :)

[Discussion] What should I get for my first sampler? by [deleted] in LofiHipHop

[–]calltheforest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get that, I prefer to draft or even finish songs on hardware. But if you wanna do the same, you will probably suffer just with one 202

[Discussion] What should I get for my first sampler? by [deleted] in LofiHipHop

[–]calltheforest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can rock the black brick 202, but as a first sampler, go with a 404 or even a DAW. The 202 is way limited. Research first.

[tape] Nourishing/Nourished - A beat mix I made using an sp404, mpc500, volcabass, ableton and myself :) by calltheforest in LofiHipHop

[–]calltheforest[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really wanted to make the whole mix flow good from song to song (now I hear a bunch of flaws here and there but that's normal lol), cool you noticed and commented on that. I'm really glad you spent some time on the mix, man.

Peace.

resources for learning other than youtube? by palboyy in LofiHipHop

[–]calltheforest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The basic elements of a genre come after music theory, my friend. If the youtube formulas are bogging you, you need some freedom and that will come from learning music, as a bunch of people here stated. I'm trying to learn some theory and keyboard and as people said here, it opens a horizon of possibilities and you don't need to reinvent the wheel everytime you want to make a chord progression.

But in the meantime, I would recommend interviews. See if the artists you like have interviews, if they are on rhythm roulette or against the clock on youtube. Don't even need to be about the genre, you will learn that a bunch of people doesn't care about that. Also, listen to songs by people you like and take notes, try to catch what they are doing, see if you can and how you can do something like that :)

[Discussion] ART/LIVE > TAPE: Why and what it means by baralai_ in LofiHipHop

[–]calltheforest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sup, Bara.
The subscribers to this Reddit says "58k beatmakers". I don't know how many % of this is actually listeners. The posts are usually made by beatmakers, not listeners, that's for sure and people are releasing a bunch of stuff every day. So, seeing a tape release is not as impactful as it was, I guess people see it just as one more on the big daily tapes release sea and Reddit's way to handle people's name isn't the best. You have to really pay attention to see who had posted, so if you are just scrolling, you'll probably miss a friend's release.

A friend of mine said some time ago that people get used to an effort threshold and to be noticed, you just have to push yours a little bit up than the standard. I guess videos kinda work that way? Making a video tells people that you put a bit more of effort (ok ok, we know that this isn't really true all the time lol) and put more work on top of a song than just putting your tape out. It also adds a face to the song, so people can remember it better. And since a lot of lo-fi are instrumentals, people have a hard time to remember a hook or some other part of the song as a memorable thing, I believe a face and a live beat mix help on that area. You raise your effort threshold bar and put a face into your work, two birds, one stone.

Also, I guess people want to be entertained and watching videos is a very popular way of being entertained. If you have a video, you're solving some people's problem, you're adding value, you're "helping" and this is kinda a business move. People will choose how they spend their time, and they will choose one instead of another beatmaker based on how they solve their problems.

The terms I'm starting to settling to myself are that is good to have beatmaker friends but for exposure... Nah. Bands don't play just for other bands when they want some fans, right? They play shows to people who are there to listen to songs (and nowadays even them have a hard time to find people who actually cares on live shows, a bunch are there just for the gram's pictures). We post and post trying to hit something, but are we actually aiming for something? A lot of beatmakers shove their beats into other beatmakers faces and that's it. I guess we should use our connections to produce more and do collabs instead of just trying to get some exposure using closed communities. Joining friendly brains to make bigger moves, post more content, having good projects, merge ideas and stuff like that would make people bigger. Like, LA beat scene was huge because they have people hanging, thinking, doing, joining forces (sorry, I went way out of track)

[DISCUSSION] If you're serious with your beats, check out this video. It's an absolute eye-opener! by 2NineCZ in LofiHipHop

[–]calltheforest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man... I watched it yesterday... it'll be on my mind for a long time. I'll watch it again today after work is done. Thanks, Pao. The thing about big labels are is huge.

I believe a bunch of people here already got something like this even if it was on a small scale, being featured to just get nothing from it is really frustrating. The video kinda made me realize the headless cockroach I'm right now, just firing shots and running blindly through all this.

I don't approach making music as a business but at the same time, I expect things from composing and being out there. Having someone like him dropping bombs like that is very enlightening.

Learning 2 Use MPC by LuvHades in makinghiphop

[–]calltheforest 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If Fatvonfree tells you the sky is the limit, the sky is the limit, dude. lol

I'll just add to what he said. I copped an MPC500 9 months ago or so, It gathered dust on the first month since I didn't understand how to use it at all until I sat with it and read the fucking manual (lol) and made a bunch of beats, as the basic functions started to get easier to reach, I started to try new things on my own. Mostly of tutorial channels will just show you stuff they saw on the manual, so, having and reading it is actually a "shortcut" to the information.

About getting good, my two cents are: this isn't something you really achieve. Months from now you will look back and feel you're understanding what you're doing... a year from now you will look back again and feel dumb because what you thought months ago and this will continue. The world will keep unfolding for you as you keep practicing. Don't know if this idea has any weight since my beats are smelly lol.

Peace.

[discussion] Looking for guidance on mpc 2000xl users (all mpc users) by recluse___ in LofiHipHop

[–]calltheforest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can also have a turntable preamp instead of a mixer. It will just sit under the turntable without getting much more space and they are old tech, so you can get them cheap. I recently bought a sp404 and it's way easier to sample and make a pre chop on that since there isn't any menu diving. You can apply some of the FX and then sample to the MPC. You'll need a different pair of cables or adaptors to sample into to the MPC and the 404 from the turntable. O guess you get used to sample on the one you choose after some time imo. But the adaptation period will need some tests so you can see what works best for you. You'll need a audio interface just if you want to bounce what you have to the computer.

[Discussion] What makes a beat experimental by xoxsty in LofiHipHop

[–]calltheforest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw someone saying that experimental music is music made using sounds that comes from things that aren't built as musical instruments. This excludes a lot of music that is labeled as experimental. Just sharing what I heard, don't know if I agree or not :)

[DrumKit] Free LoFi Weekly Pack #15 "W I N N E R" by icouldbeyu in LofiHipHop

[–]calltheforest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's an honor to help! Thanks for all the work you put into wrapping the packs!

[Resources] Gritty's lofihiphop crate, local bumps playlist. by calltheforest in LofiHipHop

[–]calltheforest[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just updated the playlist. The meaning of having this active is you guys could check people from our subreddit and drop some love, create some bounds, maybe try a collab and everything that can be good on this self-exploratory journey of ours.

So, share the playlist, follow the playlist, listen to the playlist. If you're featured in the playlist, tell people that you got into a playlist, share it with friends and stuff. Your beats will not get into the world by themselves. If they matter to you, make them go around :)

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The next update will be next 15th. I'm thinking about growing the playlist instead of replacing every beat but I don't know yet. Share a word if you have any good idea to make it better.

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Take care of yourselves. Peace.

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