Production Maxson - Dead Water

Started by Johnny Guitar, Feb 25, 2016, in Creative Add to Reading List

  1. Johnny Guitar
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    Feb 25, 2016
    This is my very first Trap beat. Started out pretty basic, but as I was adding more and more to it, I added my own signature sound into the mix, like the piano and a bunch of other stuff. I really like the way it turned out. The concept and the sound are pretty dope imo. I rarely like my own work, but this is pretty good, got me pretty hyped and inspired to do more.
    The beat itself is divided into two segments and switches up halfway through because I basically made two beats at first and then combined them together and just made a longer track.
    BPM is 160.00/80.00 and the key is in #D minor.


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  2. Ordinary Joel
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    Ordinary Joel Happiness begins when selfishness ends

    Feb 25, 2016
    Good god the second half is beautiful!
     
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    Cyreides gfy

    Feb 26, 2016
     
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    Radeem I listen to people smarter than me

    Feb 26, 2016
    Some sounds are too flat imo, but it's a nice piece of work. :emoji_thumbsup:
     
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  5. Missile
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    Feb 27, 2016
    It's a nice beat. Way better than what I can produce for sure. The piano sounds are probably the weakest link. Maybe you can put a sound effect on the piano recording to give it an edge of some sort. Also, I'd add like a bass guitar to the beat as well. And a little filth to it.
     
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  6. Johnny Guitar
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    Mar 4, 2016
    Decided to make an EP based on this track since I've produced more beats during this session.
    "High Seas EP" with about 5 beats, gonna drop it in either late May or early June.
     
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    Apr 1, 2016
    Turns out I had an skeleton version of Dead Water saved on my drive from before I started mastering the drums and the bassline. So I played around with it just now and made an acoustic version of the song + a whole new line of chords in the outro (at the 2:30 mark) I actually improvised it on the spot ( in one take only without a MIDI Controller).


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