This is a question that I’ve seen come up on various platforms over the years, so I decided to offer my perspective.
Regarding producers, they can be the visionary for a song, or the director of a project. They can create an idea for a track and create a plan for how it will be fleshed out in the studio.
Producers can be:
Sweetcase EP!!!
If you’re a music producer that likes to tickle the ivories like me, then you may want to check out the Sweetcase Vintage Electronic Piano VST.
It’s one of my favorite Rhodes piano plug-ins. I love the classic warmth it gives my tracks in Logic. It’s great for West Coast boom-bap beats or any type of track that requires that legendary deep and rich Rhodes sound.
You can tweak your sound if you need to. But in my opinion, the VST is mix-ready and doesn’t require you to do much. That said, my favorite parameter is the tremolo. I love to how easy it is to adjust to get that smooth and wavy sound. It’s pretty dope!
Go ahead and download a copy for yourself. After all, it’s free. 🙂 And let me know if you have any questions, enjoy!
Of course, you can!
As a beginner, you really can start on any DAW. I’ve used many throughout the years. I started on Fruity Loops. Pro Tools and Reason were then introduced when I went to school for audio engineering. Since then, I’ve used Ableton, Cubase, Cake Walk, and Sonar to name a few.
That said, Logic Pro X has always been my personal favorite.
Being a longtime mac user, I really enjoy how easily Logic integrates basic apple keyboard shortcuts. I didn’t have to spend more time learning shortcuts in Logic because I already knew a lot of them from using my MacBook throughout the years. So my transition to Logic was a smooth one.
I remember the first beat I ever sold….
I was up all night working on my smoke gray MPC 2000XL (I know I may be dating myself here but it’s all good lol).
I had just bought it used from Guitar Center a few days prior for around $900 bucks.
I opted to buy this much-acclaimed drum machine instead of making a down payment on some new wheels that winter. I didn’t have a car at the time and we were in the middle of one of the coldest winters that Atlanta has seen in a long time.
Hip-hop has long been a gladiator sport. And as with all competition, there will always be a fight to see who is the best.
Rappers claiming to be the king of their city is nothing new. It’s braggadocio and machismo in it’s purest form. With hip-hop historically being known as an art form rooted in aggressiveness, regardless of the location, the tales of rivalry and bombast run deep.
New York, widely recognized as the mecca of hip-hop (although some have said my hometown Atlanta may have taken that title in recent years…) has spawned some of the most historic examples of this. While many think 6ix9ine’s more recent claim to be the king of N.Y. was merely a strategic marketing ploy, there have indeed been some true declarations for the throne.
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