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| Arianna Chenoweth... |
 Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:43 pm |
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Time and time again aspiring singers, rappers and musicians aim for
the brass ring and tumble just out of reach. They think they have it
all. They look "right." They have a professional attitude. They even
have a solid following. Yet, they lack something. Sometimes, the flaw
does not even seem tangible until you listen closely to their music.
Often, while their lyrics and melodies are good or even great, their
sound falls flat. It is tedious, repetitive or derivative. It has no
passion. You hear it and forget it. What they lack is a good, solid
hooking beat. They could have avoided this if they had realized
today's sound relies more than ever on the beat.
Instrumental beats, hip hop beats, Reggae beats, jazz beats, the list
is a wide and varied one, providing you with options. Professional
beats are readily available online. Sample, listen, combine with what
you already have or replace everything. Once you have something to
start with, make a decision on your direction.
The way you go, the beat you choose, must be based on a number of
different but related factors. Begin with your intent. What is the
audience for your music? Are you sticking with the underground scene
and planning on an independent label? Do you want to go national and
need music that appeals to a larger audience? Do you want popularity
or fame?
Whatever it is, it still goes back to one thing: the Beat. You must
fashion it and it you, to interact with your target audience. Choose a
more commercial or slick beat if you plan on going pop. The club beat
will take you many places. If you have a slower-than-molasses style,
consider chopped and screwed, a Southern hip hop staple. If you want
high energy, tap into Crunk or Hyphy. It all depends on your audience.
It also depends on your venue. Some places, prefer West Coast, others
East Coast and still others, Southern hip hop. Some nights it is just
as well to hit the beat of Old School. The clue is in the reaction and
preference of your audience. Know this before you sign up to perform.
This will allow you to prepare. Hip hop beats? Rap beats?
This does not mean ignoring your own preference and style. It means,
however, checking out other forms and seeing if there is compatibility
with your personal technique. Do not be afraid to experiment with new
beats. It may add depth to your music. If it does not work, at least
you will know because you have actually tried it.
Next, extrapolate what you learn from performing into the competitive
world of music. It requires the same process. You need the same
skills. In fact, you need the feedback of your audiences and countless
sampling of various beats and combination of beats before you are
ready to face the grueling task of breaking into the music business.
If you decide to prepare a demo or perform live for a producer, make
sure you are a true professional. Choose only professional beats that
work for you. Whether it is for a crowd or for an individual, know
what is popular before you make your move. If it is viable,
incorporate the material into your own music via the right beats. Take
a lesson from the new masters and learn from the old. The
diversification of hip hop, rap, and pop creates a wide variety of
beats to tap into and combine. You can take the simpler rhythms of
Dirty South and combine the looped drum of Crunk. From this, you can
create your own personal form and it may, just may, result in you
getting that signing.
Rap beats and great hip hop beats will get you noticed and alow you to
stand out from the crowd. So get some rap beats like the major artist
do!
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| ichi... |
| Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 10:16 pm |
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Music is a commodity that depends on which way the consumer wind
blows. You seem to think anybody deserves to make it, providing they
follow your advice. The fact is, you have to sell yourself, your
image, the availability that you provide the to the public (they can
be groomed to "eat you up") and you must let them dissect you and your
image in order to enter through the consumers door. "No publicity is
bad publicity" said the master publicist, P T Barnum, so even
outrageousness, lawlessness, addictions, perversions can all be
incorporated into your volatile and ever-changing image. The point of
change is exactly what your fans can expect of you and demand (i.e.
Madonna 60,000 in Bucharest). Did I mention the music? I don't have to
because its really inconsequential because you can be devoid of talent
yet can be launched into the celebrity status if you meet the
consumers demands. (American Idol, Britain's Got Talent, etc) Hip-hop
and rap are tinker toy sounds that are only selling imagery. Most
would agree they don't care about the lyrics or beats as long as the
performer is on stage and well known. Black - ghetto - gangster -
pissed off - vulgar, all will do the trick and create the saleable
image along with the fashion line. We all know Britney Spears can't
sing, can't dance but she's blonde and stupid and puts out on You tube
and don't we just love to see her that way? Hasn't Madonna done that?
She's sold more records than any other female artist and the
aforementioned certainly applies to her as she wrote the book. Get it
out there - Twitter, You Tube, etc. - will create the flow of "getting
to know all about your personal life" and thats the key to succes in
this consumer-meet-celebrity culture.
The truly talented muscians will have to toil with minimal success all
their careers if they don't play the game. Its reminiscent of the old
master painters. All it took was their death and the limited
availability of their commodity to ensure their post-mortum success.
This is the way the music-consumer business operates today. |
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