I am going to learn you how my instrumentals are produced and what I do during the production of my beats.
I'll be talking about beats and instrumentals a lot. In my opinion, the difference between beats and instrumentals is that beats are music parts created in loops of drumtracks and same chordwork over and over. Instrumentals are in my opinion music parts created and worked out in full tracks, including an intro, verse, chorus and break. Instrumentals are creations by musicians who have a longtime visual on how a track is going to sound like when it's complete.
First of all, I generally produce hiphop and R&B instrumentals. I've been doing this since I was 19 years old. I've experimented with different genres over the years, just to learn about producing good quality beats and instrumentals. My instrumentals are for all kinds of artists. I see it as a challenge to produce a track or instrumental for artists who are well known in the music industry, but my first intentions are to create high quality beats and instrumentals for the beginning young artists.
I've always worked with hardware synthesizers. No plugins have ever been used in my instrumentals. I like to work out sounds as they are in your synthesizer. Software is just not my thing. I don't like working with a lot of programs on my computer. I just hit the keys and create instrumentals. So I started of playing the keys on just a cheap little Yamaha keyboard, but once I switched to the Yamaha Motif ES8, I really learned to play the piano. Ofcourse I used this synthesizer to create music parts, starting with just 8 bar samples. I would copy and paste these samples to create a full track beat. Now a days I switched my Motif for an MOX8. I did this, because I had to drag my 40 kg weihging Motif to every rehearsal and show I had. The MOX8 has a little less sounds, but it's easier to carry. I still produce my instrumentals with just the sounds of my MOX8 Yamaha synthesizer.
In time I taught myself how to produce a full instrumental. What should the intro sound like? When do I turn to a break? Even though it's just about the arrangement of the tracks. How do you think I produce all of these parts? I'm going to tell you how I begin with an instrumental and what's, to my opinion, the best way to produce these bridges, breaks, bridge or chorus.
1st, I know many producer start a track by using drums. I'm a musician and I know that basslines and drums are essential to each other. Then the bassline is mostly related to the chords and melodies of a song. I always start my instrumentals with the chords and melodies. When I finished this, I play in the bass. I like to make it groovy, but I look forward to see what vocals could be added to the instrumental. You're not going to like a bassline which conflicts the vocal parts. If you do this, it could screw up the track and finish it as overproduced. When I'm done tapen these parts I add the drums. I have taught myself how to play keyboard drums. This helps me getting a good visual of how the end result of a verse is going to sound like. When I played this in my head, I'm begin adding the kick and snare. Then I record the hihats, crashes and even toms. If it's possible, I try to create all of this in just one tape.
After I produced the basic parts of the instrumentals, I start brainstorming about the bridge and chorus. I use different chord play sometimes, so then I have to start from scratch again, but if you just record a stringsection or lead, you can fill it up too. The chorus and verses are most times the same. What I do is add a lead or add some strings and different basslines, just to give it a few more sounds. That's the part that's easy if you get a good lead. Once again, don't create your track overproduced. Get in the head of the songwriter and try to think ahead.
I think the break is a nice part of the instrumentals. You can change the chords once again and create a whole other sound than the rest of the instrumental. You start from scratch and act to produce a break which leads you to the final chorus. The final chorus is almost a sort of climax in the instrumentals I produce. One thing you have to remember is to stay in the same key if you change the chords in your break.
The most important thing is to stay patienced, when you're creating beats or instrumentals. I can work on an instrumental for 2 hours, but I have days that I work 8 hours of even a few days on an instrumental. So don't rush it. The other important thing is to really feel your track. Get in it and live your track. Dance to it, vibe on it, rap or sing to it, whatever. It gives you more fun in producing instrumentals and keeps you motivated at all times.
I also let other people play on my tracks when I'm producing instrumentals. I got a few friends that are guitarplayers. Therefore I play the keys myself. I like working with other people who play instruments and letting them jam on my beats. When someone else created the basics of the track, it's a challenge for me to finish it.
Just like everyone, I got my inspiration from different producers. They made me start creating music. If found Ryan Leslie as one of my biggest inspirations. That's because I can see and hear that's he plays an instrument. The tracks with a lot of musicality in it are most times produced by real musicians. They know how music should sound like. I play the keys in Eroyal And The Kingsz and I'm a musician too. I also produce the songs. During the proces of producing these tracks I keep in mind the sounds I use and how they sound like on live performances. When people play your music as if it are number one records and they play it along with you, it gives you a good feeling.
You can purchase my instrumentals at Robin Wesley Productions on robinwesleyinstrumentals.com. In January 2012 I launched this website. I want to give other people the possibility to create their own tracks with it and bring it all over the planet. I offer high quality music for low prices. A lot of persons may think it's very pricy and risky to purchase a beat if they don't have the confirmation that they can make a hitsong with it. Look at it as how I see it. I put a lot of time in the production of the instrumentals. You can purchase it when you already have the song and lyrics to it by using the homepage mediaplayer. If I haven't confinced you with the writings above, you should listen to other producers on the internet and put their tracks next to mine at my website. Once you've read all the writings above, you should hear the difference.
I'll be honest to you. I've purchased instrumentals too in the past. I used this when I was songwriting and rapping, but one day I wanted to create my own instrumentals. From that day on, I invested in my gear such as synthesizer, computers and DAW's. If you love music and want to be succesfull in the music industry, you'll hve to invest one way or the other.
I'll be talking about beats and instrumentals a lot. In my opinion, the difference between beats and instrumentals is that beats are music parts created in loops of drumtracks and same chordwork over and over. Instrumentals are in my opinion music parts created and worked out in full tracks, including an intro, verse, chorus and break. Instrumentals are creations by musicians who have a longtime visual on how a track is going to sound like when it's complete.
First of all, I generally produce hiphop and R&B instrumentals. I've been doing this since I was 19 years old. I've experimented with different genres over the years, just to learn about producing good quality beats and instrumentals. My instrumentals are for all kinds of artists. I see it as a challenge to produce a track or instrumental for artists who are well known in the music industry, but my first intentions are to create high quality beats and instrumentals for the beginning young artists.
I've always worked with hardware synthesizers. No plugins have ever been used in my instrumentals. I like to work out sounds as they are in your synthesizer. Software is just not my thing. I don't like working with a lot of programs on my computer. I just hit the keys and create instrumentals. So I started of playing the keys on just a cheap little Yamaha keyboard, but once I switched to the Yamaha Motif ES8, I really learned to play the piano. Ofcourse I used this synthesizer to create music parts, starting with just 8 bar samples. I would copy and paste these samples to create a full track beat. Now a days I switched my Motif for an MOX8. I did this, because I had to drag my 40 kg weihging Motif to every rehearsal and show I had. The MOX8 has a little less sounds, but it's easier to carry. I still produce my instrumentals with just the sounds of my MOX8 Yamaha synthesizer.
In time I taught myself how to produce a full instrumental. What should the intro sound like? When do I turn to a break? Even though it's just about the arrangement of the tracks. How do you think I produce all of these parts? I'm going to tell you how I begin with an instrumental and what's, to my opinion, the best way to produce these bridges, breaks, bridge or chorus.
1st, I know many producer start a track by using drums. I'm a musician and I know that basslines and drums are essential to each other. Then the bassline is mostly related to the chords and melodies of a song. I always start my instrumentals with the chords and melodies. When I finished this, I play in the bass. I like to make it groovy, but I look forward to see what vocals could be added to the instrumental. You're not going to like a bassline which conflicts the vocal parts. If you do this, it could screw up the track and finish it as overproduced. When I'm done tapen these parts I add the drums. I have taught myself how to play keyboard drums. This helps me getting a good visual of how the end result of a verse is going to sound like. When I played this in my head, I'm begin adding the kick and snare. Then I record the hihats, crashes and even toms. If it's possible, I try to create all of this in just one tape.
After I produced the basic parts of the instrumentals, I start brainstorming about the bridge and chorus. I use different chord play sometimes, so then I have to start from scratch again, but if you just record a stringsection or lead, you can fill it up too. The chorus and verses are most times the same. What I do is add a lead or add some strings and different basslines, just to give it a few more sounds. That's the part that's easy if you get a good lead. Once again, don't create your track overproduced. Get in the head of the songwriter and try to think ahead.
I think the break is a nice part of the instrumentals. You can change the chords once again and create a whole other sound than the rest of the instrumental. You start from scratch and act to produce a break which leads you to the final chorus. The final chorus is almost a sort of climax in the instrumentals I produce. One thing you have to remember is to stay in the same key if you change the chords in your break.
The most important thing is to stay patienced, when you're creating beats or instrumentals. I can work on an instrumental for 2 hours, but I have days that I work 8 hours of even a few days on an instrumental. So don't rush it. The other important thing is to really feel your track. Get in it and live your track. Dance to it, vibe on it, rap or sing to it, whatever. It gives you more fun in producing instrumentals and keeps you motivated at all times.
I also let other people play on my tracks when I'm producing instrumentals. I got a few friends that are guitarplayers. Therefore I play the keys myself. I like working with other people who play instruments and letting them jam on my beats. When someone else created the basics of the track, it's a challenge for me to finish it.
Just like everyone, I got my inspiration from different producers. They made me start creating music. If found Ryan Leslie as one of my biggest inspirations. That's because I can see and hear that's he plays an instrument. The tracks with a lot of musicality in it are most times produced by real musicians. They know how music should sound like. I play the keys in Eroyal And The Kingsz and I'm a musician too. I also produce the songs. During the proces of producing these tracks I keep in mind the sounds I use and how they sound like on live performances. When people play your music as if it are number one records and they play it along with you, it gives you a good feeling.
You can purchase my instrumentals at Robin Wesley Productions on robinwesleyinstrumentals.com. In January 2012 I launched this website. I want to give other people the possibility to create their own tracks with it and bring it all over the planet. I offer high quality music for low prices. A lot of persons may think it's very pricy and risky to purchase a beat if they don't have the confirmation that they can make a hitsong with it. Look at it as how I see it. I put a lot of time in the production of the instrumentals. You can purchase it when you already have the song and lyrics to it by using the homepage mediaplayer. If I haven't confinced you with the writings above, you should listen to other producers on the internet and put their tracks next to mine at my website. Once you've read all the writings above, you should hear the difference.
I'll be honest to you. I've purchased instrumentals too in the past. I used this when I was songwriting and rapping, but one day I wanted to create my own instrumentals. From that day on, I invested in my gear such as synthesizer, computers and DAW's. If you love music and want to be succesfull in the music industry, you'll hve to invest one way or the other.
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