10 Reasons Why Your beats Are Whack!

1. The instruments or sound kits your using are not quality.

This is the case for a lot of amateur producers. The get so excited that they can make a beat and they don’t pay attention to the fact that the quality of their beat is horrible. Also, they don’t know how to get better sounds kits. Today getting quality sounds fx and kits is a lot easier than it used to be thanks to digital audio software and VSTs. Make sure you compare your beats on a sonic level with industry beats.

2. Your mix is bad.

Most producers don’t understand how to mix a beat properly. Most amateur music producers take this for granted. To do this you need to have a basic understanding of effects, volume, and panning. Do some research if these terms sound foreign.

3. The song structure doesn’t fit the song.

When you make a beat make sure you choose a song structure that compliments the arrangement. For starters find a song with a similar sound and mimic the song structure until you get used to how beats are structured.

4. If the melody in your beat is bad then your beat is bad.

The definition of melody is a sequence of pitches and durations. I usually come up with the melody in my head first then the rest of the beat flows.

5. The timing and/or rhythm is off.

Quantize will usually help you with this.

6. The sound quality is not good.

Make sure you have decent headphones or monitor speakers when making your tracks. Also make sure you listen to your tracks in different sound systems and environments so that you have an idea how other listeners will here your beats. I put my beats on my IPod, in my car, and my home stereo at least before I let someone else hear them. You don’t have to go to that extreme, just make sure you try different speakers.

7. Your production style sounds to much like another producers.

Its okay to mimic and be inspired by another but its not okay to copy. If you do this people will let you know instantly that your beats are not original. You will get no where this way. Use sounds that you haven’t heard before or create your own.

8. The beat is not made for an artist.

This is not always a problem but it does happen. Some beats are just not made for a person to perform over. If your trying to get a beat placed with an artist, you must make sure that beat fits that artist. If you don’t want an artist to perform on your beats don’t worry about it you can always pitch it to radio or movies.

9. Your beat has no variation or change ups.

In order to keep the listener engaged into your beat, you must add some level of variation. A good example of this is the tracks the artist Beck uses.

10. You don’t have enough practice making beats.

Make more beats and you will get better. Repetition is the father of learning. Don’t expect to be great over night.

Article written by ikebarnes courtesy of BeatCreators.