My goal with this blog is to provide you tips and ideas to boost your production skills and make sure you stay up on the game. Today I stumbled upon a great article by one of my favorite producers Blockhead.
http://phatfriend.com/2011/03/22/how-my-music-is-made-fuck-the-bullshit/
Turns out his set up and process is pretty simple. But one of the key things I got out of the article is that everyone has their own style and work process. Back in the day I didn't want to waste time learning a new program, or trying something new because I get so set in my ways. I am glad I finally got out of my 'put 2 samples together and call it good' rut and learned so much more about mixing editing and composition. But at the end of the day find the process that clicks for you. Usually that process is the fastest, and there for more productive and lucrative.
While studying Abelton and learning more tricks and tips from online videos or articles I am realizing that almost every step in your music creating process can be done in so many different ways. Pitch shifting and chopping up samples alone each have 3-4 different ways to get accomplished in Live. Just remember on your quest for the number one spot, go with what works for you, what you feel comfortable with. Once you get that base skill set to crank out hits like I did back in the day with just 2 samples you can learn and build and soon be making hits with 20 tracks in Pro Tools with all sorts of routing and plug in's as easy as it was when you first started. This process you develop helps create your sound, your personality as a producer and musician and is what you can build on to seperate yourself from the thousands of other "hip hop producers" in the world.
-AP
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