Shopping tracks that aren’t mine…
For all my fellow Dynamic Producer members & people who are shopping tracks in general…
When I pick beats to submit I’m almost always basing the choice off the groove of the track. Whether it’s the groove of the melody, sample or drums. The groove is whats most important to me. If the groove isnt really there, it has to be some shit that hits so hard, motherfuckers from other rooms start walking by the office to see who’s in there.
And if you are gonna go the pop/r&b route, your mixes ABSOLUTELY MUST sound pro level. Without a pro mix, unless you have some melodies or a song that is CRAZY, the track is goanna get passed over. There is really no excuse to not have a pro mix on ANY type of tracks, but for the pop stuff, it is unforgivable.
A&R’s, Artists and other gatekeepers hear average (and below average) tracks ALL DAY. You have to have some music that is gonna cut through that and stand out above the rest… Unless you want to be the “guy with the wack beat on the album”… which we will delve into in a future post…
I use FL to make beats mostly sampled beats though.You mentioned something about having a pro mix.What exactly does that mean,I tweak my beats all day long and I always feel it’s NEVER good enough.I don’t wanna over compress the tracks especially the samples.I heard you shouldn’t over compress samples since they already are.Got any tips for giving beats that extra tips?? I use FL 9 though
Achieving a professional mix is something that takes time, you can’t just learn a few tricks and have pro mixes. It’s something you learn.
I compress samples sometimes, but usually only when I am stacking samples on top of each other. Like if I have a main loop then I am adding a horn sample with drums in it. I’ll compress & eq it to lower the drums/raise the horns.