Your Beats Need Attitude Attitude Makes Your Beat Stand Out
Now that you can make beats on your PC that sound like they were recorded in a professional studio, you need to make sure your beats have the attitude that the pros give their beats.
There is no specialization in art, not in principle at least. All art is about abstract communication on a higher level. In other words, whether it is looking at Rembrandt's "The Night Watch" and getting the feeling like you know these people in the picture or hearing a gritty east coast hip hop beat and feeling like you know what it means, art is the same.
All art needs attitude in order to communicate something to its viewers or listeners. If it fails to do that it fails as art. So it must be with your beats. Your beats need to tell you story, your emotions, your abstract message to your listeners.
Attitude Starts With Self Awareness
Before you create a beat, you need to have an idea what you want to tell your listeners. Are you angry? Are you happy? Are your mourning? Or are you celebrating. Once you have determined what it is you want to communicate, it is time to break out your beat maker and begin making a beat with attitude.
As you work your way through the beat making process, think of your instruments and the tones they make as colors with which you are