Hi! I'm Lee. Welcome to my blog. Here we talk music: news, reviews, interviews, tips, tutorials and more. I'm also working on the upcoming podcast Influenced as a guest, writer and researcher alongside music aficionado Mark Williams and friends. Watch this space! I have been a lover of music for as long as I can remember, an amateur lyricist for 25 years, a music writer for 15 years and a hobbyist musician and blogger for almost 10 years. My tastes range from jazz to house to hip hop and I love helping artists from all genres develop their sound. My music, videos, reviews and interviews have been featured in a variety of magazines and websites, including: B-Boy Tech Report Gimme That Beat Humanhuman Audio Skills Dream House Beats Where Did the Road Go Beat Tape Co-Op Push Power Promo Drum Magazine You can find my music on Bandcamp: Monkey Mind Sounds AKA LeeTNB And you can find me on Facebook: The New Beatmaker page Lee's personal page
It all begins with the drums. Whatever music you're creating, if you're drums don't hit, you haven't got a hit. Here are some excellent video tutorials to help you out. For more, check out Eddie Bazil's brilliant 'The Art of Drum Layering' in Reads.
Drum & Bass Beat Making with Parallel for Point Blank
DnB artist Parallel breaks down the drums on his track 'Future Shock' to Point Blank's Luke Hopper as part of their Friday Forum Live Series. Like a lot of these tutorials the advice given is not restricted to one genre. Well worth watching.
Source: www.pointblankonline.net
Creating Dubstep Drums in Cubase
A nice little tutorial from the dubstep and drumstep duo Dodge & Fuski. Although its main focus is on creating dubstep drums in Cubase, it gives a good insight into the art of drum creation in general.
Source: www.youtube.com/dodge&fuskitv
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