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| think you're ready to get started making your very | | | | genres such as trip-hop and underground hip hop, but |
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| an exciting one. Just take one listen to your favorite | | | | music. |
| popular radio station. What do you hear? Easy | | | | 2. Focus on popular drum kits and synth sounds heard |
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| easily accessible, in order to appeal to a wide range of | | | | your own, or emulate popular sounds. Do NOT, |
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| results of hours of mixing. It's no wonder you would | | | | 3. What makes a beat a good beat is basically how |
| want a piece of this pie for yourself! | | | | well it works as a sum of its parts. The great thing |
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