my first project.
I worked on creating contrasting drum beats. My inspiration for this loop was hardcore dance and techno mixed with some DnB/dubstep kicks (like Black Sun Empire- "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJApTvsLpNU" or Flux Pavillion- "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJlA3Fn868w"). I tried adding synth and bass loops, but none of them worked with the beats. The snares and hi-hats came from rave/house beats (like Deadmau5- "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDndZn0YPdI" or Kaskade- "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovsjkYytGOU" or Feed Me- "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLLOYqe6O8M".) The first loop has more kicks to it than the second loop. and the third part is all kicks.
I like the first 3 seconds of this loop, but it quickly fell apart for me. At :4 I heard a hihat and snare with no kick, and that abruptly changed to a solo kick at :7 with no fill or any kind of transition.
ReplyDeleteI do see where you are coming from in this, and listened to your links. On the Black Sun Empire link, try to copy the pattern that comes in at :48 instead of the introduction. The reason the introduction (the part you were inspired by) works for BSE is because of the synth part- not the drum loop. The hi hat you hear in the beginning is just there to support the synth.
I'd like to hear your drum loops work together a bit more- kick, hi hat and snare all playing at the same time like you did in the first 3 seconds of what you have here(listen again to :48 in the Black Sun Empire piece).
I'd like you to try this again. Make two contrasting drum loops- complete loops where the snare, hi hat and kick work together to create a beat, then connect those two loops together with a fill.