$Times$ Beat Contest 2
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This is my entry into the $Times$ 2nd beat contest. I purposely left it uncluttered so if by chance it should win, the guys have room to flow. Normally I would've put some cool vocals on this so if it don't win I'll be back with an upgrade. If it makes the top four I'll be happy. Only one entry from me, time is limited. CRANK IT UP!
Oh buy the way guys, that string section is not a sample, it's the m-tron vsti I'm playing with my Yamaha keyboard. Produced in Sony Acid Pro 6 with various VST'I's including FM8 lead guitar patch programmed by yours truly, fed through a waves stomp box vst effect.
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Hey Sounds pro. Hip hop aint easy. A dear friend of mine wants me to use FL to make beats for him, you taught me a lesson today. Dont worry though, I dont imitate I innovate!
P.S- the organs that kick in at 15 seconds, reminded me *slightly* of Doom 2. Im a gamer srry! Anyway nice use of strings and expert drums bro.
Keep up the good work coolboy.
Thanks for checking it out man, I really appreciate the kind words!
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Wicked track coolboy !!! You guys have taken this competition to a whole other level ! This one seems like it's going to be hotter than the last one. Great entry !!
Many thanks wolf!! Bro the heat is on!!
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i like the rythme, its just not enough u need more , like a destinct hook , i know i say that alot but the hook is that a hook . its the most catchy part of the track. other then that i like it
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Nicely done bro, I love that bass line a lot I need a D/L on this one for sure I'm gonna email you! The Break down was incredible!
Talk about bringing that fire!
i really like this... the organ is tight, and the part with the pitch bending sounds really cool. it stays interesting the whole way through, obviously it would be even better with vocals like u said, but theres so much going on its something all by itself.... GOOD SHIT
Well thanks for listening and being honest king Dattoli. I hear you and It's a shame it's not what you're looking for this time. At least I wont have to get my hopes up anymore, that's a whole month of not wondering will I do well, cool! If I find time I'm going to put some vocals to it or maybe just leave it as it is. Well that's me out of the competition then lol. I'm sure it will still be a good beat battle though.
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DjWillieF, sure I'll send it to you in a minute, thanks for checking it out bro ;)
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Hey thanks alot Maximusfowler, I really appreciate such super feedback!
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DjWillieF, Check your email, I sent this track your way.
I'm off now, it's 3:15am here.
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Coolboy I never said you were out of the compition . i said it needs ta be improved . I still think its real hot .and u have a month to either make this better or make another fresh one .Who ever wins wont give up . So I hope u understand u still have a month. don't let any of my or anyone else's comment think that ur done. I just want the best out of everyone. Read all the comments I gave ta DjWillieF, most of them were highly critical . What did he do just keep gettin better , I suggest doin the same . I like this beat a lot , even if it don't win oh well. Submit 3 or 4 put in the effort that it takes ta be the best every time. I know you understand what you need ta do right CoolBoy. Its time ta shut me up lol . Dont quit I like what I hear so far homie
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I understand King Dattoli, but if I summit a piece for a competition believe me it's because I personally feel it's ready. I said it would be my only entry and that's not changing either. I really like this track and I've got no intention of messing with it even if it means not doing well in the contest, I'm not quitting because I wasn't going to enter more than one track anyway or change this one but thanks for checking it out bro, and I'm glad you still think it's hot. That's all I could wish for, I can't complain.
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aaight i see you aint playing keep it up bro
Thanks alot bro, glad you like what you hear!
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WHOO NICE!! I LOVE THIS< THIS IS FLAME FO YO A$$!!!
I love that description GIECHI!! Thanks bro!!!
Fresh off the lab, the vocalised HOTTER PIMP MY RIDE EDITION right here: http://www.maketunes.com/audio/my-new-gt
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Dude! This FN rules! I love the hook man! A vocalist could really work work this right here! This is like serving a steak dinner to a starving chihuahua! Well FN done man! I am gonna check out the pimped out version now! You know I need this right? I need to check my damn email! Damn!
This beat kicks ass man. for real dude I can rap to this shit all day.. hotness. This the reason why I wanted you to enter the competiotion. I dig your style alot and that synth solo thing towards the end. lol damn... This aint out the competition. No way...lol. Kinda wished you didnt post that other version.
Sole you rock man! I'll send it to you in a tick bro. Thanks so much!
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Teddy, if you're saying you can use this track as it is then that's what I'm talking about bro! Thanks for your great feedback, you rock too bro!
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Lovely choice of melody and the organ sounds great. That guitar sounds good on the shreds as well. Keep up the good work mate.
Thanks bro I'm working hard to perfect that playing technique all thanks to maketunes and all the hours I put in trying to improve and impress the peeps here, this site has lifted my game up same way it has alot of the community. Thanks for the kind words brother!
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hey man, this rules bro especially that synth at 0.37 catchy fucking shit bro
perfect example of simple & effective, plus teddy killed the shit out of it lol dope track
Thanks Maoribeats, that's great feedback coming from Mr Numoro Uno himself!!
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yeah great job , im not gonna be that critical anymore , accually i'm not sayin anything bad no more . It's not worth it, no one really knows me so they think I'm just tryin ta be jerk. If youve got critism from me sorry .
*This is more then selfish pride, it's the will to be the greatest*
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I have been listenin ta alot of ur tracks coolboy . Your a lot better then I thought before. You are in an elite league of beat makers.
*This is more then selfish pride, it's the will to be the greatest*
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Still lovin this beat coolboy... props where props due. I listen to the collabo everyday in my car
Hey what's good King Dattoli!! I cant thank you enough bro!! Your very kind words are so encouraging!! Please don't feel bad about giving honest criticism, everybody knows that you are trying to make us do our best, thanks again KING!!
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Cool shit Teddy!! It feels great to know that you're driving around listening to our collabo man!! Peeps better watch out the HURST is coming for their ass!!!
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I'm glad u feel that way Coolboy, I wanna hear some more great tracks man . I don't know how I never heard that much before ur 4th overall on this site . Lets see if maybe I can grace a Coolboy beat one day with my words. great job again homie
*This is more then selfish pride, it's the will to be the greatest*
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Thanks KD, I would be honoured indeed to have you grace a track of mine, wow that would be awesome dude! When I've got something real hot we've got to do this, thanks bro!
Yes I'm 4th in the highest users window and it's nice. I've been very active, breaks aside, mostly checking out tracks old and new. I haven't really uploaded that many tracks in the time that I've been here but I've got a few and I think I've improved by leaps and bounds thanks to the crew here :)
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yeah u have improved a lot , I havent posted alot of my old shit because ever since i got my own studio , I'm way better . Timeing wise and overall. But yeah when u make somethin u want me on ,just hit me up man . Teddy will proly get on it too. Just cause i think collabo tracks dont get boreing like a lot of solos do. Thats why u never hear solo singles on the radio. And if u do they always r never as hot as the remix. Get at me Coolboy
*This is more then selfish pride, it's the will to be the greatest*
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Ok thanks man, I will soon as I've got something worth bragging about :)
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ok bro kool
*This is more then selfish pride, it's the will to be the greatest*
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hey coolboy, just wondering bro how do you get your drums knocking so hard? and how do you pan the snares to either side? do you use 2 snares and pan them to either side? when i do that they cancel each other out and you cant hear them on the sides. i read in a previous post you use ozone 3 for mastering, i also have ozone is that your trick?what compressor and settings do you use on drums?
Any help would be much appreciated man and if not sweet as anyway, gotta get my drums hitting like the ones on this track.
I rarely programme drums from scratch. I can do it but just cant be bothered most of the time. Alot of my tracks have a basic drum loop and I build them up into what you hear. There's actually two lots of drums running in this track, there's the basic drum loop, then on top of that is a vst generated pattern with the kick removed plus I did add all the snare rolls which I painstakingly manually pitched and placed into the track to create the break downs.
I'm lazy when it comes to programming drums, but I do add my own flare when I think the track can benefit from it. To tell you the truth the first drum loop had the Ozone 3 magic put on it in acid pro 6 then the whole track again in the final mastering stage.
I remember using the Ozone 3 "Strong midrange tape saturation" setting and I tweaked the reverb to my own preference. It all worked out quite good. Sorry I can't be more specific.
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i love this track!! even though the variations are simple, the point is, YOU HAVE THEM so this track is really feeling alive! the bass is perfect..
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Thanks for the great feedback Toogoodtobetrue! That's very encouraging indeed, I'm glad I spent the extra time on this one.
I'm quite impressed with your two new ones, just had a quick listen. Got to go to bed now it's 3am over here but I'll be back tomorrow to leave you some feedback on those hot ones.
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