Friday, July 3, 2009

The Science of making a Science O'Mega beat

So time and time again I've had people observe and sometime mock and criticize how I may opt to take a month or two working on what I think is the perfect beat. Usually by cats who have catalogs of rushed material that doesn't make it out of their respective town and cities unless posted online. They rarely get hits online at that. First and foremost, I'M AN ARTIST, A SCIENTIST. I go at everything in that manner.

Like many artists, I don't like to be rushed into completing a project. Like many scientists, I know it's not wise to rush and do a half-ass study on what you're doing. You're bound to mess something up terribly when you do. It pays to know what you're doing.

One day this girl I met who used draws/used to drew told me how she was taught to break their model down in their heads inch by inch. I guess she meant in a grid. This way the person drawing can gauge when to start that curve or darken that part, etc. etc. I don't know the full mechanics of that medium of visual art but the little she
told me was something I understand and respect. Scientists who work in chem labs do the same thing. They study things, break them down, then study again! When they want, they can build their specimen back up or use their studies to form something else. (Genetic Engineering for instance) Like the visual artist, like the scientist, I study what I do. I knew a lot of what I was doing before I got started. I know even more now. It was NEVER from lucking up and just coming up with something great. That never works. You can never expect anything good from a process that doesn't entertain
the law of CAUSE AND EFFECT. Most do not know or believe in the law of cause and effect. It shows in almost everything people do.

So yeah, back to the music. I break it down when I hear it. When I listen for samples, when I listen to music in general,when I listen to people talk, I'm breaking down what I'm experiencing as opposed to accepting it blindly. You have to analyze in these days when damn near everything is 'accidently' inaccurate or a boldfaced lie. I break the sample down when I hear it to see what else I can do with it other than using a damn loop. Forget just accepting what I'm hearing on face value.

After all this, If I don't have something that makes me not know how to react in a good way, the song or beat ain't there yet.

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