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How to Sell Your First Beat

Ready to sell your first beat? Learn how to make a beat worth buying, price it, license it, pick a platform, and market it…
How to Make a Beat Without Instruments

Learn how to make a beat without instruments using a free DAW, samples and loops — drum programming, 808s, swing and full arrangement, explained…
How to Make a Melody for a Beat

Learn how to make a melody for a beat: pick a key and scale, write a hook, layer chords, add rhythm and swing, then…
How to Program Drums in a Beat

Learn how to program drums in a beat step by step: place your kick, snare, hats and 808s, add swing and dynamics, then arrange…
How to Make 808 Patterns

Learn how to make 808 patterns that hit hard: tune your 808 to the key, add glides and swing, and lock the low end…
How to Make a Beat in Ableton

Learn how to make a beat in Ableton Live from scratch: set your tempo, program drums, tune an 808, add swing, and arrange a…
How to Make a Beat on iPad

Learn how to make a beat on iPad step by step: pick an app, program drums, tune 808s, add swing, layer melodies and arrange…
How to Make a Beat in FL Studio

Learn how to make a beat in FL Studio from scratch: set the tempo, program drums in the Channel Rack, tune an 808, add…
How to Structure a Beat

Learn how to structure a beat from the ground up: intro, verse, hook, drum patterns, 808s, swing, and arrangement that keeps a track moving…
How to Make Phonk Beats

Learn how to make phonk beats from scratch: cowbell melodies, distorted 808s, Memphis vocal chops, swing, drum programming and arrangement, step by step.