We all have encountered a song or two that may have come on the radio and as soon as the beat drops we fall in love….. Most times the lyrics of the song don’t matter because all you hear is the beat that is playing in the background. When you think about it..... it is the key element to any song. Whether it’s a simple beat that catch u or a beat that bangs hard out the trunk with so much dynamic that’s all you wanna hear any way is the beat.
Today was a day of chilling relaxing and yet still working. Of course with a couple of THE FAKULTE members living right up starts from me I get to experience it all. Monday January 10, and we are snowed in. No where to go and nothing but time to do what it is we do best. After spending time in cypher circle the guys came up stairs to do a lil work. Its funny to live right next door while they live this life everyday. At any time inspiration can hit and they are up and back on it. The creative process never stops. I have the pleasure of just sitting and watching as they create these beats. Its been a couple of weeks and there is one thing that I have paid much more attention to….. That is the beats the sound in every song. I get to be in the presence of E.O.P. and MAJAH while their brains are at work. Starting with just a sketch in their head and sound by sound put together 4 mins worth of music that you can just boob your head to with no words at all.
I am picking upon the programs and language that is used between them while they work on making these beats. A kick here a clap there the little sounds that complete one big sound. The little twitches that make the whole song flow or suck. This is what they hear and pay attention to, Playing each piece over and over just to get the flow and rhythm perfect. MAKING THE BEAT ……it’s a art craft. Its not a time of day or night that your brain isn’t at work. In any moment the very thought you need that can complete a whole piece of work can streak at any time. I have watched the progress of beats take days. Ive seen beats started and then wipe totally clean. Ive seen sounds come together like perfect puzzles and I seen the frustration from it not sounding just right.
The world still goes on and yet they find away to use it to do what they love anyway. I got a chance to kick it with KINGSFORD STORYTELLER BLACK of THE FAKULTE on face book today for him like the rest of the world life still goes on outside of the dream. Shit still goes wrong and life can still fuck with you. ….. Perfect example of using real life as the heart and soul he uses to push out the heat that he does. Imagine having the ability to use your feelings emotions and all your stress putting it to a sound that represents everything you cant say but you can just feel through a beat. Song writers cant do anything but feel it to the core and write some real shit to a hot beat. Its all about the beat……..
It is the beat of a song that makes the song comwe 2gether.
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