Guide To Adding The Feel In Your Hip Hop Tracks

By Delroy Wilkins


Learning and mastery of sound is an essential part in music production. However, the learning of how to mix sound in music is not the only thing to do when it comes to hip hop music production though it does play a vital role. You should also learn how to add some feel into the hip hop track. The feel in music is a way to express yourself in the song. In most cases, the feel should overshadow the quality of sound. The feel in a song is created by 3 main things, the punch, balance and the image of the instrumentals used. When creating the feel in your beats, these three elements need to be taken into consideration.

Add groove. Although music is heard with the ears, the body responds to sounds because of the groove in a song. Instrumentals that lack groove will fail to connect to listeners and many will decide whether to listen to a track or not because of the groove. With groove incorporated within a track, you will be able to grab the listener's attention regardless of the track quality.

Take advantage of unbalanced beats. If you have elements overriding each other, feel is created within the beats. If you want to create tension within a track, use unbalanced keys within the beats. The unbalanced keys are a great way of bringing the track to climax. For the release, level out the keys. Using imbalance is an easy way of directing the listener's attention to a sound.

Use depth. Listeners will create an image they can relate to when they hear a song. You should therefore target creation of a 3D image with your beats and instrumentals. Interchanging the singers or use of resonance is an easy way of creating depth within a track. Depth is a great way of creating emotion within a track.

Song arrangement during transitions. Hip hop benefits a lot from variety. Tracks that are too plain and repetitive will fail to capture and audiences attention. Before and after any change within the track, there should be dynamic transitions which won't break the flow of the song. These should blend in well with other parts of the song. Changes are one important part of the track. You should therefore focus on the use of instrumentals to mark these changes within your song.

Make every element count. Each track involves the use of a series of beats. Working on your tracks beats ensures that the final production reflects good music production as well as places emphasis on how special the particular track is. Before giving the listeners a track to listen to, work on it until you are satisfied that it will create the feel you wish to achieve.




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