Os Princípios Básicos de lo-fi beats for dogs
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If you’re playing your own instruments, you need to develop a chord progression that complements the mood of your drum beat. Lo-fi music often uses jazz-inspired or simple, emotive chord progressions. So don’t get too fancy with the base chords, less is more here.
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To add a bit of depth and atmosphere, you can incorporate sound effects like rain, birdsong, or street noise. Adding some vinyl crackle to the track can also contribute greatly to the beat.
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That’s usually where you will plug in the top drums, or hi-hats. Try a closed hi-hat on every second note and listen to what it sounds like. There you have your standard Lo-fi Hip Hop pattern.
This is of course a very standard pattern, and once you get the hang of it, you should feel free to play around with the Beatmaker and come up with your own creative patterns. The sky’s the limit here!
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The last short features Blocky getting ready to do a prank, and then looking over at Ice Cube, his Music Lo-Fi next prank victim. Ice Cube backs away and shakes in fear at what's coming to her, but to her surprise, Blocky gives her a gift. Pen places a Santa hat on her and all of Study Lo-Fi the characters cheer before she opens her gift. Blocky pulls out Camera to take a picture as Ice Cube opens her gift, which is actually a boxing glove. The picture Blocky takes is of her shattered body.
Other commonalities in Lo-fi music are the use of sound FX and samples throughout the Study Lo-Fi songs. It’s not rare to hear a voice recording from an old movie, cartoon, or historical speech over a Lo-fi beat.
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Anton Berner is a music producer, audio engineer, and songwriter from Stockholm, Sweden. He's produced hip-hop & rap music since the early 2000s and his expertise is in vocal mixing and sample-based beat production. Anton is also the SEO & Content Manager @ Soundtrap and manages the blog and newsroom.