Interesting Article on Making Instrumentals

Here are some excellent tips from Ken Trujillo on how to make instrumentals that rock.

1.) Find tracks you like - If you are making great instrumentals for DJ's at a club or for making good rap or hip hop sampling is vital. Go through some of your old favorites or downloading some new great beats, and then really go for it by chopping some of the sounds out of it and making some awesome loops.
2) Avoid drum beats in the beginning - Be wary of using samples with drums, because you will have your own drum beats, and drum beat never typically match
3) Think AMAZING beats - On the topic of drums, you will want a totally amazing drum beat. The drum beat is the root or foundation of your song, you will want to great to give that song your signature sound.You can download royalty free drum loops and if you have good software you will be provided with some.
4) Find Samples - Then you need to do the same as with the samples, chop, mix and loop those sounds until you have something that sounds great. Avoid using drum beats for long, you will probably find it's much more fun and rewarding to make your own!
5) Get a sequencer - You need a program that has a good sequencing ability to finish it off. The sequencer is important to put all of your sounds on the same tempo and give them beats proper spacing.Getting the right program really is key.

Good inspiration! Here's his article: "How to Make Instrumentals"

Another excellent place to start when looking for information on how to make instrumentals of yours attract love and fans included in this sentence. 

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~ Aaron