Making Beats

This week we've been talking about the different parts of a song, the Verse and the Chorus. Remember! The Chorus is where the main idea of the song is found as well as the title...it's the hook!. The Verse is where the details of the song are found, if a song is a story, then the verses are like chapters.

Today we are going to start out with something that is going to be on the quiz tomorrow. We're going to listen to this song and you are going to write down the order of the song sequence.

1. Open Reason.
2. Create an M-Class Mastering Suite Combi
3. Create a Mixer 14:2
4. Create a Dr. Rex.
5. Load a sound from either the Dr. Rex Instrument Loops or the Music Loops.
6. Click To Track.
7. Set your tempo to go with the Dr. Rex Loop.
8. Create a Redrum.
9. Make a 32 step drum pattern with...
10. A clap, snap, or snare drum on 5 and 13
11. A Bass Drum on 1 and a few other boxes
12. At least two other sounds from the High Hat folder, Percussion Hi, Percussion Other, FX, or Glitch.
13. Copy the Pattern to Track.
14. Create one of the Soft Synth Instruments and the Matrix.
15. On the Matrix make a melody with the volume up on between 3 and 7 notes that goes with the Dr. Rex Loop. Make the melody in either Octave 4 or 5.
16. Copy Pattern to Track.
17. Save your beat as something that you will remember.