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I do wish i added all my tracks on SoundCloud , i only added 3 of my tracks , but after my fmp i will drop all of them , i also wasn't able to get visuals for all tracks which was annoying however i am glad that i did get 3 snippets and did post a handful of videos to promote my 3 first tracks.

I also wished that i had money to promote my tracks , i wanted to utilise all promotion skills during my fmp ,however i can still use them when i do get money , and with all the research i have do it will help me push my music out even more .

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List of things to do when releasing tracks.

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List of things to do when releasing tracks.

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All this information really helped me realise the effectiveness of releasing an single , even though i wouldn't have the money yet to promote my music to the fullest , for when i do it will help me a lot with pushing out my music.

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Why is dropping an single more effective then dropping an ep 

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Why is dropping an single more effective then dropping an ep 

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So some pros of releasing a single is that your keeping you audience engaged , its easier to promote and it often a good way to start of your career as a new artist which is why i choose to release singles instead of an ep.

However making sure your promoting your single to keep your audience engaged and also to gain new listeners , some things in promoting your music should include : pitching your tracks to a playlist , adding visuals to each track on social media and also audio snippets.

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What is the difference between an ep and a single 

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What is the difference between an ep and a single 

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What is a single - a single is a song containing one to 3 tracks for example a beat switch , unless the track is over 10 mins.

What is an EP - An EP is a release containing 4 to 6 tracks or a total running time of 30 minuets

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So in this screenshot above its more clear to see what i have done , you can see all the automations i have used for this vocals and also where i have chopped them up using a slice tool.

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snip[et of Maybach before it was fully mixed

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snip[et of Maybach before it was fully mixed

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another snippet of "Bruce Wayne" that was posted on tiktok

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another snippet of "Bruce Wayne" that was posted on tiktok

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So these were the first vocal i recorded when i was practicing recording , i just got a lil b type beat of YouTube , as you can see in this video i did have a different type of approach for my singles i did want to make a more rnb x trap sound but that ended up changing completely.

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In this fmp found that I'm really able to work under mass pressure i was i was able to pretty much complete all my work without all these problems that i cause on myself and walk out with what i wanted to do in my fmp.

I also realised that i am good at communication , i was to collaborate and talk with a lot of people and got to know a lot of different artist along the way which will most definitely help me in my future of making music.

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What did i find challenging in my project 

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What did i find challenging in my project 

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Something's that i found challenging in my fmp was the research , i know that i wanted to expand my actual production skills but it was very hard to find interviews and stuff i videos of things that i don't know already , i couldn't really find any interviews for production of any engineers that talk about there production skills which made it very hard to look for.

Making and mixing the tracks in itself was actually quite hard , due to my laptop not being able to handle a lot , often times when I'm mixing a finished song my CPU would l also crash and would be extremely slow any laggy , this did bug my quite a lot because it was hard not add plugins when trying to mix , or even adding too much drums or melody's would do the something which almost made it impossible to make any tracks.

I also found releasing my tracks challenging i was running out of time and didn't really get to make a lot of snippets for my tracks which was a shame

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What could of went better?

In my fmp there is a lot of things i could of done better , the first thing I'm going to talk about is me not being prepared for the worst.

I was layed back during my fmp because i did really expect the worst to happen , i was a slight bit lazy in terms of not saving all my work not expecting for there to be problems with my laptop , this then hindered my work rate because i had to catch up on a lot of work while everyone else was doing fine , i would sit and write large amounts of research just to get somewhat on my work back but it wasn't all enough , i then started to panic because i didn't want to not get a good grade in my work for when i go to university hopefully.

Another thing i feel like i should of been prepared for is not being able to open any of my projects , to be honest this was probably the last thing that i expected to happen to me , and this also really hurt my fmp as a whole because i wasn't able to provide all the necessary screenshots i needed to describe each track in my practical process , lucky i did de a selected few before but again it wasn't enough and also i couldn't mix a few track to there full potential because i didn't have the original file to do so which was really annoying.

All of this combined really delayed my time with my fmp , i feel like i could of written a lot more if i didn't have these things happen to me.

Also breaking my focusrite headphone jack and also microphone slowed my work rate for my work with also including me not having my laptop charge which cause me to loose all of my written work.

Some more things that i feel like didn't go as well was getting more artists even though i did complete 5 tracks with an extra instrumental i know i could of exceeded that limit if artist wasn't being as slow with the process of writing lyrics.

How did i over come this.

However despite all of this i was able to finish my fmp which i didn't really think i was able to do , i found certain ways in which i could get around these obstacles , for example , when i couldn't make a track unique for stereo delay because i had the free version of Fl studio , i bounced out 2 versions of a vocal with different names so i can use it as a duplicate to use for my stereo delay.

Another problem that i had was also recoding because i had broke my phone previously i didn't really have any good quality cameras to recording with for my evidence , so i improvised and used my aunties old i pad , even though the quality wasn't the best i still recording pretty much all my videos through it.

i feel like having these problems has really helped me grow as a musician , going through these situations can also help me prepare my self for other outside problems , maybe double checking things , preparing for the worst just in case it happens , all these aspects had helped me realise that not everything is going to go so smoothly and often time i expect it to be like that.

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What went well in my fmp?

In my Fmp i feel like i persevered quite a lot , i did have a lot of things setting my back such as me loosing work not having my laptop for a while e.g. and i was still able to make 5 tracks and do a lot of research and practical elements.

I have grown as a producer and even an artist in this fmp , i have done things that i wouldn't of ever really imagined me doing (recording my own vocals) , i was able to come outside of my comfort zone when making my tracks , and also not being shy to show people my work whereas before i wouldn't really show people my work a lot if it involved vocals so this fmp has really pushed me to my limits, i was able to recorded vocals and record them to a decent level in which i couldn't do really before and is something that in have struggled with, another thing that i am happy with is me learning about distribution and promoting music , even though i hadn't done major distribution for my tracks i now hall a lot of information on how distribution works and how to promote my music but utilising my statistics and using social media to push my music , which i have done well in.

I was able to also record myself which was also something in was somewhat self conscious about when its involving my music but i have seemed to break those barriers that was holding be back.

Two there things that i did achieve in this project was having a wide range of collaborations , while i was let down by a few artists by not having tracks done in time , i was still able to have 4 collaborators in my tracks in which i wasn't even sure if i would have any in my fmp.

My primary research is what helped me a lot also with getting to know other peoples experiences and how they views music , watching interviews like finneas where he talks about writing lyrics had really helped with with writing my won , and maybe i would i been stuck trying to think of lyrics that only had to relate to me where as this is not the case for every rappers of musician , and also understanding purpose from my interview from Lucian and the interview with drake really helped me perfect my understanding on meaning behind track , while also learning a bout strategies such as playlist pitching which links back with my marketing work.

The next thing was i was able to expand my practical knowledge with my production , even though a lot of my production research was deleted i still manged to learn a lot of techniques about production e.g. using sidechain , and utilising the distortion of waveforms in sound samples.

Also expanding on my vocals production i have learned massive amounts on how to mix and what techniques or plugins to use while mixing which has really taken my production level to an stage higher.

some examples that things that that has helped me the most in my fmp is using a limiter , now the limiter is the most helpful part of the fmp( and being able to use it correctly) because it has a whole heap of functions , the main one i used the limiter was for a noise gate , i learned this when i was doing my research about mixing vocals and helped me take out background noise from the vocals when the main vocal was not recording , so it splits the vocals up for you which saves me a lot of time in my tracks , the next main function i used it for what for sidechaining a kick and a bass , i mainly did this in my track sweeny , learning how to do this correctly while using a limiter has made my mixes so much better when I'm using a bass and a kick , it stops tracks from clashing which was one of the main mistake i made when adding a bass and a kick.

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I also forgot to mention that i used 2 kicks from a reggaeton pack , the reason i did this because i felt like the instrumental was getting repetitive with the same bass and kick , so i did add new set of kicks to have an break from that sub bass in the mid section , the way that the kicks then transition into the the bass again once it comes in is very smooth.

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After i was done i added the melody in the track , i used the hive 2.0 pad for the main melody and kind of added hits of all the other melody's throughout the track , when i was done structuring the track i exported it out in wav form so i can then add a new project to mix the vocals.

So i used fl studio 24 to mix the vocals but kept crashing like every time i would place the vocals and add the effects for the vocals my fl would crash which was weird because non of my other tracks did this as much.

The effects i added was first and eq , i didn't really do too much on the eq for the low end because the low end of the vocal gave the track a lot of volume and when i did try to cut it out i didn't really sound the same so i only did a minimal amount of eq cutting on the lower frequency's.

The next plugin i added was a compressor to polish the sound because there was a lot of higher frequency's that needed to be capped so it wasn't damaging for the listers ears , however before this i added a noise gate through an limiter.

Using the noise gate really helped me with this track because in didn't split up the vocals so when i added the limiter all other noise that wasn't part of the vocal was cut which made a huge difference in the mix where as before you can hear all the background noise that didn't need to be there.

After i added all the main plugins used a chorus and another compressor using auto effects , now i didn't really use the autotune since i turned the retune speed down and the humanize up , however the actual effects in the autotune is what i wanted , the chorus in the effects make the main vocals sound really wide ( like i was adding an stereo delay) and the compressor made the vocals sound even more professional.

I added actual auto for the more melodic part where Dylan sings , it really did sound a lot better when it was added , i made his voice sound a lot better when he was doing the more melodic parts of the sound , and it also harmonised with the melody a lot because the autotune was in key.

I did add some vocal chops for when some of his lyrics where out of tune but luckily it only happened when he repeated the same phrase twice or more , so i would just cut and duplicate the vocal to make it in tune with the autotune.

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From my mixing research i learned how to sidechain my kick and bass properly , so the first thing i was label the channels so knew what one was the bass and kick , now an important instruction in the video i watched is that i had to sidechain the kick into the 808 because you could mess the sound if its the other way round.

after i side chained the both i added the limiter which helped it work , right from the jump i could tell a difference the kick wasn't clashing with the bass a lot all.

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For the bass i added two separate basses for my track , the first bass i added was a sub bass , the reason i used it because its like an rnb type of sub bass that is inspired from the artist partynextdoor , the bass went smoothly with the kick which made the ix cleaner and also added space for all the other drums in the track.

the next bass i added was a more punchy bass , the reason i added this because it was similar to the original bass i added but just high pitched and programmed better , the waveform for this bass was a lot less distorted then my first bass i used in version 2 so this also offered a more clean mix with still having that punch and hype feeling to the track which was needed too catch peoples attention.

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Now in Fl studio 24 i made a new kick and bass because i wanted to add the side chain to both of them , and i felt like with my older versions of the kick and bass it wouldn't sound as good. So for my kick used a kick from the prodmoney pack , the kick was "2$4$8" , the kick had a really punchy sound , the rest of the kick i was hearing in that section of the pack didn't really have that punched i wanted but this one did , and had some sort of a balance in the high end and low end of an kick.

What i did have though was eq the kick a bit , i did realise that the kick was clashing a bit , i don't know what it actually was but i knew it was in the high end of the kick so i cut-out most of the high end in the kick , but not all so it didn't kill the sound.

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so since i exported all of my sounds i then mixed the song myself using a more later version of Fl studio (24) , So what i did was mix all my drums again , i added them all to the mixer like they person on the second video of my mixing research did wand i then soloed each sound just to make sure there was no bass or unwanted frequency's in each set of drums , then i mixed them all together.

In this audio file the original bass and kick is in the audio file but you can hear the mix of the rest of the drums

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So after i did everything this is where i bounced out all the sound from the track , the original reason to why i did it was because Dylan wanted to mix the stems himself , however because the stems did have any structure to them i was hard to recreate the structure from scratch since there was so many sounds i used in the track.

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google drive links too vocals and also instrumental

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google drive links too vocals and also instrumental

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After i finished the main structure for the track ( Dylan the person who is rapping on the track ) started to make his vocals , it took him about two days to have finished lyrics and on the third day we started recording.

We did do a lot of takes in the track because the vocals weren't really coming out the right way due to us laughing a lot in the studio but after a while we got the complete lyrics.

We did adlibs and the main vocal . the main vocals consists of Spanish and English which is why i did want too add parts of reggaeton in the track.

one other thing about the vocals is that in the original song " cure and the cause" there is like a soft woman's voice saying cure and the cause as like a type of adlib in the track.

so Dylan suggested that we get evina a girl in our class who sings to try to recreate that line for our song , however we thought of her not saying cure and the cause because that will be copying directly from the song , so we thought of her saying girl in the club instead of cure and the cause .

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Why did i use (Hive 2.0) so the reason why i sued hive was because of the pad sounds , the pads in this plugin are very filled out , for example the audio file i provided you can hear like a bell as well as an ambient pad in the background , so its like 2 melody's in one , which does save a lot of time but a lot it sounds clean and takes up a lot of mid and high frequencies. But one thing i did have to do was eq the low end because there was a lot of bass and sub bass in the pad , to be honest i did thus with all my melody's because most of the pad sounds have a lot of bass in the which clashes with the actual bass in the song.

I made seven melody's in total , most of the sounds sound quite similar but one other type of sound that i used that wasn't a guitar of a pad was a pluck type of sound , now all the pluck sounds i used nexus for because i just had better sounds for plucks.

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So going back to the second version i wanted to make the melody kind of sound similar to the original with my own twist added , so the first thing i did when making the melody was finding the write notes , now it didn't really take me that long to find them because i have good ears , however the sound selection was quite hard.

Some plugins i used for the melody was (nexus 4) ( and Hive 2.0).

Why did i use nexus?

the reason why i used nexus as a starting point is because the plugin has a lot of realistic sound , this consists of guitars pianos and other sounds as well as synths and pad , some this i used from nexus was guitar sounds / pads , both of the sounds i choose had like an heavenly guitar sound , it was ambient which really match referring back to the track superman (funky house track ) i kind of had a similar ambient vibe , but the when I'm looking at the conventions of funky house we can see it says that shimmering guitar.

I provided an example of this in the audio file above the writing.

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Now i did do the kick and bass separate , now i technically i have 3 versions of this track , the second version of the track , i didn't use a side chain for my kick and bass , for the kick i used one from the prod money pack i, the kick was (2$2$2) it didn't have much high end involved in the kick and did sound really clean , now one thing i didn't do was look at the waveforms , so the bass i added was just a random low pitched bass that i found out of the bass out of the same pack , so when you listen to the second version the kick and the bass are both clashing in a way which doesn't really give an overall clean sound , however one thing i did because i did make the drum beat and the melody before i went down to the free version of Fl was bounce all the sounds out and covert them into stems which was very helpful for me.

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So the next thing i added was the perc's , i did add quite a lot of perc's in my song , these consists of other rims , chants hi hats and other sounds from reggaeton , i did want to add a bit of diversity on my track , that's why i added a lot of perc's sounds and also because i wanted to fill out the track , i didn't really want to leave any empty spaces because i wanted the song to have consistent energy.

As you can see in this screenshot all the different types of drums i have used , the sounds with an number at the start comes from that prodmoney pack i was talking about previously.

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So for my main drums i kept the i kept the same rim snare pattern from my first version of the track , the rim i used was from a big pack that i had got given to me called prodmoney , about every sound that has ever been used almost in hip-hop is in this back , the rim i used was just a random one i used , it had more of a low mid sound instead of a really high pitched rim which gave the rest of the drums i placed down structure to follow.

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i also added an separate delay that wasn't side chained because i wanted the effect to go on as long as it could , it didn't really mess up the vocals because i turned the adlibs done so it could harmonise with everything else in the track.

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Some other plugins i used was the sidechain delay , i did this by routing the track from the 1 track to the second then , adding a delay and a limier , then sidechaining the limiter to the original vocal track so i can get the effect on the vocal.

However on this i did in this song that i haven't done in the tracks where i included my own voice would be adding adlibs, the reason why i was open to using adlibs is because i referred back to some of the messages of when i asked people what they like about trap music , and one of them was talking about the use of adlibs in tracks , so i thought let me use a few , i didn't really over do it in the track because i was quite new to doing adlibs and i also didn't have enough time to finish my fmp.

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After finished my lyrics i wanted to mix them properly to make sure everything was okay in the vocals by itself , 2 one plugin that i didn't use was fresh air , the reason to why i didn't use fresh air is the same reason i didn't like the sound in Bruce Wayne , and its because it added that annoying click sound at the begining of the track , when i would listen to the track with fresh air not being added it would be so much more smooth , however when i would add it it hurted my ears a bit , so i actually exchanged it for a soundgoodenizer , this plugin added more volume to my vocals and didn't have that annoying click sound.

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im getting top in a mayback sample of vocals

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For my vocals i used two different microphones , the first microphone i used was the my microphone that i bought with my focusrite , before the microphone had a really noticeable buzzy sound i had to position the microphone so it didn't sound too bad , i recording using a small carboard microphone and i placed it on a table that i got out of a different room and moved it into my room.

I had to wait till night to record so everything was some what quite , i turned off the tv and only had my laptop on and the light in my room on , i was thinking of going under a cover too really block out all noise , but i figured maybe the sound of my headphones would show up also so i left it.

I spent about 20mins just thinking of things to say in my track and after that i had some sort of structure for my vocals , so on thing i did differently was i recording with all effects added to my track , this included my autotune eq , compressor and sidechain delay.

It was quite hard at the start but once i used auto key and transferred the key of the track to my auto tune it because a lot easier to rap.

After i finished my vocals on my home microphone i didn't really like the parts at the end of the track , i realised that the sound of my headphones do show up a lot in my raw vocals , however i didn't want to redo the whole track just in case i ruined it so i kept me original vocals at the start with my microphone , and mid way i used the vocals from the microphone in my college studio.

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So i feel like supertrap is more of an cyber version of trap , for examples most conventions of supertrap song have dark ambient melody's , glitches , complex hi hats / drums .

Howver there are like subgenres within the subgenre of supertrap , like for example you have LOVEMUSIC type beat , these type of beats have like an more ethereal sound to it like not as dark , and also sometimes features vocal samples which i have done in my previous track with zeeko.

But to be honest it never a certain type of feeling but its always the same type of sounds , however it is always evolving so people would add parts of other trap subgenre and add it too super trap that why i had a deep love for the genre because it was very different to what I've ever heard.

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this is a beat that me and zeeko collaborated with not too long ago

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[FREE] Lancey Foux + LOVEMUSIC + Redda Type Beat "SR!KER"

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So in this screenshot you can see at the top is says most people stopped too look at my video at 0.2 seconds , maybe this is due to the long intro because most people have a low attention span , if it doesn't catch the views eye quick then they don't pay attention to it , where as my old videos would cut straight to the case , however in contrast my Instagram has had more traction where as my ticktock was the one getting more traction.

However i could understand also why i don't get a lot of traffic on ticktock because i did take a big break on posting and i also did loose a lot of followers because of me being non consistent, so i will try to do different types of videos or make similar ones that i have before to try too keep my audience.

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So in this screenshot I'm showing my analytics from ticktock , one of the main things on this is the traffic source , this shows you where most of your traction is from , so in this case pretty much all of my traction is from the for you page , it also shows my average watch time which is 4.78 seconds , I'm not sure if this is good but I'm not really taking it in a good way i feel like i could get more traction depending on the time i post , i also feel like im reaching out to the wrong audience , so as you can see if have about 980 views with 46likes , comparing this too my older ticktock videos my like count had dropped , however i still pretty much had a 1000 views , so maybe ticktock is pushing my account too the wrong audience by look at the statistics.

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In this section Instagram shows you the most active times my followers are on Instagram , this is also really helpful and is something i probably should of looked at before posting , but basically it shows each time my followers are most active for each day , and for everyday of the week 12pm is the most active time , this is good because i can utilize my view count from posting at different times.

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In this screenshot we can see that 94% of my engagement is from reels , which is a lot more from when i post a normal picture , this also links back to what Dababy said about posting videos and content of himself , to postings reels will be something ill be doing a lot more consistently knowing now it gets me more engagement from non followers.

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I also know there is Instagram statistics which shows your views and where they are coming from ( also where you getting the most traction)

In this screenshot i can see where most of my views are coming from , so in this screenshot you can see that 57.3% of my views come from reels ( which is videos ) and 42.8% come from my stories from non followers and followers , This is good for when i post content because i would know what the best way to gain views is from.

We can also see in this screenshot all the views i have gained in the last 30 days , now i remember seeing before it was higher around 15k but i stopped posting for a little bit so it went down to 12,468k , which isn't bad still but if i was to post more it would rise up.

We can also see how much accounts i have reached and also the views i get from followers and non followers.

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As we can see that 26% of listens listen to rap music world wide , which also sits at 6th place on a global scale.

One important statistic in this is rap music is most popular to ages 16 to 24 , this important because i need to know what type of audience I'm pushing my music to , so posting maybe relatable content that consist of age ranges from 16 to 24 , rather than trying to push it would to an older audience.

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In the message i asked another classmate the same question , they then responded with the drum sound and how fast the tempo and if the drums match the tempo , i feel like in all my tracks my drums will always match the tempo so i would recommend every trap song i have to them

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Next person i asked BR said they like the beat drop the most and the main part of the track , i enterally agree with this statement because if someone was to ask me this i would say the same , i feel like the beat drop of a trap song depending on the subgenre is mandatory , i have tried to add a lot of good beat drops in my tracks with the best two being Bruce Wayne and rcxd.

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In this messaged i asked the question to my group chat including 2 of my friends / classmates , with the question i asked they both responded with hard hitting 808s , and also hi hats rolls and kicks , i feel like i do a good job of this in my trap tracks , knowing this i put a bit more effort into making the drums sounding more jumpy which also adds more hype and energy to a track , an example of this would my track Bruce Wayne , i made the track have all these things in my track ,and if i was to recommend a song that i have in this ep it would be Bruce Wayne.

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In this message i messaged an artist that has used a lot of my beats for his tracks , he responded to the question i asked saying he notices the beat and vocals , he also mentioned if the beat is bad hell give it a chance but if the vocals are bad as well hell turn the track off. This is also surprising to me because most people don't care about the lyrics but are most focused on the beat , but its good to see that he cares about the vocals , this could mean how to vocals actually sound rather than the lyrics , for example using autotune and making it sound clean. This has made me focus in my vocals a bit more in my tracks to make them sound enjoyable and unique to the listener.

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So in this message i asked my friend what is the first thing he notices in trap music the most , he then responded with the adlibs , to be honest i wouldn't of expected him to say that but it has helped me understand what he likes in trap music , for my tracks the song with the most adlibs will probably be finest one featuring lil melo , this would the track i would think he would enjoy the most knowing what the first thing he notices in trap tracks

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Recently i played my music to the class for a practice presentation , i asked everything what they think of the track which was Bruce Wayne and i got good reviews , however one of my class mates (tj) said my music reminds him of an artist called "HI-C" he said ( quote "do you know this rapper called HI-C your track sounds exactly like his music) he then gave me a track to listen to and it was called ( D3us+3X! )

The next day i then listened to the track and to my surprise it was actually similar to my track , one thing that sounded every similar was the bass and the type of effects he used in his song , i used a lot of laughing effects and other effects in my track , which the artist HI-C uses a lot , i feel like its good that TJ showed my this artist because it shows me different artist that i can maybe take inspiration form in terms of marketing , because the same people who would listen to his music , will most likely like mine to how similar it is

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Sweeney with side chain and also limiter added.

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just the normal bass and kick together

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using a eq sweep on "Maybach" for my vocals

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using a eq sweep on "Maybach" for my vocals

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In this screenshot i used an eq sweep for my vocals on mayback , i didn't really like the sound of it on my other vocals because i feel like it cuts out raw parts of the song , but for my track Maybach it wasn't as bad , as you can see i haven't sweeped any of the bass frequency just the low up to the high mid range , this was because i didnt really find any bad frequencies there so i didn't think it was necessary.

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So i have mainly used this effect in my track "sweeny" i wanted to test this out on this track mainly because i wanted the track to sound clean , sometimes i purposely make my tracks sound muddy because it adds a raw effect and adds more hype to a song , but with this track i didn't want to do that as much.

so what i did want bounce out all the drums i made , i used the bass and made a new kick pattern for the newer version of the track , in the beginning of doing the side chain i ascendingly routed the bass to the kick but then after i corrected it , i added the effect and immediately i hear the bass and the kick being more free and not clashing together.

i have also used this in the beat "lbb"

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The next thing the person in the video talks about is adding a limiter with the sidechain , he adds the limiter plugin ( which i have used before in my vocals ) and uses is as a compressor.

(Quote 3;51 "we only want the compressor to engage on the 808 whenever the kick drum is hitting at the exact same time as the 808")

So the guy in the video explains what he wants to do with the limiter and then how to add it , he then says he is going to make the compressor only duck the 808 when the effect is on.

Now how he adds this is right clicking the sidechain option on the limiter and the selection the channel which the kick drum is on , this is very similar to how i added the sid chain delay on my vocals , when routeing the right channel to add that effect .

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So i do already know to route a track however i didn't know there was an actually side chain option in the route section , you have to right click the route button to get the options.

the next thing guy talks about how the settings effects each other , so when you do add the sidechain the mixer channel is set at 100% , so he talks about this being very important ( quote 2:35 "what this is telling us is that we should hear the audio signal from the kick coming from the master channel , but we shouldn't hear any of the kick signal coming from the 808 channel")

the reason why u shouldn't hear anything in the 808 channel is because there is a knob on the sidechain part where its all the way turned down which is right next to the sidechain option slightly on the screenshot i provided)

He then goes onto say you shouldn't turn this knob up because then you will start the hear the kick become louder as you turn it up , by doing this you will be doubling up the audio since its already going through the master channel which is something you don't want.

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In this interview i asked a college student what type of genre of music does he listen to , he replied with just rap and hip-hop, i then proceeded to ask if he listens to trap music , a sub genre of rap/hiphop , then he replies with yes .

After this i asked what's his favourite trap artist , so i know hat would get peoples most attention and also what type of trap they like , the person then responded with drake.

This was because now i know what track would catch peoples attention in my Fmp , so i decided to to a drake inspired by drake , one of my favourite drake songs is tsu so that would defiantly make an appearance in my fmp.

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In this video i asked a student there name , and also what type of genre they listen to in music , for music they responded with they listen to rnb , in some tracks aspects of trap are found in rnb and also for one of my tracks io wanted to have a more rnb/trap type of approach so this was interesting , i then mentioned an popular rnb artist called "Partynextdoor" the reason why i mentioned this artist because a lot of his popular tracks have trap hi hats and also trap drum patterns so i wanted to see if the person knew who he was, and she said yes.

I then proceeded to ask if she listens to trap music , she said not on a daily basis , so then i asked what trap artist do they listen to and they said drake sometimes.

I then asked the person what there favourite song from drake was , they then proceeded to say "since way back" but was more certain on the track "passionfruit" now "passionfruit" is more like an exotic type of track , it reminds me of the summer and the Caribbean islands , for my fmp i wanted to include a track that is like this just to be like an outliner for my tracks , because i know most of the track i have are going to be trap due to me building my whole social media pages around trap music , however i do also enjoy songs like passionfruit so that why one of my tracks are going to have that same type of approach , i then explained to the person that I'm doing a song that has an similar sound.

I then asked what there favourite part of passionfruit was , and they said the melody , this was good for me because i do try to focus on the melody a lot , but for my track that would be similar to passionfruit ill add a bit more time on perfecting the melody

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So in this interview i asked the person there name and what type of music they listen to , they then responded with hip-hop , then i proceeded to ask what there favourite rap artists are , which they responded with "yeah Tupac" now because i was expecting a more recent artist because in the last interview both people said drake ,so i then asked do you also listen to more recent artists and they said yes dee block Europe (DBE).

So i then said what is your favourite song by DNB and they said "UFO" no ufo is an quite popular song from this rap group so i was familiar with it , the artist in group both use a lot of autotune in there voice which has made me gain more confidence to use more in mine know thing that people around my age like that type of sound .

i then asked there favourite part of ufo , they then said "I'm not gonna sing it its a bit inappropriate" so knowing this I'm assuming she likes the lyrics and also there voice , and also means they like lyrics that isn't so family friendly , which has also gave me confidence on being a bit more (PG) with my lyrics if it is to catch the attention of an audience

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So at the start of me beginning my fmp i was confused to what would be better for me to release because everyone in my class is dropping an ep where as I'm doing 5 singles , so i conducted some research on what was better for starting off as a new artist , and also would effect.

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The main differences between a single, an EP, and an album come down to the number of tracks and the total duration. Typically, this is how the stores categorize releases:

a single is a release containing one to three tracks, unless one of the tracks is over 10 minutes long

an EP is a release containing four to six tracks, unless the total runtime is over 30 minutes

an album is seven or more tracks, or the total runtime of over 30 minutes

But the rules differ a bit on Spotify:
Should I release a single, an album, or an EP?

As an artist, you've probably asked yourself at some point, "Should I release a single, an EP, or an album?" The answer depends on a variety of things, including: your budget, target audience, and music goals. Usually budgets are the biggest factor.

Because EPs have half the songs that an album would have, they generally cost less and take less time to produce than albums. Many DIY independent artists maximize their to cut down on costs, handling everything from themselves.

Remember to factor in other expenses like visuals, promo, merch, and PR. But in the end, how you manage your budget depends on your preferences and available resources.

What are the benefits of releasing a single over an EP?

Choosing to release a single before an EP is an effective way to keep your audience engaged, and an even better way to tweak and refine your release and promotion strategy. The more singles you put out, the more you get a feel for your audience and can adjust your strategy accordingly.

Make sure that you're giving yourself enough time to promote your single. Some things to keep in mind are: making sure you have HQ visuals, copy for your socials, copy for pitching to playlists and music outlets, and some BTS visuals or audio snippets to share. The goal is to get and keep as many eyes on your project as possible.

If you end up getting a lot of love for your singles, you can put all of your singles onto one EP to get even more exposure and gain new listeners.

The best single release strategies

Releasing singles can keep your audience engaged and help you refine your release and promotion strategies. Each single release provides insights into your audience's preferences, allowing you to tweak your approach.
Here are some release strategy tips to make sure you have set in place for your single release:
What are the benefits of releasing an EP over an album?

EPs offer artists a chance to experiment with different genres and sounds without the commitment of a full album. They cost less and take less time to produce, giving you more opportunities to release more and different types of music. You can explore different themes, experiment with new sounds, and take creative risks without the pressure of a full album. This can be incredibly liberating as a DIY artist, allowing you to push boundaries and grow as an artist.

Releasing an EP is a really great way to test the waters. You'll be saving money that you can put towards other music projects, and you'll also get insights on how your listeners react to your music before fully investing in an album. It's a smart strategy for gauging interest, refining your style, and building anticipation.

EPs can also act as a bridge between larger projects. They keep your audience engaged, maintain momentum, and keep your name in the conversation. This consistent output helps in building a loyal fanbase and keeps your musical journey dynamic and ever evolving.

The best EP release strategies

In a crowded music landscape, standing out is crucial. EPs can serve as a powerful tool for distinguishing yourself, showcasing your versatility, and keeping your audience wanting more. Whether you're introducing a new sound, testing a different musical direction, or simply trying to maintain your presence in the industry, releasing EPs serve as a versatile and effective part of your release strategy.
Here are some release strategy tips to make sure you have set in place for your EP release:
Yot Club's cover for his EP "Bipolar"

What are the benefits of releasing an album?

One of the major selling points for creating an album is having the ability to portray a story for your audience to follow.

With singles and EPs, artists have the opportunity to release their projects quickly to keep their audience engaged. But with albums, it really lets you zero in and take time to perfect your craft.

Albums allow for a deeper dive into a specific set of melodies, feelings, and artistic sentiments. There are a lot of listeners who crave a more profound connection to a musician's work, and an album is where the creations come to life.

Albums can be a deterrent because of how costly and time-consuming it is. But on the other hand, it's a great opportunity to build a robust marketing campaign and to build hype, creating long-lasting hype around your music and you as an artist.

The best album release strategies

Albums allow for a deep dive into your artistic vision, providing a cohesive narrative or thematic journey for your audience. They let you showcase a broader range of your musical abilities and connect more profoundly with listeners who crave that deeper engagement.
Here are some release strategy tips to make sure you have set in place for your album release:
Whether you choose to release singles, EPs, or albums, each format offers unique benefits. Tailor your release strategy to your goals, budget, and audience to make the most of your music career.

Happy releasing!

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Foe this track vocals was my main focus point since i didn't have to make the beat for the track , so one thing that i didn't really struggle with was writing lyrics , i took advice from my interviews that i conduced when someone said they enjoyed the lyrics too a dee block Europe song , but they didn't want to sing it because it was inappropriate , so knowing this i was a bit wild in my word play however if it gets the attention for the lyrics then my job has been done.

Also knowing that i don't have to relate my lyrics too my actual own experiences linking back to the finneas interview it was mush easier to write lyrics.

What would my voice sound like in the track?

So for the track i wanted to have like a more melodic approach mixed with rap lyrics , so some inspiration i took was from old lil uzi songs , i know it might sound a bit cleche but how he conducted his lyricism mixed with an melodic sound really had my ear , and obvisoly he has had a lot of success with his music carrer so i though i would take inspiration in how I'm saying my lyrics ( no copying his lyrics at all)

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So in this website there a lot of statistics showing how popular hip-hop music is across the world , the reason why I'm searching this because i want to know how much of an impact i can have using the genre of hip-hop and what my age range and other statistics for hip-hop would be for me to know my audience

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Rap/hip-hop started gaining mass popularity in 2016 when 30% of the top 100 Billboard songs came from the genre (The Data Face). Ever since, its popularity has been rising, especially in the US.

Let's find out:

Where rap and hip-hop are the most popular

What are the most successful artists

Which demographic commonly listens to it

How high does hip-hop rank worldwide? Find out down below.

How many people listen to rap and hip-hop? How many people listen to rap and hip-hop in America? Hip-hop audience demographics: Who listens to rap? Why do people like rap/hip-hop? How big is the rap/hip-hop industry? Rap vs. rock statistics
Rap & Hip-Hop Music Statistics (Top Picks)

Around 26% of music listeners worldwide listen to rap and hip-hop.

Rap/hip-hop is already the most popular music genre in the US and UK, while on a global scale, it sits in 6th place.

Rap/hip-hop is most popular among 16-24-year-olds and listeners from black communities.

With $470 million in revenue, Jay-Z was the most successful rapper and second most successful musician in 2021.

Drake is one of the most listened rappers, currently owning 26 top-charting hits.

Check this article for general music and music industry statistics.

How many people listen to rap/hip hop?

Based on the IFPI survey, 1.85 billion people, or 26% of music listeners worldwide, listen to rap/hip-hop.

The survey included 19,000 respondents from 18 countries.

That translates into 1.85 billion rap/hip-hop listeners, based on the 7.11 billion people worldwide that listen to music.

(IFPI)

Rap/hip hop music ranked as the 6th most popular music genre worldwide in 2021.

(IFPI 2)

Based on TikTok music reports, rap/hip hop music jumped from 2nd most popular genre in the UK in 2020 to the most popular genre in 2021.

(TikTok, Music Week)

How many people listen to rap/hip-hop in America?

Almost a third, or over 90 million Americans listen to hip-hop.

27.7% of Americans listened to hip-hop in 2021.

That translates into 93.3 million individuals that listen to hip-hop.

Here's a table of rap/hip-hop listeners in the US:

(Nielsen Music Reports 2017-2019) (MRC Data Reports 2020-2021)

In the US, the hip-hop genre represented 32.2% of all on-demand video streams in 2021.

Hip-hop and rap take a large cut of all music sales.

In 2019, 52 out of 100 top-streamed songs in the US were from the hip-hop genre.

In the top 10, 6 songs were from the rap/hip-hop genre.

(MBW 2019)

Rappers with the most number 1 hits.

With 26 chart-toppers, Drake holds the first place among rappers with the most no. 1 hits.

Lil Wayne is at the distant second place, having "only" 11 chart-topping hits.

(Highsnobiety, Billboard)

Top 20 rappers from 2021, based on Billboard charts.

(Billboard 2)

Hip-hop audience demographics: Who listens to rap?

Rap/hip-hop is the most popular among 20-24-year-olds, with a 54% audience.
The audience was asked which music genre is their favorite.

Here's a table of US listeners who claimed rap/hip-hop is their favorite genre (by age group):

Even in China, 37.1% of listeners (or 296 million people) aged between 15 and 25 listen to hip-hop.

Hip-hop listeners are among the youngest out there. Another genre with a young audience, alternative music, has, on average, 3 years older listeners.

(K-Frawley)

Hip-hop genre popularity among Gen Z and millennials.

Hip hop and rap one of the most popular music genres for working out.

That's not surprising as hip hop gives more exercise motivation than other genres.

1000 surveyed gym-goers and their music genre preferences during workouts:

Percentage of rap/hip-hop listeners among white/black Americans:

Out of 100%, 35% of black Americans listen to rap/hip-hop.

Out of 100%, 7% of white Americans listen to rap/hip-hop.

50% of households with at least one hip hop listener have one or more people collecting $50,000+ yearly wage.

Also, statistically, hip-hop listeners are the likeliest to live in poverty.

(K-Frawley)

70% of African Americans have hip-hop tracks in their top 100 track lists.

Around 48% of Apple Music users listen to hip-hop.

Interestingly, the genre seems least popular among Amazon Music users, sitting at 11% of listeners.

Here's a table of music genre popularity among different streaming services:

(Coleman Insights)
The highest percentage of 12-34 years old men have hip-hop music on their TOP 100 lists.
On average, listeners in this age group filled their TOP 100 playlist with 43% of hip-hop songs...

Countries where hip-hop is the most popular

The most downloaded music genres based on country.

Read more on popular music genres.

Hip hop popularity statistics per country.

Most music listeners that listen to hip-hop in digital formats (on-demand, downloads) come from South Africa, with 59% of respondents listening to the genre.

Most listened to hip hop songs by year.

"Super Gremlin" by Kodak Black was the most streamed hip hop song in 2022.

Check out the #1 most-streamed hip hop song of 2022:

Most streamed hip-hop song that year:

"Super Gremlin" by Kodak Black was also the most streamed rap song in 2022.

Listen to the #1 most-streamed rap song of 2022:

Most streamed rap songs that year:

What is the most streamed hip-hop album ever?

XXXTentacion's album "?" from 2018 is the most streamed hip hop album on Spotify.

It has more than 8 billion plays.

Which rapper has the most songs?

As of 2017, Snoop Dogg holds the record for the most songs in the catalog.

That also includes featured songs.

Why do people listen to rap/hip-hop?

Rap/hip-hop music inspires people to express themselves in a more positive way.

(Daily Universe)

When looking past the edgy lyrics, hip-hop culture actually advocates for:

(Conversation)

Lyrics in rap/hip-hop music also:

Inspire

Boost energy (when exercising)

Are thought-provoking

Reflect on current (social, political, economic) events

This genre of music is also easy to practice, making if more attractive for young people to start expressing themselves artistically or even start their own musical path.

(Audio Dome)

Hip-Hop Industry

How big is the rap/hip-hop industry?

In 2016, the hip-hop industry was worth $15.7 billion.

In 2004, it was worth $10 billion.

Researchers at Wonder estimate that by 2021, the hip-hop music industry will already reach $19.8 billion.

(ABC News, Wonder)

R&B/Hip-Hop, while landing third in music genre sales share, doubled its sales in the last 10 years.
Data from 2017.
Jay-Z earned $470 million in revenue in 2021, making him the second biggest earner that year.

Kanye West landed 4th with $250 million in revenues.

(RollingStone)

What percentage of all music is rap and hip-hop?

Hip-hop accounted for 13.7% of all albums sold in 2021 in the US.

(MRC Data Report 2021)

Hip-hop market share for the US.

(Billboard 5, Billboard 6, Billboard 7, Twitter 4)

Best-selling rap albums:

(Audio Network)

There's a 57.4% likeliness for gym-goes to achieve personal records if they listen to rap/hip hop.

Around 33.7% of gym-goers think rap/hip-hop motivates them during a workout.

62.1% of gym-goers prefer listening to rap/hip-hop for intense workouts.

(FitRated)

Drake was the most streamed artist of 2021 in the US, with up to 8.6 billion audio streams.

Basically, each 131st stream was a Drake song.

(Twitter)

Drake's "Certified Lover Boy" is also the most popular rap album of 2021 in the US.

It sold around 1.97 million units.

(MRC Data Reports 2021)

Top rap songs in 2021 based on sales, plus on-demand streams.

(MRC Data Reports 2021)

Rap vs. Rock Statistics

Percentage of people listening to rock globally compared to hip-hop.

57% of respondents listen to rock, whereas 26% listen to rap/hip-hop, according to an IFPI report from 2018.

Rock is the second most popular music genre worldwide, whereas rap/hip-hop ranks 6th place.

(IFPI 2)
Rock genre popularity among Gen Z and millennials.
Percentage of Americans engaging with rock compared to hip-hop.

Hip-hop is dominant in streaming, whereas rock does better in album sales.

Here's a table of hip-hop vs. rock stats:

In what countries is rock the most popular?

51% of Mexicans listen to rock music in digital formats.

The USA holds second place at 47%.

Who listens to rock compared to listeners of rap/hip-hop?

US youngsters aged 18 to 29 prefer rap/hip-hop (32% popularity) over rock (17%).

(CBS News)

Around 40% of white Americans listen to rock compared to 6% of black Americans.

(CBS News)

Around 32% of women listened to hip-hop on Deezer in 2019.

Compared to 68% men.

(Deezer)
Read more:
Conclusion

These were the latest rap & hip-hop statistics. The music genre is getting increasingly popular, primarily due to its musical simplicity and lyrical likability.

What do you think of hip-hop and rap music? Who is your favorite artist? Do you think the genre will keep on growing?

Please let us know in the comments.

Sources: IFPI, IFPI 2, The Data Face, TikTok, Music Week, Nielsen Music Report 2019, Nielsen Music Report 2018, Nielsen Data Report 2017, MRC Data Report 2021, MRC Data Report 2020, MBW 2019, Statista, Statista 2, Statista 3, Statista 4, Statista 5, FitRated, CBS News, Coleman Insights, Highsnobiety, Billboard, Billboard 2, Billboard 3, Billboard 4, Billboard 5, Billboard 6, Radio France, musicMagpie, Reddit, ABC News, Wonder, Music & Copyright, RollingStone, Audio Network, FitRated, Twitter, Twitter 2, CBS News, Deezer, Inside Radio, Conversation, Audio Dome, Daily Universe

Billboard 7, Is Hip-Hop's Dominance Slipping? My Concern Is the Magic Is Gone. Published Oct 18, 2022. Accessed Feb 22, 2023.

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in this interview , i asked a class student Lucian about his production skills in his ep and how he conducted his Ep, the first thing Lucian talks about is samples he has used for his ep , the reason he used the sample because his EP was based on the city of Fez which is in the country Morocco ,

this has gave me confidence on using samples for my fmp , he also talks about how he wants to link with the culture with Morocco and also explains how most things in the city fez is yellow which is what inspired his ep colour. He also takes about the song he sampled , he used a popular song in fez and turned it into trap , with his ep having a theme and a purpose it has made me reflect on my track ,even though i have a purpose for myself which is recording vocals and getting more traction across social media , i don't have really another purpose i could really say to people like Lucian has , in future i would dedicate my tracks to and particle purpose that will be interesting to other people. I also talked about somethings about my own tracks and different mini purposes i have for them. Lucian says something that has really stuck with me "Direction and also gives for the people that are listening kind of like a journey to follow" , the reason this has stuck with me is because when people have an understating of something its easier to listen to for example , there might be an artist who drops an album that is more based on sad experiences , when the listener is sad they will click on the album , so definitely for the future ill build me album on a feeling so people can relate back to .

using colours in my track , so now know this information i realised there is already a certain colour that i use with all my music without even really knowing , the colour is use is purple and also pink , i feel like i have build most of my ep around this colour due to all my media work most being pink and purple ( my photoshop covers) so for when i do drop an ep i will use pink and purple as my theme.

Another good point that Lucian made is when he was talking about how he promoted his tracks , he said he pithed his music to playsits which got him from 50 to 600 overall listeners , he told me it was a good way to push out your music and it will be something ill defiantly be doing with my tracks after my fmp is finshed.

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The next set of drums that i added in was actually a drum loop , now i never use drums loops , i like to make my drums myself in songs but when i heard these i had to add them into my track , they featured a reggaeton / soca type of feel , these wont be my main drums but if feel like they harmonised very well with the other drums i made.

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So for some of the drums i tried to recreate the same drums that was in the original track I'm sampling , the drums in the track feature some cow bells and other rim so with the drum pack i downloaded called "Afro swing" i used some drums/ percussion sounded because it matched the ones in the funky house song , i also added reverb to them just to give it more of a ambient effect and also so its not too harsh too the ears because it wont be my main set of drums.

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So my my 5th track Maybach , i collaborated again with producer zeeko , the way i got in touch with him for this track was because he posted a snippet of a beat he made on his Instagram story , i really liked the beat he posted , it had like a dystopian punk feeling which really matched the vibe i was going for in track 5.

I know i did say i was going to produce all projects for my track but i did really like this track and i thought it was simple to but vocals.

The Genre?

So for this track the genre was supertrap , now i used to make supertrap a lot in the past so i am quite familiar with it so that's why i wanted to do vocals on the track , the track zeeko made was from an sample from an ai ticktock video , the sound consisted of weird synths mixed with like a robotic ai voice which you can hear in the intro of the track.

I did ask him for the stem of the track however he has the free version on Fl studio like me so he actually cant open the project which was a shame but the mix wasn't bad for the instrumental its self so i just kept the beat.

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these are the stems of the tracks that the producers zeeko sent me for the collaboration

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So this track was the original track i made , i kind of followed like an soca patten for the drums , i used like a rim type of sound which i quite popular in dancehall soca and reggaeton type of music ,they use these types of drums because they sound like your hitting real life objects , so i tried to use as much sounds as possible that don't sound too electronically programmed because it wouldn't give that exotic feel. , i added a few triangles and some other chant voxes to give it like club feel also, and also kick and a bass , now this was before my research about sidechaing so the bass and the kick isn't really mixed well well , but it sounded good at the time , i used the "cure and the cause" sample and chopped it up in the track , i posted this on my story and also asked a friend/ classmate if he liked the track , he did enjoy the track and actually wanted to write some lyrics on it , however he asked me if was copywrite free but i said no it was a sample from a song , One of my teachers (Bhum) then suggested that i recreate the melody instead of just using the sample "why don't you just recreate the melody using different sounds" . So i agreed because i am quite good at recreating already made melody's but also it would be a challenge for me which i was willing to take.

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unfortunately i didn't get anyone to rap on this track in time for my fmp , i did kind of struggle with getting music out because so much people that i wanted to work with was focus on promoting and doing other projects , the artist that was supposed to be on this track is called winter , we do have a couple of songs together already but i wanted him on this particular but it didn't happen.

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why am i doing research on sidechaining?

The reason why am learning about sidechaining is because in a lot of videos and interviews i have watched in the past , a lot of producers/ engineers use sidechain in there songs for the drums for for other aspects , so watching this video will give me an incite on how to use sidechaining , and will it help my producing.

What is sidechaining?

sidechaining ( quote 0:19 "sidechaining is essentially using the audio signal from one mixer track to trigger an effect on another mixer track").

So the most popular type of sidechaining is where i thought sidechaining was is using it in an kick and 808s , what the sidechain does to the kick and 808 is duck the initial transient of the 808/bass anytime that the kick drum hits.

Going back to waveforms again , the 808 at the start of the 808 will be more quiet so the kick can take that starting punch , then the 808 will clear the rest out. What this does is makes sure the kick drum is not competing will the mix / bass , and offers a much cleaner sound in your mix due to the kick and 808 not clashing.

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What is funky house?

Funky house is a subgenre of house music that blends elements of funk, disco, and soul with the traditional four-on-the-floor beat of house music. Some key characteristics in funky house are: upbeat tempos syncopated rhythms, and funk-filled basslines that drive the music forward. Additionally, shimmering guitar riffs, jazzy piano chords, and vibrant brass sections.

The funk house scene became popular in the late 1990s to early 2000s and carried a feel good vibe

The video that i added to this section is an example of what funky house , , the things i like most about funky house is the drums , and in this song i tried to replicate them to some sort , a lot of these songs have a calm feel to them such as this track that I'm using for a reference , however a lot of them are more upbeat which is what i want to use for my track.

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So for the track "sweeny" i wanted to go for a more exotic approach , a few genre that has inspired this song is funky house and reggaeton

The reason for why i wanted for this type of approach is because i wanted some sort out outliner in my tracks , all of my tracks that i have done are trap/ hip-hop so i wanted something to showcase that my talents are not just in rap music but in other genres as well.

So while making this track i wanted to take that funk house type of approach , the reason for this is because of nostalgia , i wanted this track to have purpose , due to me doing the interview with Lucian i realised at least one of my tracks should have a story to tell.

Now the story for this is the actual sample that i recreated for the track i have been trying to find for a very long time , i remember the track from when i was younger my mum used to play it in the car as well as other funky house tracks, i did really enjoy listening to them but struggled to find a lot of the track when i got older , and you might be thinking why didn't you just ask your mum for the track name the reason for that is because i forgot to , every time i would think of the track it will be somewhere where I'm learning example collage , and by the time i got home i would forget.

So one day i actually saw the track on a YouTube recommendation since i was looking at funky house tracks ,

at first i wasn't sure if it was the track but then i heard the melody and i knew it was the right track , so as soon as i got home to my grandmas house i started to make the beat.

This also links back to when drake talked about him listening to songs he enjoyed when making his album for inspiration.

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video i made adobe express showcasing a beat for my fmp

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video i made adobe express showcasing a beat for my fmp

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@shyrackss22 on Instagram: "been in the vault 
lucki type beat "IDK"

#lucki #luckitypebeat #producer #summrs #summrstypebeat #glo #veeze"

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shyrackss22 on April 17, 2025: "been in the vault 
lucki type beat "IDK"

#lucki #luckitypebeat #producer #summrs #summrstypebeat #glo #veeze". 

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So this track was one of the first tracks i tested my vocal performance and also vocal mixings , now the vocal mixing isn't the best but was not done with mixing , the reason i exported this out was because i wanted to do a before and after for when the track was finished.

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This was one of the tracks when my fl studio went into trial mode i lost , the beat i made was my favourite out of everything i did on my fmp , the melody for this track was an old melody i made on logic about 1.5 years ago when i first started using Fl studio , i found the sample and it was like music to me ears , with this beat i did use a lot of the information from my production research like using an eq for my bass , i also used f studio 24 to make this whereas before i was using fl21

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This is a track that me and MELO made , i did like the track a lot , however he didn't send me the vocals for this track because i wanted to mix the vocals myself , the beat he was rapping on my beat called "sad" which was inspired by a rapper called Osama son.

How i made the beat?

For this beat i was heavy focus on my sound selection from my production research , on this track i choose sounds that didn't have too much distortion except from the bass , the hi hats and claps where all already mixed so it was easier for me to mix them with everything else in the track.

So for the melody i actually did something that i haven't done before in a track , first i made a melody using ( Electra x)(nexus)and (serum) at this time hive.20 would crash quite a lot so i did avoid using this plugin , i added all my tracks to lays and routed them into the mixer ( linking back to my production research ) it did make it a lot easier to mix however the process was a bit longer because i wasn't used to keep on checking to the main mixer , i would just mix my tracks using the volume knob however i did make the track sound cleaner.

After i mixed my melody and drums , i bounced out all the melody ( so like 10 bars ) after i exported them out as an wav file i revered the whole melody , i wanted to try something new and it actually worked very well , i messed around with pitching the melody up and down however i left it how it was, at near enough to the end of the track though i added the original stem just to give the track some diversity. hopefully after my fmp i will get the vocals for this track and mix them using all my information i have gained from my research.

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In this week i was just able to finish all five tracks , in this week i really focused on polishing my fmp , making sure my Harvard reference links are all in place for the right things and also making sure i had an decent amount of evidence ( primary research , practical work.

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In this week i also realised my Fl studio was in trail mode , previously i was using's an old friends account to record and produce tracks on , however he changed the password and i wasn't in touch with him so my FL studio was in trail mode , the only problem with this is that i cant access any of my saved music work , lucky for some songs i exported them out , and i even exported the stems for one track , however it did set my back a lot in terms of my evidence.

How with most of my tracks i did bounce out a rough instrumental mix for example with Bruce Wayne i bounced out my vocals before hand and also the beat for my evidence , so i actually ended up using them to recreate the whole track again , i did the same thing with the track sweeny also , but it idi effects my other songs because i wasn't able to show as much screenshots as i wanted to.

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In this week i was trying to record vocals for my own track , i wanted to do 2 tracks with my vocals so i started to focus on recording a bit more and gaining evidence of that. I ended put doing a good job on the track "Maybach since i didn't make the instrumental so i did save me a lot of time.

I also did some more research on marketing music.

I was also trying to get as much research that i could do to try to make up for a lot of my work deleting .

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In this week i finished my first track and my second track , i got the vocals from one of the artists i found , in this week i did put out some visuals on my social media with these tracks in the background. I also realised a lot of my work i did on Microsoft word didn't save , so i did loose a lot of my research i did mainly for production and recording , so i was also trying to get all my primary and secondary research done again.

I also started my 3rd and fourth track slightly in this week.

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In this week i was trying to check over my work and how i was going to structure my work on pallet , at this time i finished a lot of beats i wanted to use i was just debating on which to use , also i was still sending beats out to artists for work , in this week i also broke my laptop charger so i didn't have my laptop for about 5 days due to me not having money to buy one.

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By week 7 I started to post some snippets and some of my media work on social media, i still was waiting on some artists for tracks. I also learned how to use Photoshop and made my own cover art. i also started to make my 3rd track since the first 2 were close to being finished , i had got sent vocals for song 2 which was good also.

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By this week i realised i wanted to do more of my media work , i know i did say that the media part wont be as important , but it came to my relation it links with promotion my music to it was vital to do , i also started to make beats for my second track , i did make a few so different artists could have a selection when choosing tracks.