Have you ever wondered if you could simply make beats on the computer without any fancy studio equipment? Wright: I've learned over the years how to refine my beats and make room for artists and simplify everything and just know what people are gonna like a little bit internet stuff you kind of have to pull back a little bit and make stuff that people are already comfortable with.
With an extensive musical background beginning with playing keys and guitar as a teenager, progressing into one of the most highly respected producers and production teachers online, to one of the only Ableton Certified Trainers in Los Angeles, to having Grammy-nominated and Billboard charting alumni of his school - Yeuda truly is a one-of-a-kind teacher and mentor.



While the music business wrestles with how to deal with novel business models like that of BeatStars, such disruption is old hat to people in the taxi business or the hotel industry — or any other market that's been thoroughly upended by the gig-economy mentality.
One recent high-profile example is Nicki Minaj's Baby Can I Hold You,” which featured an uncleared sample from Tracy Chapman that sparked a still-ongoing lawsuit Young Kio's sample of the Nine Inch Nails banjo bit was not cleared prior to it being uploaded to BeatStars — meaning it was played millions of times without the band's approval or attribution.

An often overlooked undercurrent of contemporary rap production is centered around a singular phrase: "Type Beat." Aspiring producers self-consciously emulate the styles of a singular rapper or producer in the hopes that the artist's fans like it, and more importantly the artist themselves might enjoy it. Then they upload it to YouTube with that simple tag "type beat." Searching for productions on video streaming services will inevitably lead back to moody instrumentals described as "Drake Type Beats" or more involved compositions titled "Lil Uzi Vert Type Beat." The pieces themselves are often simple, but the degree to which they nail the sound of the artists they're attempting to mimic is striking.
When Ariana Grande released 7 Rings” with The Sound of Music‘s My Favorite Things” as the backbone, negotiations resulted in 90% of the royalties of the song going Nipsey hussle type beats to Rodgers and Hammerstein, two songwriters who died decades ago. You can notice the motif sounds being used more and more in the rap beat making world.

If you're the type of person who hears beats in their head, then making beats may be easier than you anticipated. CLARA is a Pop-Soul Artist who rose to fame by winning talent competitions and simultaneously posting her music on Youtube. Rappers looking for beats similar to their idols could easily find them, no one seemed to mind that mimicry.