How to Drum & Bass in Under 2 Minutes

Short, sharp and straight to the point: this under-two-minute video from ListenUpJames is a crash course in what makes drum and bass feel like drum and bass. It is perfect for anyone who has never touched the genre and wants to understand the tempo, the groove and the core ingredients before diving into longer tutorials. Why it is a fresh way to get producing: micro-lessons like this are ideal for a quick creative spark. Watch it, open a blank project at around 170 BPM and give yourself fifteen minutes to make the most basic DnB loop you can. Do not worry about polish. Once the skeleton is there, you can move on to our other Drum Patterns and Basslines tutorials to flesh it out. It is also a good reminder that great tracks start with a simple, strong idea rather than fifty layers of sound design, so keep it lean and let the groove lead.

Video: “how to DRUM & BASS” by ListenUpJames on YouTube (1:47). All credit to the creator; please like and subscribe to support them.

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