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Hip Hop Research

The five main characteristics and elements that every Hip Hop track needs to have to be classed as Hip Hop are: Melody Drum Pattern Rhythmic Melody  Bassline Synths Doing / Scratching Mcing / Rapping Break Beat dancing And Tagging / Grafitting  The instruments most commonly used in Hip Hop is: Hihats Snares A Roland 808 Drum Machine Heavy Synth and sample Basslines Synths Apple Loops Samples Heavy use of  808 kick drums with a Sub bass underneath My Hip Hop track has followed that instrumentation.  The Hip Hop we know today first started at a house party thrown by DJ Kool Herc (Clive Campbell) in The Bronx New York in the late 1970s. New School Hip Hop Song: 2 Chainz - Proud ft. YG & Offset Link to song:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nUW3nIOOOg Tempo: 174 bpm (Harvard reference for the website where I found this information from;   LLC, B. (2018).  BPM for 2 Chainz - PROUD on songbpm . [online] Songbp...

Music producer, Sound engineer, Music publisher and mixing engineer

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A sound engineer and mixing engineer can also be a Producer. Music Producer -   A music producer is the Project manager for the recording, mixing and mastering process. There are different types of producers who are good at certain things. Every producer falls under one category or more. A producer can also hire sound and mixing engineers and supervise them. A couple of famous music producers are Dr.Dre and Avicii (rip). Harvard Reference and link to site with all the different information about producers; Shepherd, I. (2009). What does a music producer do, anyway ?. Copyright © 2018 · Mastering Media (Production Advice) Ltd, p.1. The Sound Engineer - Works with mixing desks in the studio. Using compression settings, reverb, drum sounds. They essentially work on a song and tweak and perfect it until its good enough to release. They work with the input and output channels. They mix, reproduce and manipulate the equalization and electronic effects of sound. They work with...