Re: Working with a style

[Hybridco@aol.com]

although i am not familiar with cubebase, i am on a quest to create lively
beats that are interesting and are not the same ol' hip hop beat. a few 
things
that i have been working with have been useing two or more beats at the 
same
time. the drum sounds may be distinctly different or you may choose to use 
the
same sounds. also by having each beat in a different time signiature, you 
can
loop just two beats and they will constantly be linking up at different
points, so its an ever evolving beat, yet you  just loop two beats. one
example would be to have a simple 3/4 drum beat, and a simple 5/4 beat. i 
have
found these to work well together. another idea is to have your simple
bass/snare beat as a foundation and fill the spaces with quick, frantic 
type
fills on timbales (or any drum) like 16th note triplets and so on... 
basically
by thinking of rhythm not as one drum beat, but multiple beats 
intertwining,
the possibilities of interesting and moving beats are endless. experiment 
with
it and see what happens. good luck- brad t.