Make Your Own Beats For Free!

If you have the talent for creating
music beats, you can make it in the
music business fairly easily. Don’t
worry if you lack the funds or
hardware in the beginning. These
do not have to be hindrances to
your goals. No need to wait for a
big fish in the industry to discover
you, instead make yourself
discovered. By simply using the
internet to your advantage, you
can make your own beats for free,
tossing aside all that concern about
needing expensive equipment or
software. This is a cheap and fun
way to make your dreams come
true.
An artist or a musician can have
different ways of expressing
themselves. They can make music
that is soft, loud or even noisy.
Either way, it is a means of
expressing themselves and
communicating their talents and
passions and feelings to the world.
That’s what makes an artist unique
and exceptional, the ability to
differentiate his or herself. If this is
your dream, you can do it too, from
the convenience of your home. You
can do it at your own pace in your
own time, and you can make your
beats for free.
Here are some tips to help you
make your own beats for free.
There is a lot of stuff out there and
the tools and resources you choose
will have a lot to do with your
personal preferences. Your tastes in
music will help dictate where you go
and which software might be best
suited to your needs. There are a
lot of software programs with a lot
of different features out there, but
once you know what kind of music
you want, looking for just the right
software won’t take that much
time.
You can begin to make your own
beats for free by having a good
sequencer followed by a reliable
sound editor. This will be useful for
editing samples and wave files. Of
course, if you are not that
musically inclined, you can get your
samples from a number of other
areas. Samples are that part of the
audio track that you have
extracted from your personal
choice of music. You can get them
from CD samples, old records, or
any good sounding music will do.
Make Your Beats for Free:
1. Download the software you need
from the internet. Online software
for making music beats can be
acquired in free downloads or trial
versions and either can help you
create a finished beat. Install them
and be ready to begin.
2. Open the program and look
through the files to choose the
music that you want to modify and
sample on. You can scan through
your music; find each one until
have your selection.
3. Click on it and zoom it in the
toolbar, specifying the part of the
music where you want to create the
sample, from the beginning to the
end. It shows as a highlight on the
screen.
4. Press play for a preview and
save the selection part to be used
later
5. Back to the program, you can
start adjusting the keys. Some
applications are really user friendly
and only need trial and error to
suit your needs. Then go to file and
click Add sampler and the sampler
you have saved will be loaded to the
program, ready to be edited.
6. You can start adding kicks,
snares, Hi Hats, claps, loops or any
addition - you can create your own
preference. These keys are all
found in the program and easy to
find.
7. Make the final adjustment of
your pitch, tempos, and applications
you want and save them either as
MP3 or any other compatible file
type.
An exclusive beat that nobody else
can use sets you apart from
everyone else. An exclusive beat
can make you a unique artist. Start
to make your own beats for free
and you never know – maybe it will
hit the radio charts. Making beats
is fun and easy and can be free to
boot, so if that’s your passion, go
for it!

Reality TV And Its Damaging Effect On Black Women

If you didn’t know a thing about
Black folks, what would you think
if you turned on your TV?
Whether it’s “Basketball Wives,”
“Love & Hip-Hop,” “The Real
Housewives of Atlanta” series, or
“Single Ladies” (although not a
reality show, it’s along the same
lines), chances are, you would leave
those shows with a negative view of
Black women. In this world of
fiction portrayed as reality, what is
the message being sent to those in
the community and the rest of the
world? As a Black woman working
diligently to empower and embolden
other women, I can unequivocally
say that I’m downright frustrated.
On a daily basis, we are bombarded
with images of women of color
dancing half-naked in music videos,
or prancing around fighting each
other on one of these TV shows. If
reality TV is purported to depict
real lives, what does that say about
us and what others think of us?
What sorts of examples are we
setting for young, impressionable
women out there?
These days, it’s very difficult for
me to pinpoint a single reality
program that showcases positive,
accurate images of Black women
and our role in society. As doctors,
lawyers, educators, mothers, care
takers, political activists and more,
we are responsible for calling out
networks that don’t correctly
portray who we are as women and
as a people. But, is the ugly truth
that there are more women
conducting themselves in the
manner we see on reality shows
than those doing actual,
constructive things in real life?
The reality in all of this is that we
must decide ourselves who we are
and what we’d like to represent us
on a national and global scale. For it
isn’t just Americans that tune in to
popular programming; there are
countless others around the planet
that may never come across a
Black woman in his/her entire life
and the image on TV is all they
have to go by.
Even though there may be
extensive money in reality TV,
have we decided that it’s worth the
cost of selling our souls and
misleading our children?

Violence Doesn’t Hesitate — And Neither Should You

When I was growing up, there were
always stories of random acts of
violence here and there, or a tragic
shooting that would periodically
capture the headlines. But what
was once a rarity has sadly
transformed into some sort of
normalized disturbing behavior.
Just within the last week, a Florida
teen was accused of bludgeoning his
parents to death and partying
afterwards; while in Brooklyn, NY,
an eight-year-old boy was
kidnapped, killed and cut into pieces
after he asked a stranger for
directions. And in between all of
this madness, there were countless
shootings, stabbings and other
incidents across the country. The
culture of violence is out of control
and it is colorless, ageless and
doesn’t discriminate in choosing its
victims.
Last week, staffers at the National
Action Network (NAN) and I sat
down with New York Senator
Kirsten Gillibrand as we held an
urgent meeting on the staggering
rise in violence. Discussing
everything from removing guns off
of our streets to educating young
people — to providing increased
recreational activities and
employment — we not only touched
on the root causes of this dilemma,
but also what decisive action we can
all take. And earlier in the month,
Rev. Sharpton and I held a similar
meeting during the Essence Music
Festival with New Orleans Mayor
Mitch Landrieu who has young
folks dying daily in his city.
When we speak of violence, often
times, people resort to stereotypes
or dismiss the idea all together
believing that it doesn’t impact
them. The truth is, innocent victims
sadly come in all shapes, colors,
sizes, ages, income brackets and
religions. The horrific incidents of
the past week are validation in that
alone.
In Florida, you had a seemingly
normal, suburban white teenage
boy who is now accused of killing
his own parents; and then hosting a
party while their bodies lay in an
upstairs bedroom. And in the
Brooklyn Hasidic Jewish
community, a young boy’s
dismembered body was discovered
and the culprit was allegedly a
member of the same faith. This is a
national epidemic and it’s time we
stop pretending it only takes place
“over there.”
As NAN continues its push to bring
this issue to the forefront, we urge
everyone to do the same. Call your
local elected officials, organize a
rally and ask why more isn’t being
done to resolve this ever-growing
catastrophe. Just as labor unions
organize and convene around ideas
of collective bargaining, so too must
we organize around the issue of our
lives. We at NAN are consistently
seeking new methods of combating
violence, and though we may not
always have the answer, we never
falter in our resolve.
On August 27th, NAN will hold our
annual march on Washington, D.C.
honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. (whose statue will
also be unveiled that weekend). We
call on everyone to join us as we
seek new solutions to combating our
most pressing challenges. If you
cannot join us in Washington,
commit to doing something
somewhere in your community. The
time for turning a blind eye is over;
we must take decisive action now.
How can we sleep at night knowing
our 16-year-old babies have guns in
the next apartment, in the adjacent
building, or hell even upstairs?!
How can you call yourself a man or
woman of the cloth, an educator, a
Christian, a counselor, a parent or
even a good person and not do
anything?
What has happened to us?

Manchester City agree Carlos Tevez sale to Corinthians

Manchester City manager Roberto
Mancini has said that an agreement
has been reached for the sale of
Argentina striker Carlos Tevez to
Corinthians.
A £39m bid from the Brazilian club
was rejected last week, with City
believed to be holding out for £50m.
Tevez, 27, had said he wanted to
leave the Premier League outfit to
spend more time with his family in
his homeland.
"We have an agreement with
Corinthians but Carlos now is still a
City player," Mancini told Sky Sports
News.
The Sao Paulo club, backed by
revenue from a new television deal,
want to make Tevez a landmark
signing by taking him back to the
club where he previously enjoyed
success.
Moving to South America would also
help to solve Tevez's problem of being
separated from his two children.
Corinthians president Andres
Sanchez claimed last week that
Juventus had entered the race to
sign Tevez but added his own club
would not increase their offer.
However, Tevez's adviser Kia
Joorabchian revealed a few days ago
that a deal with Corinthians was
"close", with the player himself keen
on a return to the club he previously
represented in 2005 and 2006.
The former West Ham forward, who
joined City from Manchester United
in the summer of 2009, is under
contract with Mancini's side until
June 2014.
Last season Tevez was joint top
scorer in the Premier League, with 20
goals.
Asked whether Tevez would now be
discussing personal terms, Mancini
replied: "I don't know this. I repeat,
at the moment, Carlos is still a City
player."
Mancini is currently on his club's pre-
season tour of North America and
added: "I want to wait. At the
moment we are here, we are working
with the other guys. We should think
about this."
If Tevez does go, his 23-year-old
fellow countryman Sergion Aguero,
who is rated at £45m by Atletico, is
regarded as a natural replacement.