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Blending noise/indie pop with breakcore/DnB/triphop... Where do I start with sampling?

Reddit r/WeAreTheMusicMakers·u/Life_in_the_Gladhaus·6 months ago
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Never really thought I would find myself in this position, I'm an indie rock/indie pop kid at heart, but I've recently been getting into a lot of artists blending these sounds with breakcore, DnB, trip-hop, and genres that use a lot of sampling ( Find My Friends, Feeble Little Horse (sometimes), Total Wife, Panchiko ).

This has been very refreshing as I've been feeling a little burnout trying to write post-punk, power pop, dream pop stuff that doesn't feel like it's been written a million times before. I'd love to try blending some breakcore stuff into my songwriting and production... the only problem is I am very new to sampling, chopping up breaks, that sort of thing.

Does anyone have any tips for diving into breakcore/dnb production? What is the best way to go about learning how to make music in this genre? I've always done more of a singer-songwriter approach to creating music, so really trying to challenge myself here.…

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