The most important thing when I start is definitely a vibe.
I definitely need a movie playing or to be
with some funny people or to just be around something.
Like, when I first started I was making beats
in my grandma's house or whatever.
Or in the basement of my mom's house.
But it was always something on.
It was always something playing.
It was people talking.
It was something.
So, I just need an environment that sparks
an idea, you know?
I think it was the first beat I played.
And he was like "I like this.
This is cute."
And it was over.
For real.
It was over after that.
The song was done in like 30 minutes and we
just listened to it for the rest of the session.
It's crazy.
Dude is amazing.
When we started working on a lot of tracks
like that together, this is one of the ones
that kind of started us.
So, we just started doing pop chords.
Even just how the keys started.
It's like..
It's like major chords, you know what I mean?
If you put four on the floor, it would sound
like a pop song.
Or Avril Lavigne just singing on that.
So, it's mad happy or whatever.
Whatever vibe I'm trying to create tempo wise.
I make sure to keep it in the kick.
So if the kick's moving, the beat is going
to be moving, most times.
So, for that one...
You kind of know.
It’s gonna be movin.
You know, just to change it up a little bit,
still everything all the music very pop.
like a little small little riff on the piano.
Now im just playing a single bass note underneath,
and then everything drop down for the, when
it gets into the hook.
I think what kinda separates this from other
happier songs is that it’s using a lot of
acoustic instruments.
Even those, even the little organ.
It’s like, you had organs in the 1600s.
You know what I mean?
Then it comes back in.
The 808 on this one.
Pretty simple.
I try to think like a bass player on the 808
I like playing like key bass and stuff.
Like the old Moog’s and stuff.
Im not Mike Dean, shout out to Mike Dean.
Hey vocal.
Mustard made about 40,000 hits with a ‘hey’
in the beat.
It just works though, sometimes the simple
old Lex Lugar kit works man sometimes it really
works.
I used to put them in every single beat when
I first started every single beat had a hey
in it.
Hey man.
It’s on cute now.
I think Kanye was one of the first people
to put vocals...
Using the vocal part of the sample, you know
what I mean?
Kanye is also one of the first rappers to
use a bridge, you know what I mean?
But after that, "A Milli" was the one that
was like, "Yo you could do anything with music.."
There was no melody.
It was just a vocal.
With that, the point I'm making is there's
really no rules, man.
Like, way way back, I was rapping and my dude
Paris Artelli, he actually said it after
my verse.
After I got done with my verse, he was like
"Good work, Charlie."
And I was like 'Yo, that's it.'
My own sound.
That’s pretty much it man.
