

“The music told me it was okay to explore the emotions inside me deeply, and made me realise that if I wanted to, I could focus on myself rather than everyone around me,” she explains. Everyone else in the metropolis was at hyperspeed, but Lionclad was moving in slow motion. With headphones wrapped around her ears, the psychedelic, late-night sounds of Björk, Portishead, Massive Attack, Cypress Hill, Morcheeba and Zero 7 let her reimagine life as a black and white film noir. Things slid into place for her when she discovered trip-hop, abstract hip-hop, experimental music, and the worlds that surround them. Growing up amongst the futuristic skyscrapers, rammed subways, serene temples, palaces and bustling street markets of Seoul, South Korean beatmaker, finger-drummer and DJ Lionclad always felt out of place.

Give it a go, you could be on your way to creating the next big hit!!

You can now use your new sample packs as a starting point when producing music or even as inspiration to explore new ideas. (As an example, if you have a Mac, open Garageband, create a new ‘audio track’ and drag one of the sounds direct from your finder into that audio track.) Download the sample pack from the link provided.If you complete your practice with Melodics you might be lucky enough to receive a free sample pack as a reward for all your good work. Melodics’ sample packs contain a combination of loops and sounds found in our many lessons, covering a huge range of musical styles. Producers typically use sample packs as an initial starting point when creating a new song, or even as inspiration to explore into new styles of music. Many of these have a free version for you to use if you are just starting out. You can use them within any DAW (digital audio workstation) such as Ableton Live, Garageband, Logic or FL Studio. These sounds usually consist of loops (a musical phrase that can repeat such as a guitar riff) and one-shots (a single sound such as a kick drum). A conversation with Tristan from The BethsĪ sample pack is a collection of sounds that are designed to use as pre-made building blocks for producers to create music with.
