Today on The Joy of Beatmaking we're making a song in 3/4 and ruminating on whether or not it's necessary to know how to play piano to make good beats. 0:00 Intro 0:34 Slicing The Sample on The Octatrack 0:54 How To Play Keys If You Can't Play Keys 2:04 Is Coffee Apart of The Process 2:26 Use Filters to Control Sample Hiss 2:56 Adding Some Drums to the Sample Chop 3:47 Getting The Drums and Sample to Play Nice With Each Other 4:25 Finding What Else I Can Use In The Sample 4:41 Playing Keys Without Knowing How To Play Keys 5:04 Playing One Note And It Works 5:58 Geeking Out Over My Own Music Like a Dork 6:23 Now We're Going Into Space 6:51 Vibing Out For a Quick Second 8:36 Subscribe to the Patreon For Unreleased Music and Deleted Scenes