The purpose of this video was not to hate on producers. I understand some genres require a certain type of groove. I just happened to notice this beat in a A LOT of songs (across different genres) and haven’t heard anyone mention it before. As a drummer I couldn’t help but notice it and just wanted to share. Sorry half the video is muted. 🤷🏻♂️ #Copyright
I think it's also the drum sound too. Like if the drum sounds for all these songs were different then it wouldn't stick out like a sore thumb so much. It seems like the first 15 songs you played literally used the same exact kit.
I love this, LOL. I'm teaching elementary school kids in the US how to program a drum machine and you are right on target. The bigger problem, at least here, is that schools no longer teach music. Folks do the best they can.
I noticed this when i was about 9 and when I told everybody nobody understood me, its amazing to know firstly that I'm not the only one and secondly how to explain it to other people.
@@sunnymarigold_8219 the only thing i remember when i was 2 was that i was starting to use a computer, and thats because my parents keep saying it, sure as hell cant remember songs from then
I love how it just goes silent at certain songs and you get a good demonstration of how shitty copyright is especially with certain companies that “own the rights” to these songs.
I have a name for this drum progression: “Default Trap Beat”. Edit: Wow, people seem to both love and hate this comment. I feel as though I should add some clarifications: 1. As many of you have pointed out, this progression is not used solely in trap music; it is used in pop, although the hi-hats are typically less pronounced or removed altogether. The pattern is also used in hip-hop, though hip-hop producers usually get creative with additional ghost notes or by removing some of the original sounds from the progression. Trap music was the music genre that (from my own personal observation) seems to use this exact progression the most, so I used it as the punchline of the joke, but substituting trap with pop or hip-hop would not have changed the meaning. 2. I don't dislike this progression; it's efficient and recognizable. As such, I do not blame the artists who use it; I am simply arguing that it currently is so commonly used that it feels like the default. This drum progression is comparable to the 6-4-1-5 chord progression that modern electro-pop/electro-house music can't get enough of. It sounds good, and many illustrious artists use it, but I feel it has lost a fair amount of its expressive impact through overuse 3. Please do not harass people who use this drum pattern or say that they’re not real musicians. Some people do not have the money or resources to hire a drummer, and their most reasonable alternative is to utilize what they know. Of course, we could all stand to learn a new thing or two (essentially the point of the video), but artists who use this progression are still valid, and we should treat them as such. 4. This one is especially directed toward some of the replies: please refrain from acting like you know everything there is to know about music because no one knows it all. Not myself, the creator of this video, nor anyone replying to this comment. As I said before, I think we could all stand to learn something new. That is all. Have a nice day.
@@pauljs75 I dunno, but I’d like to know his secret because I’ve been thinking about making music RUclips videos for a while, and I want to use short clips without getting striked Alfo Media also uses very short clips of songs in his videos and I don’t think he gets many strikes, but I feel like this video almost definitely would have. Maybe it’s just short clips and luck?? 🤷♀️ Idk, I wish copyright laws were less broken and fitting to the modern age. And you can only really get a following making longer video essays on RUclips, so it’s not like you can use some other site that better protects true fair use laws (using very short song clips for transformative content like this video, for instance).
@@FinnishArsonist Companies usually don't care whether it's fair use and just drop a claim regardless and it takes months for youtube to remove the copyright strike. It's got to be the short sample length.
I mean house music has tons of variety, maybe not on the drum level but the groove on some of the hats and basses can vary significantly, like for ex between traditional prog house and deep house
This is the definition of "you can copy my homework but don't make it obvious" Edit: how did this comment got 18k likes?! Thank you to all you Chad's 🔥
@@timhansen8339 There's nothing wrong with 4/4 time. There are plenty of songs that use odd time signatures just for the sake of using odd time signatures, which seems pretentious to me. While I find odd time signatures very interesting to listen to, if a song works well in common time, then it's probably best to stick to that.
@@SlideRSB nothing is wrong with 4/4 its just overused people use it too much and when every pop song we know has 4/4 it just has the same basic boundaries of music 2-4 chords same 4/4 pattern nothing different nothing new. if people used more time signature changes you can get different intervals progressions that sound different and beautiful.
@@SlideRSB just by adding the 3/4 to the 4/4 creating a 12/8 gives you the ability to create a 4/4 feel while adding the waltz kind of time perception,, that gives you a ton of tasty rhythms to work with, while sticking to the ""boring"" 4/4, so let's not hate the pretenciousness or the simplicity, let's hate the industry for making it the "money Factory" it became. Peace :)
Hey, the historic reason why this beat is so popular is the following. This beat originates from 2-step garage, which is related to UK garage, and is one of the many genres that put funk drum breaks in an electronic context. The "Amen Break"-sample, which we hear in songs like "Straight outta Compton", is the most famous. And this sample already contains the beat you highlight in the video, if you leave out all the ghost notes. Via Grime (= UK garage + rap), the beat entered hip hop music, and since most pop nowadays is hip hop influenced, we end up with this beat everywhere.
It’s also a basic 80s drum machine pattern. Circa Roland 808. Just need the cowbell. But yes the amen break Defined a whol genre of dnb just using that break. Amen brother!! They never got paid to use sample either. 🤦♂️🤷♂️
This beat is so simple, saying garage invented it is like saying Evian invented water. I think no genre can really claim its source in the same way no genre can claim an A chord
@@david35197 No genre gets to claim the A chord, but the 4 chord loop and the blues form are still genre defining. The distinction between "4 to the floor" and break beat based electronic music is just important as the one between 4 chord music and the blues. And even though the 2-step beat is simple, it's not simpler than the 3-2 clave or the blast beat. Saying the beat originates from garage is only historically honest, as before that breakbeats where created by sampling real drummer. Brandon Scott's video is about the fact that the 2-step beat is so "undrummery", so the transition to fully programming breakbeats is what we care about.
Sorry for the audio cutting at 0:55... Drake didn't like me using his sick beat. Got a copyright strike. 🤷 EDIT: June 11th [Post Malone got me too... DAMN! Might make a video on this lol] [MISSING DIALOGUE] -"All of the sudden I started hearing this pattern everywhere" - **Sick Drake Song -"Granted some artists change it up a bit, They add some kick drums in there"
too bad so many metal drummers just play quarter notes on the hi-hat and half notes on the snare while doing either straight double bass, or just doing the same pattern as the guitars. not enough to make me not listen to it, but it gets dull. better than that bass and snare ntap ntap ntap thrash beat
It's why DNB exists. As well as Dubstep. As well as epic orchestral music (theme songs). As well as Rap. As well as the one you mentioned - the Pop music. Every single one of those I picked also has their own specific placement of the kicks and snares. It depends on them to see what style you want/have to create a music. And if you listen to 10 DNB songs, you'll see their pattern repeat over and over again at some point. It's why I listen to multiple genres. I can't hold onto one genre for long. I have a playlist with multiple of them, listening at random, so I wouldn't get bored at some point. It's one of the best ways to listen to multiple patterns and not get bored.
Fellow DnB head here, to me it’s more tolerable with Drum and bass because most artists have their own style to their music rather than the same kick, snare, and drop in each song.
The actual reason a lot of sogs sound the same is because the song writers want to make somthing that sounds familiar to the brain, making it easier to like
@@chocolateicecream4013 well you are entitled to your opinion. Personally I think 90-95% of it is talentless garbage. And I’m referring to all forms/genres of pop music (pop pop, pop rap, pop country, pop edc, etc). I’m not knocking anyone who listens to it, if you like it you like it.
@@pjbuma13 yeah u right tho I also don't like many of them but the first thought that came to my mind were artists like Arianna grade, Beyonce , Charlie Puth ... Do you refer them to be trash too ?
In 2010 I was at church playing this beat on drums while my dad played the guitar, he played the strings more intensely when I was supposed to hit the box
I don't agree. While yes, kick and snare are almost the same in every of those songs they got pretty creative with the drum patterns. With the hi-hats many times there are fast triplets, skipped 16ths, changes of pitch and other subtle things which are not phisically possible on acoustic drums. Then there are layers over layers of different drum samples(different kicks, claps, cymbals, shakers ecc.) and other interesting things from a beatmaker point of view. Many times doesn't make much sense to view electric drums from an acoustic drums perspective and that's definitely the case. So I agree with your point if we want to see the pattern in a playful superficial level, but if we want to get serious I disagree.
Thing is, IF the core of the beat has the same kick / snare pattern its going to have a certain feel that sorta sounds the same. That rhythm is played out no matter how you dress it up with different sound selections, perks, hi hat patterns its going to have a certain common feel to it. Real drummers know this and they can do some basic grooves that doesn't use this pattern and it prob sounds 10x better. What im seeing now days is people using the same rhythm and adding ghost notes/ perks in spots creating a groove but its kinda limiting at the same time because real drums dont move like that nor feels like that.
It can be produced algorithmically as the euclidean rhythm of 5 out of 8 and 3 out of 8 together. It’s naturally pleasing as we seem to be stuck in measures of 8 and 5 and 3 offer the most interesting combination being odd numbers with enough spacing.
I think it might also be a demand issue. I mean, we can blame the suppliers (aka producers) all we want, but until the masses start asking for something different, this beat is just a staple of contemporary pop production. I mean, the I, V, vi, IV is used in so many songs because it’s easily digestible and naturally pleasing to the average listener’s ear. The average person with zero musical background/knowledge typically doesn’t even think about or notice those things.
Yeah I completely agree! Honestly, People have taken this video way too seriously. I didn’t expect it to get so many views and it’s digging into the general public. I understand genres require a certain groove. And certain chord progressions are pleasant so they’ve stuck. I just haven’t seen anyone talk about this drum pattern being everywhere and now people are attacking me for bringing it to light lol
@@BrandonScottDrums I feel you, man. Honestly, I didn’t realize just how often the beat was used until watching this and now I can’t *not* recognize it when I hear it lol
Actually there's nothing "naturally pleasing" about the I V vi IV progression. In fact Renaissance music and much of baroque music (going back only about 350 years) doesn't use it often. It's not until late romantic period music do we start to see the formulation of a I V vi IV pattern. That's less than 150 years of Western Harmony's almost 1500 year span (dating back to Cantus Planus music of early Christian theological music from which much of modern Western harmony derives). It's not "naturally pleasing" it's "conditionally pleasing" you've been *conditioned* to enjoy that progression by about 100 years of Western Harmony. Key point being WESTERN harmony. I'm Japanese, I grew up listening traditional Japanese music. The I V vi IV progression sounds *awful* to me. Why? Because much of Japanese traditional folk music follows pentatonic scales that don't have a perfect fourth (or a minor sixth, because well pentatonic scale) so any chord progression that relies on resolving to IV feels *wrong*.
@@sybilreichlan6117 of course it’s conditioned, I just meant that today’s modern pop listener in America is going to be more inclined to go towards that *because* it’s so familiar to them. Trust me, I wish we could collectively step outside the box that is traditional Western harmony.
@@sybilreichlan6117 lad i enjoyed the same beat first time I listened to it. I'm a Indian, you are tripping shit mate. Westerners aren't the only one who enjoys western songs, a lot of asians do, most of popular hits in India is western, I know Japanese friends who jam to English. Not every thing is conditioned to shit. And Indian traditional songs who even more different to western songs than japanese songs
Finally somebody says it! I noticed this years & years ago. It's like the raggaeton beat. It's not raggaeton without a certain beat. Popular western music has been this way for a long time. It's certainly a defining feature for a majority of the most popular songs.
Agreed, this is why I don't listen to popular music... It just supports mega production companies that care about money, not art. They created a copy/paste recipe for making money, now they use it in everything, and the art of music is dying because of it. Marvel movies did the same thing. All lacking original themes, designed to appeal to masses to gain maximum profit. Capitalism is devastating for art.
you make & give them some crazy beat & at the end they choose something similar to this. We make different stuff but if artists choose this beat we cant do nun bout it
Keep in mind all these songs are mainstream so they wanna be consistent with what the listeners want. Further more, these drum patterns are mostly trap/modern hip hop sounds and patterns so they’re gonna be pretty consistent as far as timing and placement. To add on, alot of modern music nowadays is sort of standardized to this sort of thing with the timing, tempo’s and patterns. There’s plenty of reasons to explain why this is a thing. So it’s not necessarily that it’s copied or stolen or anything of that nature it’s just simply a method of making a certain song for a certain crowd that can apply not to 1 but literally any and probably every.
Lmao, wdym by modern songs. Every rock song and literally every genre has the same step. According to him, if you use snare on the 9th step, you are copying others. It's like saying, "if you say 2+2=4 then you are copying everyone else and you are not unique"! The snare *HAS* to be on the 9th beat! (exception- UK drill beats). All you can do is change kicks and high hats patterns, which he refers to changing the copied beat +this has nothing to do with "hating modern songs"
i think why many people hate modern music is that they are usually exposed to mainstream ones. They are played every where and it will get stale after a while, they really need to dig into underground music more to appreciate the modern music. Modern songs are awesome if you managed to dig out some artists that fit your taste. I don't think people are hating them for the drum pattern, more like production style, they are too similar, snares, kick, hi hat selections, even if they change the pattern nicely, it still sounds like some generic trap beat, depending on the sound of the kit.
Same thing with Disco and 4 on the floor. It's just part of the genre/era of music. Disco/House beats are also that way for a reason; it's club music. That steady rhythm makes it very easy to dance to.
Thanks for the tip and tricks video, I'm going to go ahead and use this exact same pattern in a bunch of my songs. Honestly though, just because a tactic in pop music is becoming popular amongst producers doesn't mean it's a bad thing. It means it reflects the taste of the time. Every moment in musical history has signature motifs that you can point back to as the sound of that era. Including trap music with its ratcheted high hats. One hard pill to swallow as a musician is that money in music matters. Audiences matter. And getting a large audience based off of a dummy trick is a great idea because ultimately that will grant me and other creators bigger audiences and more freedom to do what we want with our sounds. If I can make a few pop songs with the same drum pattern and make them popular off of a few tips and tricks like this, that could grant me enough popularity to do what I want with my sound. If I am a popular pop artist, and I start experimenting with my sound, that could have deeper impacts on motifs in popular music. Just look at The Beatles early catalog and how they literally stole Chuck Berry songs, meanwhile in their later catalog they revolutionized popular sound for decades to come. The exact same is true for practically every popular and influential artist.
The phenomona behind this and the way it's part of all variants of music are why I have such difficulty finding new music. It always baffled me that people put so much effort into playing an instrument to play the same thing everyone else does. This was the driving force behind my interest in odd time signatures and polyrhythms. I haven't found anyone other than Tool that uses them while keeping at least _some_ melody and not descending into soulless and incomprehensible math rock or demon-possessed-sounding death metal
Can we just take a moment to truly appreciate his intro? It’s a reference to my favorite show and I’m surprised nobody else is as happy as I am right now
omg it's not wht u think it is. in this era of internet all of the music producing tutorials start with four chords, melody and that beat. tht's wht everyone learns these days
@@wtfexza nah reggeaton with the dembow pattern and cumbia too those music genres all have the same patterns what makes a song stand out is the choice in drum samples, melody, and of course lyrics
As someone that likes to experiment with producing solo. I can say that this is 100 accurate. I am into synthwave trap/ EDM Hybrid trap. With beat, a kick on the 1 and snare on the 2 and the 4 with some holds on some sounds. I had a buddy that loved hybrid trap/some dubstep mixes. The moment I tried to veer away from that same drum pattern by hand on the pads with no quantization. My friend said “it’s definitely in time and has rhythm but the beat is to fast for me. In essence, most people that aren’t drummers want to hear everything in between the 1 and the 2 and the creative downbeat mix one the 4. And of course the vocal work.
it's a southern hip hop staple thats been tossed all over the place because every pop song nowadays takes from Southern Hip Hop. You can hear it in a bunch of UGK songs, some mannie fresh productions, and other southern hip hop artists.
Okay but honestly, the way you broadened the definition of the beat makes 90% of 4/4 music fit into this. If the snare is on 2 and 4 you could shift things around and write them down as some variation of this beat.
Drum machines suck. A “drum machine” that can’t be as good as John Bonham or Keith Moon is a sucky machine that’s pathetic users don’t know what the power of drums is.
Its a fun beat, it's a way for the music to be danceable to without falling back on a house beat. And as we all know, music is about having fun first and foremost. It's like jazz and it's ride cymbal pattern, it just sounds good
I mean, 4/4 is our standard time signature. But, you can still be so creative inside of it! Tho it is nice when people venture outside of it, lol. Really adds an interesting feel to the music!
You could just start critically listening to music. If you start producing you'll do it pretty instinctively and it basically ruins most pop songs for you. A lot of people don't really seem to notice how sparse and boring the production is on most popular songs. 4 chords played on each measure, basic drum pattern, vocal with just enough reverb to fill some space, and an 808. That's it. Congratulations, you've heard pop music. Wait till you notice how every pop song has a basic reggaeton drum pattern, or how it always switches to trap half way through, or how they use the same drum fill samples and the same instruments (piano, rhodes, guitar, saw-based synth pluck) or how many songs have 2-note vocal melodies, usually oscillating between the first and third interval in the scale or something. Oh and don't forget hemiolas, pop music loves hemiolas in the melody.
@@Thes4LT I think that’s why the artist themselves (and the mixing engineer in some cases) are actually the most important piece of pop songs because the vocals are what really brings out the differences between artists utilizing the same style of production.
dude i swear i noticed this is why all Megan Thee Stallion’s songs have that same energy, & was watching the lollapalooza live stream realizing that almost EVERY BEAT we heard was the same. this beat. that second kick on the -2 and- is the universal sign of gRoOvE apparently
As a music producer, I have to speak up slightly here: lots of genres, especially electronic, are defined by their drums. Disco and House were both built on the foundation of four on the floor, the Amen Break (a super influential sample) basically created the jungle and DnB genres. If you’re composing in 4/4 and your snares are on 2 and 4, there’s a pretty limited amount of good-sounding places to put your kicks. A lot of the examples you showed WERE different from each other, albeit slightly. Obviously it’s cool when people break the mold, but you shouldn’t act like composers or producers are lazy for doing what sounds good to the ears of the current public. They’re trying to make good music, and this is what audiences have come to like and enjoy.
Ding ding ding! And a typical song (like all the examples in the video) is composed of waaaaay more elements than the drums. And these elements are usually more in the “foreground” while the drum is meant to provide rhythm in the background. But noooo, apparently if you use this particular drum pattern or any slight variation in your music, you’re an untalented producer.
I was going to say this myself. The beats of songs are. Even if u listen to old classic rock as such, minus the fills, the back best was pretty simple.
@@toprak3479 it may be wrong, but its what the majority of people like and it makes money, all that really matters. of course, speaking from a musical point of view, people do music for the passion and not the money but then again, a lot of these people do it for the money
Its just what's in style at this time, look through the decades and you'll see recurring patterns in the 80s for example, or the blues and rock n roll patterns going further back. Loads of these songs have the same structure and sound similar, it's just what was in style. You could say its pretty creative to make so many different variations on the same thing!
one of the few comments I actually like. I find it weird that this professional drummer makes a video about perhaps one of the few most famous and simplistic drum beats and talks about it like he discovered something new going on in the industry or something
As a music producer and drummer this video makes me realize how Non-Producer drummers think. I was just like this clown, and It really was a Pitiful sight, just like him.
This actually blew my mind. How did I not notice this before?! I mean.. I don’t listen to mainstream music, but still, like, woah. Just goes to show us how “original” they are (eyes rolling).
Because it sounds good. It works. It has a nice groove. House is made up of the Four-on-the-Floor beat which is basically one kick on every quarter note. It's as simple as it gets. Yet it is groovy and nice to listen to; and yes, There are literally hundreds of thousands of songs using the house beat. Same with these kinds of trap like beats. It is simple, but Groovy and nice to listen to. But This clown here gave you a very biased opinion of his own that would lead non musicians like you to hate pieces of music for no reason at all. Chords and harmony are used in almost every song, and there are millions of songs sharing the same Chords or even the same chord progressions. But do these songs lack originality for sharing it? Absolutely not. They don't use the same rhythm or sounds or instruments. Some artists might add extensions too. But just like that this "boring" beat is used by many artists but in different iterations. Almost everyone doesn't use the same sounds, the same EXACT rhythm, and there are little percussions sometimes, just like the extensions of Chords. Conclusion: Some beats are more popular because they work. It's not inherently bad because lots of songs use it. In fact, it tells us that this beat works and sounds good enough! Artists pick this beat because it has a certain quality that would match the Chords, structure and melodies of the songs.
I actually noticed this from sitting on a bus and over hearing other people's music through their headphones but I've never been able to figure out what the beat was
Yeah I hear this beat in people headphones too. It’s only different when they’re listening to older songs. I always think people are listening to the same song but its just this beat haha.
A lot of pop music nowadays is for dancing. Dance genres thrive off of having shared rhythmic patterns so that you can play a lot of songs one after the other without the style of dance needing to change.
What about 4 on the floor beats that have been used on thousands of songs since the very beginning of time? Using a 4 on the floor pattern is the same concept as this beat as to why it’s a go to.
@@thenerdbyrd7026 its not lazy, it is a safe bet. Labels want want profit, the demand is for simple and "basic" beats. If all of a sudden people started to appreciate more complicated and creative music, labels would jump on it. Music is bussiness just as any other.
it gets hard trying and deciding which pattern mix that is'nt the same as the previous projects/tracks. i would use the same pattern but maybe in a different tempo/bpm and such, but i seem to also get stuck in deciding which/what at least most of the time, then get carried away. but it's ok, as i probably should just mix and whatever whichever and go with it, and try finishing it before changing my mind about somethings.
@@Tec.z81 10. Canibus 9. Big pun 8. Krs one 7. Kool g rap 6. Ice cube 5. Eminem 4. Nas 3. Rakim 2. Biggie 1. 2pac I also love DMX, kool Moe Dee and ll Cool j This is my opinion :). Which is your top 10?
It's rhythmically reminiscent of a 3 / 2 clave. Not directly but when I've experimented myself, it's almost identical (tho not quite, obvs). The snare hit could be moved one 16th count forward to be on the offbeat and I'm almost sure you'd have the placements of the kick and snare as a clave. E.g: clap on each of the bracketed numbers. (1) 2 3 (4), 1 2 (3) 4, (1) 2 (3) 4. + - - +, - - + -, + - + -. The commas are each group of four, the plus for each clap, and dash for what you don't play. (Sorry if this sounds silly or confusing. I'd not be sure how to explain it properly over a RUclips comment; but I genuinely think that's why it's so universal to almost every genre, because the clave itself is found along amongst every culture, and this beat is arguably the clave, bar one single note nudged over one count.
@@koin799 Same here. Not for the songs, (high gang 😩✋) but for the new things that it did like animated cutscenes, pico's cameo, and "Hah! Pretty good!"
The purpose of this video was not to hate on producers. I understand some genres require a certain type of groove. I just happened to notice this beat in a A LOT of songs (across different genres) and haven’t heard anyone mention it before. As a drummer I couldn’t help but notice it and just wanted to share. Sorry half the video is muted. 🤷🏻♂️ #Copyright
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@@nemanjamarkovic2444 waass
I think it's also the drum sound too. Like if the drum sounds for all these songs were different then it wouldn't stick out like a sore thumb so much. It seems like the first 15 songs you played literally used the same exact kit.
I love this, LOL. I'm teaching elementary school kids in the US how to program a drum machine and you are right on target. The bigger problem, at least here, is that schools no longer teach music. Folks do the best they can.
3:51 thats hate xD
Thought my headphones were dying when the copystrikes came in
Same💀
I even turned my volume up😝
Same
Oh I just realised now😅
I actually thought mine were dead
i thought my headphones blew out because of the song i was making after lol
Him: Why is this beat in every song?
Pop music, trap music, rap music, his outro, PH intro: *Oh yeah, its all coming together*
ph intro lol
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I noticed this when i was about 9 and when I told everybody nobody understood me, its amazing to know firstly that I'm not the only one and secondly how to explain it to other people.
Yea I discovered this and I thought I just made a new song or something
you only found this out at 9? bruh i literally found this pattern in all songs i hear at 2.
Same!
@@BootyRealDreamMurMurs yeah no one is believing that because most people don't remember that far back
@@sunnymarigold_8219 the only thing i remember when i was 2 was that i was starting to use a computer, and thats because my parents keep saying it, sure as hell cant remember songs from then
I love how it just goes silent at certain songs and you get a good demonstration of how shitty copyright is especially with certain companies that “own the rights” to these songs.
lmao shit i thought something was wrong with my laptop. or speaker
Right?! How do we have a system so stupid that someone can’t even use FIVE SECONDS of a song for an educational video? 🙄
I have a name for this drum progression: “Default Trap Beat”.
Edit: Wow, people seem to both love and hate this comment. I feel as though I should add some clarifications:
1. As many of you have pointed out, this progression is not used solely in trap music; it is used in pop, although the hi-hats are typically less pronounced or removed altogether. The pattern is also used in hip-hop, though hip-hop producers usually get creative with additional ghost notes or by removing some of the original sounds from the progression. Trap music was the music genre that (from my own personal observation) seems to use this exact progression the most, so I used it as the punchline of the joke, but substituting trap with pop or hip-hop would not have changed the meaning.
2. I don't dislike this progression; it's efficient and recognizable. As such, I do not blame the artists who use it; I am simply arguing that it currently is so commonly used that it feels like the default. This drum progression is comparable to the 6-4-1-5 chord progression that modern electro-pop/electro-house music can't get enough of. It sounds good, and many illustrious artists use it, but I feel it has lost a fair amount of its expressive impact through overuse
3. Please do not harass people who use this drum pattern or say that they’re not real musicians. Some people do not have the money or resources to hire a drummer, and their most reasonable alternative is to utilize what they know. Of course, we could all stand to learn a new thing or two (essentially the point of the video), but artists who use this progression are still valid, and we should treat them as such.
4. This one is especially directed toward some of the replies: please refrain from acting like you know everything there is to know about music because no one knows it all. Not myself, the creator of this video, nor anyone replying to this comment. As I said before, I think we could all stand to learn something new.
That is all. Have a nice day.
Add autotune: “Default Pop Song Effect”
@@D144AU Now add the same hi-hats, and some trap beats, and then the normies will be happy and listen to it.
@@bruhbasics4425 hating pop isn't a personality. you don't have to use music to judge others.
yep
@ExDeeXD Music Why would think i’m a normie? Because I criticize basic trap beats and try and create my own sometimes? /j
dude fit 50 different radio hit songs into one video and didn't get a strike
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Is it the samples being really short, or is there a skill at very subtle use of detune and filters before putting the clips in the video?
@@pauljs75 I dunno, but I’d like to know his secret because I’ve been thinking about making music RUclips videos for a while, and I want to use short clips without getting striked
Alfo Media also uses very short clips of songs in his videos and I don’t think he gets many strikes, but I feel like this video almost definitely would have. Maybe it’s just short clips and luck?? 🤷♀️
Idk, I wish copyright laws were less broken and fitting to the modern age. And you can only really get a following making longer video essays on RUclips, so it’s not like you can use some other site that better protects true fair use laws (using very short song clips for transformative content like this video, for instance).
this is direct criticism of content, so it is safe.
@@FinnishArsonist Companies usually don't care whether it's fair use and just drop a claim regardless and it takes months for youtube to remove the copyright strike. It's got to be the short sample length.
House music using the same 4 to the floor drum pattern for 30 years: "Whew, glad he doesnt know our genre exists"
big room house momento
I love deep house
I mean house music has tons of variety, maybe not on the drum level but the groove on some of the hats and basses can vary significantly, like for ex between traditional prog house and deep house
boop tss boop tss boop tss
I freakin love house!!!
edit: but hardcore will always be my favorite
It's an old hip hop pattern. We used it in the early 90s. Sometimes throw a kick right after the 4 or right before the 2.
This patern is soooooo older than hip-hop...
@@sr6127 Does it go back to the 1960s funk era?
Yeah bro they played drums like this probably even before the 60s. Of course at a slower bpm
@@ChekuL8er Cool. Can you compile a list of pre 1970s songs that use this beat?
@@thatguyalex2835 i probably could but no, if you like music or make music, its your responsibility to educate yourself, youtube has almost everything
This is the definition of "you can copy my homework but don't make it obvious"
Edit: how did this comment got 18k likes?! Thank you to all you Chad's 🔥
More like "Copy my homework but make it extremely obvious since no one cares anyway lol"
@@ethhics Exactly
,, you can copy my homework,u can make it obvious cause it will get in everyones head and most people wont even notice''
wow I’m the 1k like
LMFAOOOOO
the youtube copyright system is gonna have a fun time with this video.
Lmao
@@kierdotk the video is still up
They muted a section already lol
@@Pextin I thought that was an editing issue 😅
@@pieflower6419 same lol
The unholy trinity of pop songs:
1. This beat
2. Supertonic note
3. The Four Chords
4. 4/4
@@timhansen8339 Does not point #1 make yours a redundant qualifier?
@@timhansen8339 There's nothing wrong with 4/4 time. There are plenty of songs that use odd time signatures just for the sake of using odd time signatures, which seems pretentious to me. While I find odd time signatures very interesting to listen to, if a song works well in common time, then it's probably best to stick to that.
@@SlideRSB nothing is wrong with 4/4 its just overused people use it too much and when every pop song we know has 4/4 it just has the same basic boundaries of music 2-4 chords same 4/4 pattern nothing different nothing new. if people used more time signature changes you can get different intervals progressions that sound different and beautiful.
@@SlideRSB just by adding the 3/4 to the 4/4 creating a 12/8 gives you the ability to create a 4/4 feel while adding the waltz kind of time perception,, that gives you a ton of tasty rhythms to work with, while sticking to the ""boring"" 4/4, so let's not hate the pretenciousness or the simplicity, let's hate the industry for making it the "money Factory" it became.
Peace :)
Hey, the historic reason why this beat is so popular is the following. This beat originates from 2-step garage, which is related to UK garage, and is one of the many genres that put funk drum breaks in an electronic context. The "Amen Break"-sample, which we hear in songs like "Straight outta Compton", is the most famous. And this sample already contains the beat you highlight in the video, if you leave out all the ghost notes. Via Grime (= UK garage + rap), the beat entered hip hop music, and since most pop nowadays is hip hop influenced, we end up with this beat everywhere.
It’s also a basic 80s drum machine pattern. Circa Roland 808. Just need the cowbell. But yes the amen break Defined a whol genre of dnb just using that break. Amen brother!! They never got paid to use sample either. 🤦♂️🤷♂️
@@gooddogtrainingservices5351 Probably because they didn't have the whiney nature of Metallica or their fame.
Damn, that was so well-explained, nice one
This beat is so simple, saying garage invented it is like saying Evian invented water.
I think no genre can really claim its source in the same way no genre can claim an A chord
@@david35197 No genre gets to claim the A chord, but the 4 chord loop and the blues form are still genre defining. The distinction between "4 to the floor" and break beat based electronic music is just important as the one between 4 chord music and the blues. And even though the 2-step beat is simple, it's not simpler than the 3-2 clave or the blast beat. Saying the beat originates from garage is only historically honest, as before that breakbeats where created by sampling real drummer. Brandon Scott's video is about the fact that the 2-step beat is so "undrummery", so the transition to fully programming breakbeats is what we care about.
"Why is this beat everywhere? Im tired of that sh*t"
Brandon's intro and outro: 😳😳😳
😂😂
So many likes wow
It's that one thing people would tap out with their pencils in class
This was the first thing I thought of when I heard the beat...
that's what I thought too, those lunchroom freestyle sessions too
@@GBudgiePH123 are there any rules on that?
A new "the lick" is being born right in front of our eyes
Except it’s not brass lmao- can’t wait for this to be the next unspoken illegal lol
bruhhhhh this aint even new
Except it's not 5 2 3 5 2 3 5
Sorry for the audio cutting at 0:55... Drake didn't like me using his sick beat. Got a copyright strike. 🤷
EDIT: June 11th [Post Malone got me too... DAMN! Might make a video on this lol]
[MISSING DIALOGUE]
-"All of the sudden I started hearing this pattern everywhere"
- **Sick Drake Song
-"Granted some artists change it up a bit, They add some kick drums in there"
cool beans
Its OK mate
Dam I just bought new earphone cause my old earphone was famaged I get mini heart attack when audio wsd cut
I thought my earphones legit broke because it's nearing it's end I've been using it for about 2 years
I should buy a new one soon
Not me waiting for all the other copy right strikes 😂 I can just imagine having all the dialogue in the pinned comment except from the intro and outro
"There's like 32 other places you could put that kick"
Deathcore drummers: *laughs in 64th notes
It's funny cause that's how it sounds on the studio albums with midi drums. Most of those drummers live sound like ass lol
Speed deathcore drummers: *laughs in 128th notes*
That meme made my day, my boi
George kollias laughs in fast brrrrr
too bad so many metal drummers just play quarter notes on the hi-hat and half notes on the snare while doing either straight double bass, or just doing the same pattern as the guitars. not enough to make me not listen to it, but it gets dull. better than that bass and snare ntap ntap ntap thrash beat
It's why DNB exists. As well as Dubstep. As well as epic orchestral music (theme songs). As well as Rap. As well as the one you mentioned - the Pop music.
Every single one of those I picked also has their own specific placement of the kicks and snares. It depends on them to see what style you want/have to create a music. And if you listen to 10 DNB songs, you'll see their pattern repeat over and over again at some point.
It's why I listen to multiple genres. I can't hold onto one genre for long. I have a playlist with multiple of them, listening at random, so I wouldn't get bored at some point. It's one of the best ways to listen to multiple patterns and not get bored.
Fellow DnB head here, to me it’s more tolerable with Drum and bass because most artists have their own style to their music rather than the same kick, snare, and drop in each song.
We ain’t gonna act like DNB doesn’t spam the two step or the Amen Break haha
@@patricktheawesomeTV think breaks
YEAH
WOO
YEAH
WOO
@@patricktheawesomeTV Nowadays DnB rarely uses Amen Break
@@crypticlol they do, they just hide it better
moral of the story: *THIS BEAT SLAPS*
Yeess
Honestly, it's really not that surprising that different artists end up using similar or even the same beats in songs. There are only so many combos.
nah, they just have no creativity.
Yes though 😭
Better comment
Moral of the story: *THIS BEAT SLAPS A- I mean... THIS BEAT SLAPS AWESOMELY*
The ad that played before this video featured this beat. Nifty.
The actual reason a lot of sogs sound the same is because the song writers want to make somthing that sounds familiar to the brain, making it easier to like
That and most pop music is made by the same 10 or so producers or someone trying to copy them to make it big. Pop music of every genre is trash.
But the beat doesn’t even sound good...
@@pjbuma13 yo just my opinion but I don't think pop music is trash
@@chocolateicecream4013 well you are entitled to your opinion. Personally I think 90-95% of it is talentless garbage. And I’m referring to all forms/genres of pop music (pop pop, pop rap, pop country, pop edc, etc). I’m not knocking anyone who listens to it, if you like it you like it.
@@pjbuma13 yeah u right tho I also don't like many of them but the first thought that came to my mind were artists like Arianna grade, Beyonce , Charlie Puth ... Do you refer them to be trash too ?
cREatiVE GhoST nOtE
lol
lol
@@jabalahkhaldun3467 lol
@@Luco.26 lol
lol
Even I with little to no drum knowledge came up with this pattern as a child its the pattern I'm always drumming on my legs
It's because it makes it easier to mix songs in a club. They want us in the club trying to make babies.
They was unexpected, funny
Confirmed... I have made many babies in the club. Ask your Mom... 🤣 🤣 🤣
@@stonedoubt cring
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@@stonedoubt cri
I distinctly remember being in highschool in 2013 making this beat on a drum on the bus from some music event and everyone went crazy for no reason.
In 2010 I was at church playing this beat on drums while my dad played the guitar, he played the strings more intensely when I was supposed to hit the box
Today, the way to do that, is you just do the one from pr0nhub.
@@manictiger Are you talking about the musical composition created by Poʀnography Centre?
they probably thought it was the ph intro
I don't agree. While yes, kick and snare are almost the same in every of those songs they got pretty creative with the drum patterns. With the hi-hats many times there are fast triplets, skipped 16ths, changes of pitch and other subtle things which are not phisically possible on acoustic drums.
Then there are layers over layers of different drum samples(different kicks, claps, cymbals, shakers ecc.) and other interesting things from a beatmaker point of view.
Many times doesn't make much sense to view electric drums from an acoustic drums perspective and that's definitely the case.
So I agree with your point if we want to see the pattern in a playful superficial level, but if we want to get serious I disagree.
Thing is, IF the core of the beat has the same kick / snare pattern its going to have a certain feel that sorta sounds the same. That rhythm is played out no matter how you dress it up with different sound selections, perks, hi hat patterns its going to have a certain common feel to it. Real drummers know this and they can do some basic grooves that doesn't use this pattern and it prob sounds 10x better. What im seeing now days is people using the same rhythm and adding ghost notes/ perks in spots creating a groove but its kinda limiting at the same time because real drums dont move like that nor feels like that.
It can be produced algorithmically as the euclidean rhythm of 5 out of 8 and 3 out of 8 together. It’s naturally pleasing as we seem to be stuck in measures of 8 and 5 and 3 offer the most interesting combination being odd numbers with enough spacing.
Delete this * slides a george washington your way *
He’s figured it out
Every trap producers secret
lol
baba? what are u doing here?
@@user-lt2rw5nr9s 1 + and of 2 + 3
Facts I always wondered I noticed it in every song it just gives a little bump to it
Her: I'm not like the other girls.
Also her:
I think it might also be a demand issue. I mean, we can blame the suppliers (aka producers) all we want, but until the masses start asking for something different, this beat is just a staple of contemporary pop production. I mean, the I, V, vi, IV is used in so many songs because it’s easily digestible and naturally pleasing to the average listener’s ear. The average person with zero musical background/knowledge typically doesn’t even think about or notice those things.
Yeah I completely agree! Honestly, People have taken this video way too seriously. I didn’t expect it to get so many views and it’s digging into the general public. I understand genres require a certain groove. And certain chord progressions are pleasant so they’ve stuck. I just haven’t seen anyone talk about this drum pattern being everywhere and now people are attacking me for bringing it to light lol
@@BrandonScottDrums I feel you, man. Honestly, I didn’t realize just how often the beat was used until watching this and now I can’t *not* recognize it when I hear it lol
Actually there's nothing "naturally pleasing" about the I V vi IV progression.
In fact Renaissance music and much of baroque music (going back only about 350 years) doesn't use it often. It's not until late romantic period music do we start to see the formulation of a I V vi IV pattern.
That's less than 150 years of Western Harmony's almost 1500 year span (dating back to Cantus Planus music of early Christian theological music from which much of modern Western harmony derives).
It's not "naturally pleasing" it's "conditionally pleasing" you've been *conditioned* to enjoy that progression by about 100 years of Western Harmony.
Key point being WESTERN harmony. I'm Japanese, I grew up listening traditional Japanese music. The I V vi IV progression sounds *awful* to me. Why? Because much of Japanese traditional folk music follows pentatonic scales that don't have a perfect fourth (or a minor sixth, because well pentatonic scale) so any chord progression that relies on resolving to IV feels *wrong*.
@@sybilreichlan6117 of course it’s conditioned, I just meant that today’s modern pop listener in America is going to be more inclined to go towards that *because* it’s so familiar to them. Trust me, I wish we could collectively step outside the box that is traditional Western harmony.
@@sybilreichlan6117 lad i enjoyed the same beat first time I listened to it. I'm a Indian, you are tripping shit mate. Westerners aren't the only one who enjoys western songs, a lot of asians do, most of popular hits in India is western, I know Japanese friends who jam to English. Not every thing is conditioned to shit. And Indian traditional songs who even more different to western songs than japanese songs
Finally somebody says it! I noticed this years & years ago. It's like the raggaeton beat. It's not raggaeton without a certain beat. Popular western music has been this way for a long time. It's certainly a defining feature for a majority of the most popular songs.
Same, I even told this to people years ago that all these modern songs have the same beat and they're like, "No they don't."
Ikrrrrrr
Agreed, this is why I don't listen to popular music... It just supports mega production companies that care about money, not art. They created a copy/paste recipe for making money, now they use it in everything, and the art of music is dying because of it.
Marvel movies did the same thing. All lacking original themes, designed to appeal to masses to gain maximum profit.
Capitalism is devastating for art.
It's got nothing to do with them not knowing how to be more creative. They know exactly what they're doing, and they know it sells.
It’s probably both
It's both
So they know how to be creative, they just choose not to for monetary reasons. That makes sense actually.
@@westronic how is it uncreative to make a melody centered around the supertonic? You don't have that many choices, there's 7 scale degrees
you make & give them some crazy beat & at the end they choose something similar to this. We make different stuff but if artists choose this beat we cant do nun bout it
Keep in mind all these songs are mainstream so they wanna be consistent with what the listeners want. Further more, these drum patterns are mostly trap/modern hip hop sounds and patterns so they’re gonna be pretty consistent as far as timing and placement. To add on, alot of modern music nowadays is sort of standardized to this sort of thing with the timing, tempo’s and patterns. There’s plenty of reasons to explain why this is a thing. So it’s not necessarily that it’s copied or stolen or anything of that nature it’s just simply a method of making a certain song for a certain crowd that can apply not to 1 but literally any and probably every.
I cannot imagine how risky making this video without being attacked by copyright claims
Neither can I but I have a question, Who’s Rem
Oh you mean ram?
@@aisha5645 ah yes Ram, my bad. I know Ram
There not gonna attack you if song is 0:04 Second long
Unless you didn't see where some parts were muted
Why is this beat in every song
Also him: puts beat in outro
😂😂😂😂😂
Also it's in the intro
RUclips:how many copyright claims would you like?
The music: yes
0:33 “can you go any louder🤪” SLAYED
This man just explained why so many people hate these new modern songs
Haha, first reply go brrrrrrr
... Yeah, ill take my leave
Yep...
I am a "so many people" person lmfao
Lmao, wdym by modern songs. Every rock song and literally every genre has the same step.
According to him, if you use snare on the 9th step, you are copying others. It's like saying, "if you say 2+2=4 then you are copying everyone else and you are not unique"!
The snare *HAS* to be on the 9th beat! (exception- UK drill beats). All you can do is change kicks and high hats patterns, which he refers to changing the copied beat
+this has nothing to do with "hating modern songs"
i think why many people hate modern music is that they are usually exposed to mainstream ones. They are played every where and it will get stale after a while, they really need to dig into underground music more to appreciate the modern music. Modern songs are awesome if you managed to dig out some artists that fit your taste. I don't think people are hating them for the drum pattern, more like production style, they are too similar, snares, kick, hi hat selections, even if they change the pattern nicely, it still sounds like some generic trap beat, depending on the sound of the kit.
"You're not fooling ANYBODY" they're actually fooling like everyone but those of us who aren't fooled feel too cheated to say much
Yeah, why does music matter so much to you? It's not like it's art and people are passionate about it.
@selenite. Ayyo, Funnily enough no body asked you. Crazy right?
@selenite. Yes, True but specifically, No body asked you. And that is what we are focusing on.
@selenite. Chill.
@selenite. ...are you ok? Do you need a snickers 🍫
The "producer midiing the drums in" part is EXACTLY right
It’s like asking why house music has that 4 kicks and 2 claps rhythm. It’s just there and easy listening!
Haha i was just about to comment this! The classic uhn tiss uhn tiss as well
Thought about this while watching lol
Same thing with Disco and 4 on the floor. It's just part of the genre/era of music. Disco/House beats are also that way for a reason; it's club music. That steady rhythm makes it very easy to dance to.
It's like saying, everyone on earth says 2+2=4 so everyone is copying each other and no one is unique
Thanks for the tip and tricks video, I'm going to go ahead and use this exact same pattern in a bunch of my songs. Honestly though, just because a tactic in pop music is becoming popular amongst producers doesn't mean it's a bad thing. It means it reflects the taste of the time. Every moment in musical history has signature motifs that you can point back to as the sound of that era. Including trap music with its ratcheted high hats. One hard pill to swallow as a musician is that money in music matters. Audiences matter. And getting a large audience based off of a dummy trick is a great idea because ultimately that will grant me and other creators bigger audiences and more freedom to do what we want with our sounds. If I can make a few pop songs with the same drum pattern and make them popular off of a few tips and tricks like this, that could grant me enough popularity to do what I want with my sound. If I am a popular pop artist, and I start experimenting with my sound, that could have deeper impacts on motifs in popular music. Just look at The Beatles early catalog and how they literally stole Chuck Berry songs, meanwhile in their later catalog they revolutionized popular sound for decades to come. The exact same is true for practically every popular and influential artist.
The phenomona behind this and the way it's part of all variants of music are why I have such difficulty finding new music. It always baffled me that people put so much effort into playing an instrument to play the same thing everyone else does.
This was the driving force behind my interest in odd time signatures and polyrhythms. I haven't found anyone other than Tool that uses them while keeping at least _some_ melody and not descending into soulless and incomprehensible math rock or demon-possessed-sounding death metal
bro my mom walked by when the intro played, PLEASE DUDE
LMFAOOO have fun explaining
As a person who started listening to English music to learn it's extremely noticeable
Can we just take a moment to truly appreciate his intro? It’s a reference to my favorite show and I’m surprised nobody else is as happy as I am right now
This is the comment I was looking for
@@southerndude9516 same
what sjow
@@priultimus Look up Mia Malkova
@@Pluto-ek3mh isnt that like a p* star?
Well this is why drill music is taking off because the drums are so unique
Fax
Tf is that
Looked it up, don't personally like it but still interesting, don't really see it taking off tbh but i guess it might be because of where i live
@@neutralclef6253 its popular in the uk mainly. idm the snare just hits on 3 and 4 so it sounds different
i was literally thinking the same thing when watching this
"even my intro?- well its not MY intro" me: huh?..... ooh
They discovered the beat that makes music go viral. It is a formula of music
omg it's not wht u think it is. in this era of internet all of the music producing tutorials start with four chords, melody and that beat. tht's wht everyone learns these days
@@laila1752 OH now i see, thank u!
Easy to mix in clubs.
drill beat producers : "I don't have such weaknesses"
Lol, but all of their patterns are the same too
Trust me, drill is the only genre in which every song has the same pattern
@@wtfexza You probably only listen to pop smoke and fivio foreign
@@Ceenoteee I make drill beats and I listen to every type of drill beat
@@wtfexza nah reggeaton with the dembow pattern and cumbia too those music genres all have the same patterns what makes a song stand out is the choice in drum samples, melody, and of course lyrics
As someone that likes to experiment with producing solo. I can say that this is 100 accurate. I am into synthwave trap/ EDM Hybrid trap. With beat, a kick on the 1 and snare on the 2 and the 4 with some holds on some sounds. I had a buddy that loved hybrid trap/some dubstep mixes. The moment I tried to veer away from that same drum pattern by hand on the pads with no quantization. My friend said “it’s definitely in time and has rhythm but the beat is to fast for me. In essence, most people that aren’t drummers want to hear everything in between the 1 and the 2 and the creative downbeat mix one the 4. And of course the vocal work.
This is why any song or cover/remix where a drummer like Travis barker gets on goes so much harder than the typical stuff
Facts
it's a southern hip hop staple thats been tossed all over the place because every pop song nowadays takes from Southern Hip Hop. You can hear it in a bunch of UGK songs, some mannie fresh productions, and other southern hip hop artists.
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Just like the bounce cadence with hits on the 3
Classic UKG beat is with the Kick on the 3 1/4, not 3 1/2
@@louisodell1698 Can you give me an example? I'd like to check myself real quick
@@Deon2020 sorry i meant 2 3/4 my bad, and yeah sure The Streets Turn the Page is the obvs one for me x
Finally someone talked about this concept, it's been in my head lately
Thats just the new rap/hip hop drum pattern just how edm music all tends to have the same drum pattern. Its what defines the genre
Thanks God
Np bro
😂😂 I've been praying to God for an answer to this.. never knew I'd be answered to in a RUclips comment
Except for bass music, these mfs are always inventing New drum patterns
Okay but honestly, the way you broadened the definition of the beat makes 90% of 4/4 music fit into this. If the snare is on 2 and 4 you could shift things around and write them down as some variation of this beat.
Exactly what I thought...
Not really, all of the ones he showed were very similar. If you can drum one of these, you can drum all of them.
Eh
There's more ways to use a kick than 8th note based single rhythms that repeat every bar.
There's an infinite number of possibilities.
Nah
@@gabrieljoseph7580
This is kind of like saying there's only 7 notes you can play in a melody.
Omg, Only this week, I bought new headphones
There aren’t drummers in pop. That’s why there’s only 1 beat
More like 4 beats, 1 pattern
@@sou_desu8587 lol drummers unite
Its a ✨Drum machine✨
Drum machines suck. A “drum machine” that can’t be as good as John Bonham or Keith Moon is a sucky machine that’s pathetic users don’t know what the power of drums is.
thats what he said lol
Ayyyyy fellow South African! Great video!
Its a fun beat, it's a way for the music to be danceable to without falling back on a house beat. And as we all know, music is about having fun first and foremost. It's like jazz and it's ride cymbal pattern, it just sounds good
This is the truth
its driving me crazy tho
@@akiani literally. And people wonder why most rapper sound the same
@@iAssassins no one is thinking that
Finally, someone who's reasoning doesn't involve elitist views about music genres
THESE MUSIC TRANSITIONS ARE ANOTHER LEVEL BRUV
basically making songs in the time signature of 4/4 is really popular.
Well 4/4 isn't a scale it's a time signature :)
There are tons of different beats that can be put into 4/4 time. No reason to limit yourself to just this one.
My favorite scale, no, not C major, not d minor either, it’s *4/4*
*Scale* of 4/4
I mean, 4/4 is our standard time signature. But, you can still be so creative inside of it! Tho it is nice when people venture outside of it, lol. Really adds an interesting feel to the music!
Brilliant! I have to try it , sounds cool what about a video for early 2000’s pop drum patterns?
It's funny that half the video is muted because of copyright lmao
I’ll never hear these song the same ever again
You could just start critically listening to music. If you start producing you'll do it pretty instinctively and it basically ruins most pop songs for you.
A lot of people don't really seem to notice how sparse and boring the production is on most popular songs. 4 chords played on each measure, basic drum pattern, vocal with just enough reverb to fill some space, and an 808. That's it. Congratulations, you've heard pop music.
Wait till you notice how every pop song has a basic reggaeton drum pattern, or how it always switches to trap half way through, or how they use the same drum fill samples and the same instruments (piano, rhodes, guitar, saw-based synth pluck) or how many songs have 2-note vocal melodies, usually oscillating between the first and third interval in the scale or something. Oh and don't forget hemiolas, pop music loves hemiolas in the melody.
@@Thes4LT Doesn't matter. I'm down to learning music production, but don't have the time for it😂.
@@Thes4LT I think that’s why the artist themselves (and the mixing engineer in some cases) are actually the most important piece of pop songs because the vocals are what really brings out the differences between artists utilizing the same style of production.
Yes you will
dude i swear i noticed this is why all Megan Thee Stallion’s songs have that same energy, & was watching the lollapalooza live stream realizing that almost EVERY BEAT we heard was the same. this beat. that second kick on the -2 and- is the universal sign of gRoOvE apparently
A big reason why afro beats is definitely coming on strong.
Yup
the reason this is used so often is because it fits so well within the trap rhythm groove, and trap is the main style of music that's popular atm
Fax
The intro made my heart drop 😰
As a music producer, I have to speak up slightly here: lots of genres, especially electronic, are defined by their drums. Disco and House were both built on the foundation of four on the floor, the Amen Break (a super influential sample) basically created the jungle and DnB genres. If you’re composing in 4/4 and your snares are on 2 and 4, there’s a pretty limited amount of good-sounding places to put your kicks. A lot of the examples you showed WERE different from each other, albeit slightly. Obviously it’s cool when people break the mold, but you shouldn’t act like composers or producers are lazy for doing what sounds good to the ears of the current public. They’re trying to make good music, and this is what audiences have come to like and enjoy.
Ding ding ding! And a typical song (like all the examples in the video) is composed of waaaaay more elements than the drums. And these elements are usually more in the “foreground” while the drum is meant to provide rhythm in the background.
But noooo, apparently if you use this particular drum pattern or any slight variation in your music, you’re an untalented producer.
This paragraph is a summary of everything wrong with pop music.
I was going to say this myself. The beats of songs are.
Even if u listen to old classic rock as such, minus the fills, the back best was pretty simple.
@@toprak3479 it may be wrong, but its what the majority of people like and it makes money, all that really matters.
of course, speaking from a musical point of view, people do music for the passion and not the money but then again, a lot of these people do it for the money
@@syafiwyd8926 Greed is slowly killing an art form, basically.
WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT THE PH THEME SONG AS HIS INTRO LMFAOO
Its just what's in style at this time, look through the decades and you'll see recurring patterns in the 80s for example, or the blues and rock n roll patterns going further back. Loads of these songs have the same structure and sound similar, it's just what was in style. You could say its pretty creative to make so many different variations on the same thing!
one of the few comments I actually like. I find it weird that this professional drummer makes a video about perhaps one of the few most famous and simplistic drum beats and talks about it like he discovered something new going on in the industry or something
I couldn't get past your intro without dying
as a music producer and a drummer. I'm dying laughing
Me too
drum gang innit
As a music producer and drummer this video makes me realize how Non-Producer drummers think.
I was just like this clown, and It really was a Pitiful sight, just like him.
This actually blew my mind. How did I not notice this before?! I mean.. I don’t listen to mainstream music, but still, like, woah. Just goes to show us how “original” they are (eyes rolling).
it doesn’t really matter tho theres way more to a song than just the drum pattern that makes a song different from another
Because it sounds good. It works. It has a nice groove.
House is made up of the Four-on-the-Floor beat which is basically one kick on every quarter note. It's as simple as it gets. Yet it is groovy and nice to listen to; and yes, There are literally hundreds of thousands of songs using the house beat.
Same with these kinds of trap like beats. It is simple, but Groovy and nice to listen to. But This clown here gave you a very biased opinion of his own that would lead non musicians like you to hate pieces of music for no reason at all.
Chords and harmony are used in almost every song, and there are millions of songs sharing the same Chords or even the same chord progressions. But do these songs lack originality for sharing it? Absolutely not. They don't use the same rhythm or sounds or instruments. Some artists might add extensions too.
But just like that this "boring" beat is used by many artists but in different iterations. Almost everyone doesn't use the same sounds, the same EXACT rhythm, and there are little percussions sometimes, just like the extensions of Chords.
Conclusion: Some beats are more popular because they work. It's not inherently bad because lots of songs use it. In fact, it tells us that this beat works and sounds good enough! Artists pick this beat because it has a certain quality that would match the Chords, structure and melodies of the songs.
I love this guy makes me want to learn to play a drumset
He makes me hate drums
Bout to make 10 more beats with this rhythm rn
Lmfaooo frr
I almost got caught lackin from that intro 💀
Man, this is the most common breakbeat
It's kinda the same as you will say "Why these DNB producers are using the same beat?!"
Its about time im not the only one who noticed this
no you’re not this is coming knowledge
This actually explains why my mind makes two songs or even more go together
I also just want to point out how close this drum pattern is to the classic guitar strumming pattern down--down-up--up-down-up.
I got bored of that strumming pattern a few days into learning how to play
Reason for this being is that it's catchy and the rhythm allows any artist to their thing on.
I actually noticed this from sitting on a bus and over hearing other people's music through their headphones but I've never been able to figure out what the beat was
Yeah I hear this beat in people headphones too. It’s only different when they’re listening to older songs. I always think people are listening to the same song but its just this beat haha.
@@Gabby-sw6cd Exactly
A lot of pop music nowadays is for dancing. Dance genres thrive off of having shared rhythmic patterns so that you can play a lot of songs one after the other without the style of dance needing to change.
This got to be one of the best produced "call-out" video ever.
I will never be able to un-hear this.
I've noticed this same pattern since Crunk music was a thing, however this pattern became more popular with Snap music.
Same happends in latin pop music, with the same 4 cords over and over in every song. never fails.
and the beats as well they get repetitive
@@csxta Ofc, is the formula they use to sell.
IT'S EVERYWHERE!!!
Comment below any other songs that use this beat!
**proceeds to name every rap song ever**
Awe mase kind
Mozart's 9th symphony? lol
'hey mickey' by toni basil is probably the motherlode of this beat
What about 4 on the floor beats that have been used on thousands of songs since the very beginning of time? Using a 4 on the floor pattern is the same concept as this beat as to why it’s a go to.
Thank you i thought i was going crazy
No matter how we change the rhythm of the drums he's gonna find a way to fit it into that singular common pattern
guilty as fuck on my end when playing drums at church
”Why is THIS BEAT in EVERY SONG?!”
Because it slaps, Brandon.
I don't like your tone 😂🔥
Underrated comment🤣
Nah but it's lazy. A lot of musicians prefer well done music over music that they might like but seems lazy.
facts
@@thenerdbyrd7026 its not lazy, it is a safe bet. Labels want want profit, the demand is for simple and "basic" beats. If all of a sudden people started to appreciate more complicated and creative music, labels would jump on it. Music is bussiness just as any other.
I love how even his outro had a similar pattern
thats why i listen to 90s Hiphop..even when they using the same drum sample..they be unique af
Yeah mann!!! Not the sh*t that people call "Hiphop" nowadays. The 80-90s were the golden days!!
@@jakecamilton7951 yo G whats your Top 10 or Top 5
it gets hard trying and deciding which pattern mix that is'nt the same as the previous projects/tracks. i would use the same pattern but maybe in a different tempo/bpm and such, but i seem to also get stuck in deciding which/what at least most of the time, then get carried away. but it's ok, as i probably should just mix and whatever whichever and go with it, and try finishing it before changing my mind about somethings.
not sure what kind of genre they are, or what they're called but some are just magnificient.
@@Tec.z81
10. Canibus
9. Big pun
8. Krs one
7. Kool g rap
6. Ice cube
5. Eminem
4. Nas
3. Rakim
2. Biggie
1. 2pac
I also love DMX, kool Moe Dee and ll Cool j
This is my opinion :). Which is your top 10?
It's rhythmically reminiscent of a 3 / 2 clave. Not directly but when I've experimented myself, it's almost identical (tho not quite, obvs). The snare hit could be moved one 16th count forward to be on the offbeat and I'm almost sure you'd have the placements of the kick and snare as a clave.
E.g: clap on each of the bracketed numbers.
(1) 2 3 (4), 1 2 (3) 4, (1) 2 (3) 4.
+ - - +, - - + -, + - + -.
The commas are each group of four, the plus for each clap, and dash for what you don't play. (Sorry if this sounds silly or confusing. I'd not be sure how to explain it properly over a RUclips comment; but I genuinely think that's why it's so universal to almost every genre, because the clave itself is found along amongst every culture, and this beat is arguably the clave, bar one single note nudged over one count.
Me, a big Friday Night Funkin enjoyer noticing this in all of tankman's songs
Ugh?
Gun?
Stress?
@@Rousella yes
my favourite week too
@@koin799 Same here. Not for the songs, (high gang 😩✋) but for the new things that it did like animated cutscenes, pico's cameo, and "Hah! Pretty good!"