Beat Battles

• May 11, 2009

For over 2 years, producers using the Stones Throw forum have been holding weekly beat battles. These are open to all newcomers - any and all producers are encouraged to participate.

Beat Battles: www.stonesthrow.com/messageboard/index.php?showforum=11

Here's how it works:

• Saturday: Pick a sample. Winner from the previous week chooses a sample and posts it to a file sharing drop (this week: drop.io/stmb116 ) and sets the rules.

   The default rules are:
   Flip the sample any way you like
   Outside drums or bass allowed
   No acappellas.
   One beat per person

• Sunday-Thursday: Make a beat. Participants make a beat from the selected track and upload it to the same drop. Keep it under two minutes, and upload a 128kbps MP3 file.

• Friday: Voting. Voting is open to everyone on the board.

Beginning this week, Stones Throw and Now-Again are involved in providing some of the source tracks for sampling. Other than this, the Beat Battles are operated 100% by the producers involved.

Check out audio from Beat Battle #114's winner: STF's “Megamania”