Let's kick this off properly...

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I found a dope community that has been doing weekly beat battles, without stopping, for 940 weeks at the time of this post (week 941 is currently underway).

Last week's challenge/rules were that we had to use only samples from a specific SoundCloud user's account - Fr0ggy5. Fr0ggy5's got some really off-the-wall shit going on on their page. Lots of really interesting textures and rhythmic elements in their post history that immediately make you think shit like, "Damn, if I pitched this down and chopped it here and here, I bet I could make a nasty beat out of this." Outside drums were allowed, but nothing else - just sounds from Fr0ggy5's account where they've graciously and generously set everything to allow downloads and have a standing invitation for anyone to use what they've created.

Had an absolute blast with this one. Because I'm practically a week out from putting this together, I barely remember the specific steps and creative moves I made, so I'm just going to mention the one thing that sticks out most: Trying to make a bass out of a single piano note can be a real bitch, but I think I managed OK.

For future posts, I'll try to spend some time dissecting what I did in greater detail, but for this one... well, this'll have to suffice.