Why Your Kick Fails ⁉

Published 2024-01-22
Kick drum is the core of an electronic dance music track and it is very important to get it right. But what makes our kicks fail?

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00:00 This should be eye opening
00:34 The kick theory
01:30 When the click fails
02:30 Not only hihat matters, this also
03:33 Pro tip about kick clicks
04:02 When the body fails
05:42 The pro kick body tip
06:12 Where to find good kicks
06:35 When the kick tail fails
07:37 Pro t

All Comments (21)
  • @Alice-Efe
    What is your favourite pro kick trick? And what other reasons do you think that are common that make a kick fail?
  • @Keroser1983
    This is absurdly amazing! I can not even describe!!!!
  • @AstralTales
    Your videos always have valuable information and they have helped me a lot in my music. Also they are super well edited and go straight to the point. Thanks a lot for this.
  • @Coddlesworth
    Always informative, the breakdown of all the elements and what to consider for each of them is the shit we didn't know we needed!
  • As an old retired drummer and hobby producer, I never thought about evolving the eq around the attack of the kick throughout a song. Great idea. Thanks!
  • @pythregius
    Wow took a break producing last year, produced for years with accompanied with breaks. Now I'm busy on some track I come back to some channels whenever I run into a problem, these days you make really simple fast videos avoiding to much details that most of the time make things more difficult to comprehend!! Love your new way of tutorials! Very useful for people who come back from a break and need to refresh some knowledge, start a new music style or just started producing music!
  • @mttlsa686
    I always choose the definitive kick at the end because if i start the track production from a kick i feel like i'm constricted to follow a certain genre or take certain sound choice for the other elements.
  • @pyreneanandy
    Excellent advice, never thought about it that way. Clever.
  • @gateurizomma6244
    you are the best! nobody is making content like yours! very meaningful and straight to the point... love your videos, and your voice!
  • @tonilattuca6329
    Thank you, you are great, always helping producers. Something I feel is important to do on the kicks (if necessary yes) is a little EQ cleaning on the super lows, around 40hz, maybe less. At least that's what I saw from some masterclasses from great producers.
  • The thumbnail is an artwork in itself… your dramatic sad facial expression about my failing kick… hilarious haha
  • @briancase6180
    This is really great. It's easy to understand and easy to apply. Thanks.
  • @fromherebeyond
    Thanks for this video. For me it's one of the best tutorials about kicks!
  • @steven4217
    Once again, I learned something 😂 what a great tutorial. You’ve become one of my favorites thru your technical analysis of producing! Thanks!
  • @psychoakustic
    I was waiting so long to understand those things about kick, thanks Alice!
  • @djvictornova9188
    Alice please keep theses amazing videos coming ... Your the best 👍
  • @jaki3885
    you are awsome alice. youre videos are really good.
  • @LeiB
    always always good information, never stop doing this videos!
  • @amigazo3972
    Always learning every detail with you :D Thanks.
  • @miguelhijarmusic
    Still providing some of the very best production tips on YouTube 🙌🏻