This sub-forum was created for me to share my knowledge about music and the music industry with the rest of warbeats. My name is Kevin Beggs also known as KDE and I am a producer who started out at warbeats much like the rest of you. I had an affinity for music and I dreamed of becoming a big time producer someday. When I first came to this website I knew nothing about beat making, music theory, or using Digital Audio Work stations (such as FLStudio). Over the span of two years this site has (read more)

KDE Official Discography: This is just only the tip of the ice berg. I have hundreds of composed beats and atleast 30-40 more finished audio tracks with vocalists over them. These are the select few with artists you may recognise. I have worked with the likes of Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Joel Ortiz, Sum 41, Tyga, 40 Glocc, Strong Arm Steady, and many more. I have a lot of work in progress with more artists you may recognise.Loser Remix - Raje (Feat. Lil Wayne & Tyga)Loser Pt. 2 - Lil Wayne (Feat. To (read more)

Networking is possibly the single most important part of the music business. For producers like many of you it is important to network and build connections with as many other artists, other producers, A&R’s, managers, promoters, and anyone within the music business. This is very crucial because you never know when opportunity will arise. Managers are very important for networking and bring you opportunities, but before you ever get a manager you need to understand how to make your own connectio (read more)

It takes a certain mind set to truly succeed in the music industry and in life in general. People dream of doing big things such as being the new Michael Jordan of basket ball or being the next Timbaland of music, but they rarely come to achieve these things. If you are like me and you dream of becoming someone great or someone influential then understand this that it takes dedication and talent. In this blog today I am here to talk about dedication because talent is something you must have on y (read more)

Comp:HP Pavilion Elite - Intel Core(TM)2 Quad CPU - Vista x64 Home Premium - 6 gigs ram - 1.3 TB Hard Drive24 Inch LCD ScreenKeyboards:M-Audio Axiom 25 (Travel Keyboard)M-Audio Axiom 61Monitors:M-Audio BX5a Audio Interfaces:Digidesign M-Box 2 (Protools/FLStudio Soundcard)Lexicon Alpha (Media Soundcard)Mixer:Behringer Xenyx802Mic:Audix Om2 (read more)