Reply To: Beatmaking Genres

Yes, each genre has its own sound selection and sound placement.

I explain drum loop creation in my SAFE SPOTS Book.

You must always follow basic music principles, then when it comes to certain genres, they often differ from the basics a little bit, which makes that genre unique.

Some genres require a totally different skillset, like dubstep for example.

I’ve never heard of energy charts before.

There’s lots of terms people can use within the audio world.

I try to keep things as simple as possible.  Very often people use terms to sound “smart”, but very often if you keep things simple, you sound just as smart, if not smarter, because people actually understand you 😁

Will wait for Rene for a couple days, then close this question!

Also, here’s my Song Structure and Arrangement Course that William mentioned.