And the final beat of the month comes out pretty weird too, I suppose. I like it though. The weird ones are sometimes the most fun to make.

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For the month of November, my friend Callan (https://soundcloud.com/crobert5) and I decided to undertake the challenge of making a beat every day. I'd done this before in February/March of 2013 and enjoyed it, so I was eager to try it again. As I'm sure many other people do, I tend to a) nitpick and try to deal with every detail I don't think is perfect, and b) be lazy and not put in work to begin with. The daily beat challenge helps fight both of those, because you have to put the work in, and you have to reach some form of completion with it, then the slate is wiped clean for the next day. Some days go great, others don't, but you roll with it and try to do your best tomorrow. Life does get in the way sometimes, so as you can see there aren't 30 beats here. But it was an ultimately rewarding exercise and I hope you enjoy checking them out!

11-30-15

One of the more strange ones I think I made (and the only one not in 4/4) but on some weird level I think it works.

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For the month of November, my friend Callan (https://soundcloud.com/crobert5) and I decided to undertake the challenge of making a beat every day. I'd done this before in February/March of 2013 and enjoyed it, so I was eager to try it again. As I'm sure many other people do, I tend to a) nitpick and try to deal with every detail I don't think is perfect, and b) be lazy and not put in work to begin with. The daily beat challenge helps fight both of those, because you have to put the work in, and you have to reach some form of completion with it, then the slate is wiped clean for the next day. Some days go great, others don't, but you roll with it and try to do your best tomorrow. Life does get in the way sometimes, so as you can see there aren't 30 beats here. But it was an ultimately rewarding exercise and I hope you enjoy checking them out!

11-28-15

I wanted to make a funky bassline, and decided to lock the rest of the instruments into a tight groove around it.

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For the month of November, my friend Callan (https://soundcloud.com/crobert5) and I decided to undertake the challenge of making a beat every day. I'd done this before in February/March of 2013 and enjoyed it, so I was eager to try it again. As I'm sure many other people do, I tend to a) nitpick and try to deal with every detail I don't think is perfect, and b) be lazy and not put in work to begin with. The daily beat challenge helps fight both of those, because you have to put the work in, and you have to reach some form of completion with it, then the slate is wiped clean for the next day. Some days go great, others don't, but you roll with it and try to do your best tomorrow. Life does get in the way sometimes, so as you can see there aren't 30 beats here. But it was an ultimately rewarding exercise and I hope you enjoy checking them out!

11-27-15

I think this was a late-night one. Dark, booming, and full of space.

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For the month of November, my friend Callan (https://soundcloud.com/crobert5) and I decided to undertake the challenge of making a beat every day. I'd done this before in February/March of 2013 and enjoyed it, so I was eager to try it again. As I'm sure many other people do, I tend to a) nitpick and try to deal with every detail I don't think is perfect, and b) be lazy and not put in work to begin with. The daily beat challenge helps fight both of those, because you have to put the work in, and you have to reach some form of completion with it, then the slate is wiped clean for the next day. Some days go great, others don't, but you roll with it and try to do your best tomorrow. Life does get in the way sometimes, so as you can see there aren't 30 beats here. But it was an ultimately rewarding exercise and I hope you enjoy checking them out!

11-25-15_2

This might be one of my favorites, I just think it grooves really well.

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For the month of November, my friend Callan (https://soundcloud.com/crobert5) and I decided to undertake the challenge of making a beat every day. I'd done this before in February/March of 2013 and enjoyed it, so I was eager to try it again. As I'm sure many other people do, I tend to a) nitpick and try to deal with every detail I don't think is perfect, and b) be lazy and not put in work to begin with. The daily beat challenge helps fight both of those, because you have to put the work in, and you have to reach some form of completion with it, then the slate is wiped clean for the next day. Some days go great, others don't, but you roll with it and try to do your best tomorrow. Life does get in the way sometimes, so as you can see there aren't 30 beats here. But it was an ultimately rewarding exercise and I hope you enjoy checking them out!

11-25-15_1

Loud, but in an oddly calm way. I like how it came out.

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For the month of November, my friend Callan (https://soundcloud.com/crobert5) and I decided to undertake the challenge of making a beat every day. I'd done this before in February/March of 2013 and enjoyed it, so I was eager to try it again. As I'm sure many other people do, I tend to a) nitpick and try to deal with every detail I don't think is perfect, and b) be lazy and not put in work to begin with. The daily beat challenge helps fight both of those, because you have to put the work in, and you have to reach some form of completion with it, then the slate is wiped clean for the next day. Some days go great, others don't, but you roll with it and try to do your best tomorrow. Life does get in the way sometimes, so as you can see there aren't 30 beats here. But it was an ultimately rewarding exercise and I hope you enjoy checking them out!

11-24-15

I think this one's fine.

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For the month of November, my friend Callan (https://soundcloud.com/crobert5) and I decided to undertake the challenge of making a beat every day. I'd done this before in February/March of 2013 and enjoyed it, so I was eager to try it again. As I'm sure many other people do, I tend to a) nitpick and try to deal with every detail I don't think is perfect, and b) be lazy and not put in work to begin with. The daily beat challenge helps fight both of those, because you have to put the work in, and you have to reach some form of completion with it, then the slate is wiped clean for the next day. Some days go great, others don't, but you roll with it and try to do your best tomorrow. Life does get in the way sometimes, so as you can see there aren't 30 beats here. But it was an ultimately rewarding exercise and I hope you enjoy checking them out!

11-22-15

Another weird one, but I really like how it turned out.

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For the month of November, my friend Callan (https://soundcloud.com/crobert5) and I decided to undertake the challenge of making a beat every day. I'd done this before in February/March of 2013 and enjoyed it, so I was eager to try it again. As I'm sure many other people do, I tend to a) nitpick and try to deal with every detail I don't think is perfect, and b) be lazy and not put in work to begin with. The daily beat challenge helps fight both of those, because you have to put the work in, and you have to reach some form of completion with it, then the slate is wiped clean for the next day. Some days go great, others don't, but you roll with it and try to do your best tomorrow. Life does get in the way sometimes, so as you can see there aren't 30 beats here. But it was an ultimately rewarding exercise and I hope you enjoy checking them out!

11-21-15

My least favorite of the month. I just don't feel like it meshes well (I'm really selling myself here, I know).

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For the month of November, my friend Callan (https://soundcloud.com/crobert5) and I decided to undertake the challenge of making a beat every day. I'd done this before in February/March of 2013 and enjoyed it, so I was eager to try it again. As I'm sure many other people do, I tend to a) nitpick and try to deal with every detail I don't think is perfect, and b) be lazy and not put in work to begin with. The daily beat challenge helps fight both of those, because you have to put the work in, and you have to reach some form of completion with it, then the slate is wiped clean for the next day. Some days go great, others don't, but you roll with it and try to do your best tomorrow. Life does get in the way sometimes, so as you can see there aren't 30 beats here. But it was an ultimately rewarding exercise and I hope you enjoy checking them out!

11-20-15

Another beat where everything just seemed to fit together nicely without much struggle. I could easily see this being the basis for a full song.

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For the month of November, my friend Callan (https://soundcloud.com/crobert5) and I decided to undertake the challenge of making a beat every day. I'd done this before in February/March of 2013 and enjoyed it, so I was eager to try it again. As I'm sure many other people do, I tend to a) nitpick and try to deal with every detail I don't think is perfect, and b) be lazy and not put in work to begin with. The daily beat challenge helps fight both of those, because you have to put the work in, and you have to reach some form of completion with it, then the slate is wiped clean for the next day. Some days go great, others don't, but you roll with it and try to do your best tomorrow. Life does get in the way sometimes, so as you can see there aren't 30 beats here. But it was an ultimately rewarding exercise and I hope you enjoy checking them out!

Dan_Thompson