![]() ![]() The community around chillhop and lofi can be fairly supportive too, with artists keen to support each other’s music whether that’s via playlisting or sharing new releases on social media. There’s something for almost everyone which definitely adds to the appeal of creating this style of music. This sub-genre within itself has sub-genres catered to all tastes, whether you’re into the more rough-around-the-edges instrumental hip-hop & boom-bap, whether you’d rather take a load off to some chill beats, or whether you’re looking to nod off to sleep with some sleepy beats. Lofi and chillhop as their own genre are vast ones, too. What this has created is an ecosystem of playlists for every conceivable mood and feeling, something that DSPs like Spotify have noticed too, creating their own collection of editorials for sleep, meditation, and studying. It’s no secret that lo-fi beats rely mostly on playlists to get their plays, largely from passive listeners throwing on a study or sleep playlist while they, well, study and sleep. This is due to the accessibility of the music and the minimal steps required to get ears on your music – provided you have the time to find and pitch to playlists. Over the past few years, I’ve found lo-fi hip-hop and chillhop to be one of the best genres for new producers and artists wanting to get into the world of beat-making. Subsequently, this taught me a lot about marketing music as well as producing music as these curators were usually other lo-fi producers and their feedback were vital in helping me improve my skills both musically from a sound design, mix, and mastering perspective. ![]() This introduced me to the vast and never-ending world of lofi playlists and how there are active curators looking for new music to place on these lists. With my first track out into the world, I needed to figure out how exactly to get people to listen to it. For me, producing this music became something I felt I could do well enough to consider releasing and from around the summer of 2019 I did just that, with my first track Nonsense. Producing lofi beats is pretty easy thanks to the vast amount of tools available to producers, whether that’s the aforementioned plugin, or whether that’s via the hundreds of sample packs available via Splice or other sites like Prime Loops, Cymatics, etc. However, I quickly realised that there was something in the music I was making, not only was I finding it pretty accessible in terms of creating something that fits that lofi vibe, but also experimenting with new sounds and learning music production was scratching that itch. ![]() It was bad – to say the least – and I was still trying to break out of the weird four-to-the-floor beat-making I was used to with my… other projects. That first beat didn’t really see the light of day, of course. So, I opened up FL Studio and thanks to Output’s Arcade plugin giving me some pretty accessible ways to create melodies I started work on my first lo-fi beat. After producing some god-awful “EDM” back in 2008 under a different moniker I had a familiarity with FL Studio, plus at the time I was finding myself listening to more lo-fi hip-hop music thanks to Chilled Cow (now Lofi Girl), and moving on to artists such as Jinsang, SwuM, eevee, and Idealism. The bands I found myself in did have varied levels of success, though ultimately they never really took off and I either left or they naturally just fell apart.įast forward to 2018, I find myself coming out of another band that just didn’t work out but still feeling the need to create music as well as find a distraction from a hectic work environment. This was way before the streaming boom and the only real way to get your music to the right ears was to have a MySpace page or to try and flog demo CDs burned on blanks with crudely-written Sharpie on the front. ![]() I was just discovering the world of alternative music and the idea of starting a band with my friends at the time seemed like one of those life goals you just HAD to have as an early teen. To answer the question of why I became a lofi producer, let’s dive into a bit of history: I’ve been making music (to some degree) since around 2002/2003 when I first picked up the bass guitar. If you’ve ever wondered why I decided to throw myself into the deep end of lofi, then you’ve come to the right place. I’m a lofi beats & chillhop producer from the UK. Hey, I’m Aaron, also known as lazyboyloops. ![]()
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