Get on BandLab and click the + Create button in the top right of the screen to start a new project. Read more: How to make a trap beat on BandLab 1. Here are eight quick steps that will show you the basics of making a UK drill drum beat that you can use as a starting point for your own musical creations. Once you’ve made a track you can share it with friends and collaborators wherever they are in the world, and they can record vocals, add new musical parts, or remix it entirely. All you need is your computer and internet access. That’s why we want to show you how to create your very own UK drill drum beat from the ground up using the drum sounds included in BandLab. It’s an enthralling beat that just might inspire you to further heights in your music-making. It’s a sound that has got rap superstars like Drake and Travis Scott experimenting, and Stormzy recording over one.

Think of UK drill as a lovechild of Chicago drill and the hard-edged sound of underground London that combines musical influences from the darker side of hip-hop with heavy grime bass and snappy trap beats. Drill has its roots in Chicago back in the early 2010s, but when someone says drill today, they’re probably talking about UK drill.

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