Making melodies first

[Myrical Lyfe]

Is this wrong? Im sure theres not going to be a "wrong answer" to this.

But when I started, I made boom bap sampled beats, and obviously the "Smart" way to do it there, is drums first. BUT now as a non sampled producer, I get inspired from hearing melodies. If I make drum patterns first, I find it hard to create melodies around them. Is this because of my "melodic" style, or what?

And how do you go about this?

 

[Raz Klinghoffer]

Just go with what's comfortable, a lot of musiciana start with the melody and the harmony...
Not sure why you feel it's a problem

 

[Excio]

So basically, you can't make melodies off drums, but you're asking how you're supposed to make beats when you get inspired from melody. You literally just answered your own question - make beats with melody first. It's pretty stupid to make beats in a way that is harder for you just because SOME people do it.

Not sure why you feel it's a problem

Also, this.