Just a few notes from me re: BBI/ADM track.
I submitted a new drum beat loop to MooN ShinE w/ all new percussion b/c after listening to what we were using, at my house on bass-intensive speakers and headphones, it sounded like were playing on kettle drums. So the kick drum will be replaced w/ a Hard-House kick, the popping snare will be claps w/ a clap break, the hats will be a combo of tambs., 707s, and 78s.
The gate is “Deceptor” from Nexus. We scrapped Vanguard b/c it didn’t have enough of a punch.
I’m liking the title MooN ShinE came up w/: “Switch-up.” It’s a work in progress but I’m leaning towards it very much.
I have a feeling we’re going to be in disagreement over a/the bassline…
Strings will be changed, I agree.
There is a saw-ish part throughout the song that I believe needs to be stretched JUST A TAD – I MEAN A FREAKIN’ TAD… It also needs to be layered, made richer, given more beef!! Not melody, just more presence.
Vocals will be Sing, Rap, Sing-Rap(??), repeat. I’ll try to convince them to put in some sort of a bridge type part to make this similar to a club/pop/dance track and less hip-hop – like “Memories.” Although I do believe that “K-talk” just might take care of that..!
MooN ShinE didn’t mention this but this will also be on the “Chamber Waves” album by ADM.
I think we should also discuss how it will appear on albums. Obviously on MooN ShynE’s album or ADM’s album it will be
MooN ShynE – Switch-up feat. ADM, K-Maculate
and
ADM – Switch-up feat. MooN ShynE, K-Maculate
But I can also make it:
ADM – Switch-up feat. BBI
And he can also make it:
BBI – Switch-up feat. ADM
Which brings me to my next point. Since on an album the artist will be the album artist regardless, featuring the others, but AS A SOLO track how should it look:
MooN ShynE, ADM, K-Maculate – Switch-up
or
BBI & ADM – Switch-up
New topic: Going back 2 weeks, we continued work on Project InhalOr.
So picture this, if the song is from your house to the moon, we never made it out the front door… But it will be finished, we just needed motivation – after all it’s a genre neither of us ever worked with and we didn’t know how to attack it.
That’s it for now………
Tags: adm, black and blue ink., Chamber Waves, k-maculate, moon shizzle productions, moon shyne, msp
actually we’re not totally in disagreement about the bassline, it’s more the pattern i believe that needs to be changed along with the sound we tried to use. i’m thinking a 303 style bass would work instead of the subs i tried to use.
i also agree that the saw could use a lil more juice.. maybe either stereo-enhancing or layering with something a lil more fat.
as far as where it’ll go, I don’t know if I’ll be using it for my own personal album just because I don’t know if it’ll fit yet, but it will definitely go on the MsP compilation, which is why the alpha I sent you has MooN sHizzLe Productions [MooN ShynE/ADM/K-Maculate] as the artist. It can definitely go on yours, and I’ll ask K about it going on ours for BBI.
A lot of fun doing this since it’s fresh and really good sounding. Can’t wait to finish it!
I’m leaning toward switch-up as well, nice title for this clubish joint. Moon, the sample you sent me is sweet, workin on it right now. Something caught my attention now that didn’t last nite….The part when the gospel string kicks in at about 8 seconds sounds very gloomy, Holloween-like, any way to spice that up?
we’re doing a couple of changes, I’ll have to send you and adm the 3rd alpha. As far as the gloominess, we’ll all convene and figure that one out.
Maybe but not really. Only because that’s just the butter between the drum and instrument sandwich. It’s not really supposed to be noticeable. Also, when you start playing w/ that sound it changes the mood of the track and it becomes less of a club track. It would also not fit in w/ the gates. That “gospel” string was just my afterthought and wasn’t even in the plans. I asked MooN ShynE to put it in to hold the drums and saw. It doesn’t really serve another purpose.
gloominess is bad.. this track is about fist-pumping not “lurking”
i think that he meant it sounds gloomy, and it shouldn’t