- Sep 26, 2020
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This song in a way is a nod to my old songs. Simple bass, arps, pads and melodies mostly in the same chord progression. There are two things that make me nervous.
The drums which I made a point to make myself oppose to use sampling (apart from the shakers, which for me are always a hit or a miss)
The small breakdown and main one feel kind of similar, although there is a lot of stuff happening in the main BD, the idea is the same.
Apart from that the guitar sample is brilliant and after a whole year of sampling guitars I see myself obsessing more and more with guitar samples.
God damn it forgot the most important part, for many years is a new year greeting in my country and I assume in most Balkan countries.
So I had a walk to the supermarket listening to the song and a few things bugged me. In the chorus and second chorus I have a chord progression with same dark keys, but they sounded too high pitch so I lowered them an octave, sound way better now. I removed the shakers from the intro and started the song with simpler drums, I also played with the hi hats a bit, think they sound better now.
Scratch that the drums can't be saved. I kept a few percussions like the tambourine and triangle. I also kept two of the hi hats I used and the clap snare. I completely reworked the rest including new kick and different break rhythm (I actually used a reggaetón idea since I can't come up with nothing). I am still not completely sold on the drums, but they are way better now.
I simplified the intro a bit. Reworked the mix a bit too. Nothing too major.
The drums which I made a point to make myself oppose to use sampling (apart from the shakers, which for me are always a hit or a miss)
The small breakdown and main one feel kind of similar, although there is a lot of stuff happening in the main BD, the idea is the same.
Apart from that the guitar sample is brilliant and after a whole year of sampling guitars I see myself obsessing more and more with guitar samples.
God damn it forgot the most important part, for many years is a new year greeting in my country and I assume in most Balkan countries.
So I had a walk to the supermarket listening to the song and a few things bugged me. In the chorus and second chorus I have a chord progression with same dark keys, but they sounded too high pitch so I lowered them an octave, sound way better now. I removed the shakers from the intro and started the song with simpler drums, I also played with the hi hats a bit, think they sound better now.
Scratch that the drums can't be saved. I kept a few percussions like the tambourine and triangle. I also kept two of the hi hats I used and the clap snare. I completely reworked the rest including new kick and different break rhythm (I actually used a reggaetón idea since I can't come up with nothing). I am still not completely sold on the drums, but they are way better now.
I simplified the intro a bit. Reworked the mix a bit too. Nothing too major.
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