OK I dunno how I came up with a name like that for a song. I guess it was the first thing that came into my mind. So how did this song come about? Well it took me longer than usual. I was playing with the Korg NanoPads the other day, I had loaded the 808 emulator(whatever you call it) in Ableton. But for some reason I thought that the 808 would sound good with a simple guitar riff. I ended up with a blues riff in G. Why G? Well I think that its a little brighter(warm and happy) in G. I usually like to play blues in the natural key of A.
So I had a drum beat which sounded fun then like I said I laid down a rough guitar track. By this time I had a few ideas in my head. The first idea was that I really like the sound that MGMT has right now. To me it sounds like a really full sound with the distorted guitar and the very significant keyboards. I decided to use a clean sounding guitar for most of this song, although I used a little distortion and a lot of flange on one guitar track. I used two synth tracks. One was an Absynth sequence preset I really liked that I tweaked a bit and the other was an Ableton synth that was a distorted bass sound.
I wanna talk about the bass guitar part for a bit. I have been playing regular six string guitar forever, but I have really taken to the bass since I bought my American Jazz Deluxe last year. I think I was not born to play guitar but I might have been destined for the bass. I can't believe what I've been missing all these years. I used to think that the bass player was just an ornament on stage(and it seems as if some bass players are). I never realized how important it was, and how much fun it is. So anyway after I got the drum track and a rough guitar track down, I put it on a loop and played with the bass till I got a really cool riff.
Once I had the drums, guitar and bass, I spent some time playing with different synths till I got the sounds I needed. Then I took a break for about a week. Not because I wanted to, but because I was kinda stuck. Then this afternoon I went back at it. I started by re-recording the guitar parts. Just to make them sound more crisp, I used a different pick up this time. I guess I was inspired by the death of DJ AM(more about that later) to get on the turntables. I found a few basic vocal samples and scratched them up a bit. I know I could have done better(a lot better) but I wanted to get it done so I can listen to it for a week or two and figure it out. Anyway here it is. Enjoy. The more I listen to it the less I like it. I'm gonna redo it and spend more time on the scratching, as I know I can do a lot better. I tried to do it in one take like a pro. Next time I've got a plan, you might call it cheating but I'm gonna use a sampler to make some of the scratches the same notes as the song.I also need to improve on my rhythm on the turntables.
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