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This file has expired and is no longer available here. The owner of the topic can re-upload the file, or post a link to an off-site file. <BR><BR><a name="planetz-tag"></a>Genre: Hip Hop<BR> <a name="planetz-tag"></a>Uses: Pulsar Mixers<BR> Aiko 2002<BR> _____________________________________<BR><BR> Man, I have to get away from those dolphins and childish tunes... anyway, I just had a second session of recordings for the tune with ultra cheesy drums. (yeah, it'll be fixed sooner or later) I thought I'd post an update cuz a lot of Pulsarian comments went into this one.

The melody bases around a quintatonic modal scale, you can tell I've been doing too much chinese flute lately. The idea was to make a melody in 1/2 time (so 8ths would be the smallest resolution, as opposed to 16th) and then do some groove polishing on that so it fits in better with the drum/bass grove. It's a new idea that I'm testing out.. and so far, it seems ok. A little on the cheesy side, but it brings out a certain asian taste while keeping with funk grooves. Actually, it worked out much better than I'd expected. (I thought it would sound like a folk song)

Oh well, it needs some harmony brush ups and I still need to work on the second time around.

MUCH better! Nice to hear the famous singer at last. What is the recording environment for her? (She's a little off pitch)

naa we just did a quick recording so she could remember the melody line. So lead's just there as a memo. We'll do the harmonies for the second verse later, and then redo the lead. But there are some off people in this verse too that needs re-taking.

Actually, she's the one that was singing in the Christmas tune. hehe.

here in the 'hood we call this "r&b"

what mic you using?

yup, she's aiming for r&b alright. I'm really getting to know her voice and the more melody I write for her, the more it fits her voice. It's like learning an instrument.

I'm just using a shure beta 58A and focusrite vocalmaster combo plus a little eq.