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So I got two songs I wrote both of them are using existing tracks by two different artists. I won't be able to actually do the vocal recording until I get back home in about a month or so but if anyones interested I'd like to have everything ready for me when I get back so I can get right on it.
 
They're kind of like blues inspired hip-hop I guess? Thats what I had in mind and thats what its gonna sound like. They're two different songs which go together and tell the internal dialogue of the self conscious beast and a comparison of sorts to the self-consciousness of the human being. Its pretty easy to understand once you read it I think. They're both tracks by existing artists that I want to modify or edit in order to put my own vocal work and lyrics into them. The first one is an actual song and the other is an instrumental track that shouldn't need anything done to it until I'm finished. You could pretty much call this a two track compilation mixtape, its pretty sweet I think.
 
The first song is gonna be "Animal" by Miike Snow. I found an "instrumental" version on youtube but its looped and off as fuck so I can't use it. What I'm gonna need is for someone to just take the track and cut out the vocals except for the repeated chorus line. I want to use that. I wrote to the tempo of the drummachine (think thats what it is) and the higher pitched keyboard which is very consistant in the whole song. So if anyone wants to do this and get creative then I would be thrilled to hear it just as long as the tempo is about the same so I don't get thrown off or have to rewrite the whole thing.
 
This is the song I'm talkin about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVWeqAPQUXc&ob=av2e

Quote from: Animal
if all dogs aren't allowed into heaven
then baby, where the hell you think I'm headed?
I gotta soul only the red man knows, so
I feel a lil cold, heart beats a lil' slow
when I move I only go where I wanna go
when I think I only learn what I wanna know
take what I can, can't teach an old dog new tricks
always sniffin around tryin' to find my new fix
 
*Chorus
 
Why's this dog always playin' hide and seek?
hidin' under the bed hopin you can't see me
when I see your face, babe; I look the other way
only cus my shame, love; I try to hide the pain
only cus I care I will wimper, "go away"
its not right I know, but I dunno another way
Don't wanna draw blood or cause you heartache
So I sit under some stars waitin for day to break
 
*Chorus
 
But it never gives way and I always feel the same
Day to day, day to day, day to day
Its all the same and my minds so strained
My brain so aches and I just wanna make it go away
I just wanna make her go away
I just wanna clean that sorry stain

*As the humming starts:
 
my friends tell me its ok, I'm still young
soon I'll find another one
but I'm already goin on fourteen
to a dog thats really old
so low the soul that I keep
my tail still and my head low
So low that when they go to grope
what I could do no one knows
So low that at night when
the moons high, I cry and I cry and I cry and I cry
So low that at night when
the moons high, I cry and I cry and I cry and I cry
 
*Chorus
 
End

 I don't start until after the keyboard and the bass part hit (until the music actually kicks in). Each set of lyrics written are written before and after each chorus.
 
 
 
The second song is "Wildcat" by ratatat. I can post the lyrics here too if anyone wants to see them. Its a little faster though, sounded really good in my head but I might need to tweak it a bit when I get home:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKniXABsUeE

Quote from: Wildcat
See as I step outta sight for
I am the darkness that owns the night
no need for fright, no need to hide
I don these eyes that shine with the twilight
the cool air keeps my mind all mine
till I open my eyes, who the fuck am I?
why do my thoughts always end up so:

I, Find myself at the start again
Find myself just a cub again
Find myself starin myself down
in the puddle on the pavement that I thought was the ground
how in the hell did I end up here?
right here feelin' the thing I most feared?
scratch that, I can't care now so I'll just:
 
Must keep the cool cat attitude
do what I must, must I do what I do?
why can't I lie in the sun like they do?
chase rats, get fat, die in an old ladies lap?
livin' life like their ain't no tomorrow
livin' life lookin' foreword to tomorrow
all I'm lookin for is another reason to:

instead this one can't stop thinkin'
about the trees, the birds, and why they're leavin'
about the sun and the moon, now I barely see them
how the fog in the sky is so dark and stinky
and the men that walk upright, they look so sickly
like they did something wrong but I know it ain't that easy
its that lack of ease, it overwhelms and makes me:
 
And here you are at the beginnin'
pawprint in the mud the only thing you're leavin'
would it be any easier if you weren't still breathin'?
you know she might like it, she wouldn't feel guilty
kudos to that girl that built then broke me.
left me in a parkin' lot all bruised and bloody
if only she could hear me:

*pause and start after first reverb and once bass picks up.

But I can't stop now because I know somethin's comin'
I feel it in my fur its makin' my chin itch
itches even more when I scratch it, oh sh-
 
It always seems to stop when I check on the children
what you think I was doin? prowlin?
I watch em like they were my own
though I know their sleepin, I sing em soft songs
about love, peace, and getting along
in hopes that their futures aren't already dead and gone
 
I do this for all of you, not me
for the jaded, heartbroken, young gun down on his knees
for the broken little girl that took a shit all over me
for the confused little brother lookin up to me'
for the comrade standin' right by my side
I've lived for myself thats why I was so tired all the time, its time
you move so slow when you're all you know
the days just seem to drag, like my tail between my legs
OOOHHHH:
 
I feel like I've gotten some, newfound strength
I'm not clenchin my teeth, I'm at ease?
I'm not clawin' on shit, have I grown past that?
How can that be? Shouldn't I be real?:
 
This don't feel right
I ain't lived that long a life
why should I be so wise?
or is it just too much pride?
try to fall back to the ground
I'm a living thing not a cloud
Thats how my friend died
He got to bright then he:
 
I don't know what I'd do about that
I don't wanna die in some hospital bed
I don't wanna die infront of family and friends
I'm so sorry these words didn't come when you needed them
I lo-
 
What do I do? What can I say?
How do I love before I hit the grave?
how do I change the course on this thing?
how do I make it so my life ain't a blank space?
 
Keep on askin' myself questions no one will answer.
I'll just do what I can, I can't walk on water
but I can give my brother a bottle
and I'll teach the spoiled ones not to be so snot nosed
So next time you see me don't call me "kitty"
remember what I'm sayin', remember what you're hearin'
from the runt with the muted mouth. bet it seems pretty loud now...

Each lyric set I write ends with the cat's growl and when I'm done I might need someone to mix it so it blends into that fluidly cus it'll sound fuckin' awesome. When the guitar lines are added later on, I start singing so the words have a different pace. Its a little short in some places and long in the others so the timing isn't perfect at the beginning but I'll fix it when I can actually record shit.
 
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Ok updated. Crits are more than welcome I wanna make this as good as possible. Also if anyone wants to make some original music or might have some they'd like me to work on too I'd like to do that. I need more practice.
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I got no idea how to get the vocals out of the first one. Afaik it's pretty difficult to get the vocals out of songs cleanly, which is why most of the instrumentals they have are reconstructions. I could maybe try and make a hiphop remix of the original that samples / filters the shit out of it to achieve a vastly different sound with the same rhythm. I haven't tried that before, though, so I have no idea if the end result would be usable.

Can probs help you mix/clean the vocals for the second one too because I have acquired some very basic vocal mixing skills. Would be interesting if a couple of different people had a shot at it though because it could serve as a starting point for talking about mixing vox.
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The first one is more sung and slower paced/dragged out a bit cus its more bluesy. But yeah dude definitely if you wanna make a sampled version of the first with the same rhythm I'll use it. Even if I gotta re-work it some its cool I've rewritten both of these several times already and probably will again before I'm through but they're the gist of what I want to do.

I'll record the second though when I can because I won't need anything done till I get through.
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I did rewrite "Wildcat" and it fits so much better now I can't wait to record it. I think I'm gonna try to make sure the mic is turned down lower so whoever can fit the instruments over it so it sounds smooth.

And I'm gonna do another one with this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-uztVX6QFQ

"At The River" by Groove Armada

Its gonna be less serious than the other ones and fuckin chillaxed like the song
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