This time I wanted to experiment with a little techno/trance music. I heard the song 'Keep It In The Family' by the band 'Hybrid' in their extremely well named album 'I Choose Noise' in one of my Pandora stations. I am always on the look out for my next project and this song struck a chord very easily due to its lack of dominant beats. 'Hybrid' is one of my most favorite techno/trance bands; The Crystal Method, The Prodigy, Pendulum. Fatboy Slim are some of the others. In fact, if I am making a movie, 'Hybrid' will feature very heavily for my OST and background score. I will somehow make them work with ARR ;). For e.g. listen to the following track called 'Last Man Standing' by the band in the same album, it is an amazing piece. Ominous symphony, breakneck beats and boss-like bass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SqUYOKZgpU
'Keep It In The Family' is not so tribal. It is much more sedate in beats/slower in tempo. Here is the original:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFtzTb8uhdI
Here is my take:
Now as is my M.O, I split the song into several parts and worked on it.
Intro (0:00 to 0:44), Mellow 1 (0:44 to 1:05), Mellow 2 (1:05 to 1:49), Bridge (1:50 to 2:31), Mellow 3 (2:32 to 2:54), Mellow 4 (2:55 to 3:37), Main (3:38 to 5:05) and Outro (5:06 to end).
Mellow 2, Mellow 4 ==> Beat 2
Bridge ==> No Beats
Main ==> Beat 3(various levels of breakdown)
Outro ==> Beat 3
One of the things I played around with this time was I adjusted my recorded track's volume based on different parts in the track. So for the mellow parts and the outro I reduced the volume on my track whereas for the Main part I cranked it up as it sounded nicer after the build up. I also tried to record with my mic switched off but apparently that does not work..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SqUYOKZgpU
'Keep It In The Family' is not so tribal. It is much more sedate in beats/slower in tempo. Here is the original:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFtzTb8uhdI
Here is my take:
Now as is my M.O, I split the song into several parts and worked on it.
Intro (0:00 to 0:44), Mellow 1 (0:44 to 1:05), Mellow 2 (1:05 to 1:49), Bridge (1:50 to 2:31), Mellow 3 (2:32 to 2:54), Mellow 4 (2:55 to 3:37), Main (3:38 to 5:05) and Outro (5:06 to end).
Intro ==> No beats
Mellow 1, Mellow 3 ==> Beat 1Mellow 2, Mellow 4 ==> Beat 2
Bridge ==> No Beats
Main ==> Beat 3(various levels of breakdown)
Outro ==> Beat 3
One of the things I played around with this time was I adjusted my recorded track's volume based on different parts in the track. So for the mellow parts and the outro I reduced the volume on my track whereas for the Main part I cranked it up as it sounded nicer after the build up. I also tried to record with my mic switched off but apparently that does not work..
