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Last night, Josh and I did some recording and Chris showed up to witness it all. We laid down 2 more audio tracks for two more rap tunes last night and I feel like we made a lot of progress as well as had a great time.
We started recording about 10:20PMP or so last night and might have had a few adult beverages to loosen up a little bit. I can’t wait to arrange the stuff Josh laid down and get some lyrics on top of it. Here are some photos from last night’s session:
First of all, let me just ask, is it 11:54PM or 10:54PM… My mind and body can’t tell. The time change last night appears to have taken place already on all of my physical clocks, computers, etc., but my mind hasn’t really caught on yet. Just to be safe I have ironed my clothes for tomorrow and have already shaved my head and face. I don’t expect that my alarm going off at 6:35AM (5:35AM “my time”) tomorrow morning will have a very nice effect on me and I just might get up a little late… We’ll see.
I should also let everyone know (you know who all 3.234 of you are) that I didn’t ever get around to creating my giant poster (or was it a huge poster?) this weekend. I ended up doing some things around the house, working on a couple of projects for FS, and went to work today with Chris.
I posted back in January about my goal of releasing an original rap album or EP by the summer of 2007. I have had the equipment and the want to do it, I just haven’t had all the pieces together. Now, that all seems to be changing.
I finally created a drum beat that I was happy with. Last night I talked Josh into coming over at about 9:30PM to lay down some tracks for me with the MIDI keyboard. He laid down the bass, some pianos, and some strings. It sounds awesome! I hope to lay down my vocals soon and have a scratch track available for download before too long.
I also have a few friends that have mentioned some interest in getting together on a few songs. You know, like every other rapper these days has a song like “Such and Such Song feat. So-in-So”. It will be something like that when these guys get involved. Troyz, Shelby, and “Big Steve” have all expressed interest in getting in on some songs. Even “Big Baller P.Q.” has expressed an interest. The songs that these guys are going to be appearing on should be extremely interesting to hear. I look forward to it.
I have also made some other contacts, locally and abroad, for helping me come up with the audio tracks. Obviously, Josh is in on the project, and I also met a guy yesterday that is a keyboard/piano player that said he would be interested in seeing what was going on and possibly laying down some tracks. I also have made a contact in New York who is actually a producer and works with artists on a regular basis who has expressed interest in assisting me with this project. I met the guy in New York through the average admins blog on the E61 post (which is at 174 comments as of the time of this writing).
Anyway, I feel like I am making some progress on this project. It is exciting! I enjoy rapping, music, recording, hanging with friends, and everything that is involved in a project like this. As soon as I get some songs recorded and mastered I will post the download links on this site for all to enjoy!
Until next time…
I cleaned up my desk today, well, actually yesterday since it is now 12:27AM on Sunday morning. I got it looking so good I thought I would take some pictures of it. I needed to get my stuff straightened up so I could do some development without being overwhelmed. The photos are posted below:
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Until next time…
If you know anything about me, you know that I love rap music, among other types of music, and have been doing rap parodies for a while now. While I have only recorded two songs, Green Green Pinto and Still Eatin’, I have made up parts to other popular rap songs over the years that I think are pretty funny, I just haven’t ever got around to finishing or recording the whole song.
Lately, I have been going through a lot of things in my personal life. I normally have issues getting my feelings out one-on-one with people in my life so I recently purchased some recording gear and hope to release an original “Cocoa Crusty” rap album by summer 2007. Below is a list of the hardware and software I will be using on this initial project.
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