Recorded on Garageband.
Posted on SoundCloud: March 2013.
Plays so far: 12.
Comments so far: 1
Instruments used: Classic organ (Garageband preset), drumsticks and voice.
To listen to ShankThr33's "(I Want to) Kill All Americans" just click here.
I have three rules I've developed for writing songs over time, but when I wrote this one I hadn't developed them yet. I was just sitting down at Garageband, trying to figure out how to replicate the sounds that I wanted to make. I had been listening to Skrillex's "Bangarang" and wanted to write something with that kind of edge. Did I succeed? I know what I think but you be the judge.
This is actually the third song I've written since deciding to become an EDM producer, but it's the first one I posted up to SoundCloud. It's been up for a little over a month at this writing. It's gotten my only comment so far (Nekura Kid Rcrds wrote, "It's powerful!") and I am very grateful for it.
As I wrote, I hadn't developed my "3 rules" for recording yet but I did have a philosophy of production. It actually had two sources, one being a story about how when the Ramones were touring England one time they met Joe Strummer and Mick Jones from the then just-formed Clash. Apparently the two Brits were gushing about how the Ramones had been a big influence on them and they formed a band and were practicing and as soon as they were "good enough" they would start gigging and recording. Joey reportedly admonished them not to wait until they were better but to start producing and playing right then. The other source is very different but sums up my philosophy of production and posting pretty nicely, Voltaire's famous quote, "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good." The song will never be perfect but I feel that the ideas expressed in the song are solid, so I put it out there and let other people decide how good it is.
The only actual "instrument" was the Garageband preset Classic Organ. The rhythm section is me banging a pair of drumsticks together (the big ones that are sometimes called 'trees', so I could get a fat sound) and beatboxing (kinda.) The little narrative of the vocals was not so much to tell the story as to set a mood. I lowered the vocals in the mix, except for the end part, specifically because it is more about setting the mood than telling a story. I was still experimenting with some vocalized instruments, mainly beatboxing, but I've since given that up.
Thank for reading and thanks for listening!
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