Bad Snacks Beet Battle Vol. 12 - Jamie Edition

External sound used to make the bass.

Chilled & Sliced

Another fun song challenge from Hugo Moroux and Ben Levin in the books with heavily featured samples from Jessica Kion, aka Justice Cow!

Like Lightning feat. Justice Cow

Another fun challenge from Hugo Moroux in the books! I took the prompt to write a song about Fall literally, focusing on the perspective of leaves.

Lyrics:

Cooling of the air, leaving on our mind
Cellular hands telling us time.
Sunlight's kind, what a warming sign
We know we can't wait, can't be left behind.

Cooling of the air calls us down from here.
Cooling of the air as it rushes by.

When we fall away, a piece of us will remain.
The story that is in our veins will stay the same.

Turn another hue, blushing from the eyes,
Sticking to the branch, hanging up high.
Frost on the vine, what a tell-tale sign.
They know they can't wait, summer is far behind

Cooling of the air, calls them over here.
Cooling of the air, brings them by.

When we fall away, a piece of us will remain.
The story that is in our veins will stay the same.

Fall Away

Fun little track made from samples provided through Sample Goblins, a sort of secret santa for sampling. After you make a beat, you find out who made your samples and who got the ones you submit; a really cool concept!

I am a sample goblin

Fun little beat from a competition prompt. Didn't submit as it wasn't quite finished.

Carmina Boi Ron Uh Beat Sketch

Will Hatton beat challenge submission. This was an interesting one as I challenged myself to only use the sample provided with no external sounds or instruments. I was tempted to go to my comfort zone with guitar, but ended up finding a nice guitar sound in there out of the keyboard and away I went. The hardest part was by far making the kick sound like a real kick, with tons of phase issues that came from isolating the left or right parts of the track and the stereoizing or converting to mono. Good times!

Eccos of Overworld - Will Hatton beat battle

please don't come for me, major videogame company.

Super Youngteam World (beat sketch)

At long last, here's my first fully self-produced and released single, Creatures Inside. The song came so fast at first, from a chord loop I heard in a dream (that's the verse progression) to lyrics from dreams, it was all basically roughed out within a week or two.

Then... I produced and produced and ended up adding and removing so many things that I threw at this, until I arrived at what I felt was an interesting combination of orchestral instruments, samples, and of course, guitar and vocals that propelled the song forward.

Lyrics:

Falling up into dark, shining bright, 
over and under, left becomes right
Reeling and steadfast at the same time, 
feeling the dust and stars combine
Spiraling into geometric signs, my body blurs as the symbols align
Passing through walls, suspended in the sky, 
my mind at ease with the creatures inside

Waking up, landing in bed, only to find I'm still in my head
Making sense of memories, leaves me chasing memories

Whispering words that deafen my eyes, 
the keeper gives but my hands are tied
I dissolve and multiply into question marks with the answers inside

Waking up, landing in bed, only to find I'm still in my head
Making sense of memories, leaves me chasing memories

Whispering words that deafen my eyes, over and under, 
left becomes right
The keeper gives but my hands are tied, 
reeling and steadfast at the same time
Falling up into dark, shining bright, 
my body blurs as the symbols align
Spiraling into geometric signs, feeling the dust and stars combine
My mind at ease with the creatures inside

Credits:
Trombones - Adam Arango and Andy Strain
Spoken word sample - Leopold Kovar
Musical saw - Jules Lawrence
Creature sounds - creatures outside my window
Everything else - moi :)

Creatures Inside

This one came together from an improvised guitar line (the one in the beginning, middle, and end). I made a distinct effort not to obsess about layering and instrumentation and kept it simple. Hope you like it!

Lyrics:

I'm hand drawn in your style
Your turn of phrase etched a smile
The only one I've cracked tonight
Could you tell it to me twice
I'm adding up in my mind
Your twirling formula unwinds
Even if it isn't right
You could tell it to me twice

I'm sensing feelings that arise
When I'm cascading in your line
Of golden words spilling light
Would you tell it to me twice
I'm swelling up in your sigh
Your sentence sparkles in my eye
I will never question life
If you would tell it to me twice

Caleb_Bailey

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