Just heard this on bbc radio 6 and spent a good 20 mins tryna find the track name, absolutely love it

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Written and performed by Monique Connor (age 19) and Declan Grant (age 19). Recorded at Snap Studios, London. Production and engineering - Marco Pasquariello.


The BEAT ROUTES charity inspires young people through music appreciation. http://www.beatroutes.co.uk

PROJECT REWIND provides a forum to teach young people about the techniques and history of professional studio recording, combining workshops, activities, recording sessions and events. Young people experience a wholly new aspect to their familiar music-making practices, learning about the heritage and contexts of recorded music and developing values and techniques to be used in their own lives and communities, in a ripple effect of positive impact.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dukQ-nS1vZs

The supporting documentary tells the story of the project's participants: isolated young people, used to working with the modern set up of computers, software, usb keys and phone (and ultimately using someone else's creative content). We opened up a new world not too far from home, drawing on the world-class history of the British recording industry. With the involvement and contribution of JAMES, a body of seasoned audio industry professionals set up to make supportive links between education and the media industry, we were able to give the young people first hand experience of the professional recording techniques of the 60's and 70's. 

Allowing young people to access this rich heritage -- through creativity, connection, collaboration, education, passion, sharing and friendship -- has been of profound and invaluable benefit to the participants.

Monique and No-Ledge "This is Life"

Produced by Wonya Love (@wonya).

Written/Performed/Recorded/Mixed by Tony C (@tonycdoe).

Vertigo

(Remastered)
#GOODVIBESONLY 💙

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Case-Closed

No Limits

By LeeSon Bryce, Ry, and Buck

Produced by JeeJuh

Enjoy!

No Limits

No Limits ft. Ry & Buck (Prod. by DopeBoyzMusic)

Struggles

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Seedless Minds was produced by N-OMEGA of Crux Label LLC.
BASS GUITAR: ADAM COOK

Seedless Minds

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(FREE) White Collar | Bankrupt Beats #60 [65 BPM]

Anthony_-_My_Thoughts.mp3

Off of 'Allow Me To Interject...' Project This song is an ode to my thoughts in conversations with self for encouraging mental health and minds progression. A reminder as to why I love and do this. How I express my minds mathematics and train of thought on beat in rhyme form for elevation and elation. Pushing for higher demonstration in what the mind can do and be. This Boom Bap instrumental by LGN producer Ocelot help bring these words out of me.

Allow Me To Interject

Remain Relevant

Remain Relevant [Single] prod. Ocelot

Taken from our upcoming album 'Navigator', which you can pre-order from https://cattleandcane.tmstor.es/ or pre-save at https://backl.ink/77486067

Catch us on tour across the UK this autumn:

23rd October Glad Café, Glasgow
24th October The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
25th October Hemelvaart Bier Café, Ayton
26th October New Adelphi Club, Hull
27th October Oporto, Leeds
29th October Castle Hotel, Manchester
30th October Hare & Hounds, Birmingham
31st October Hen & Chicken, Bristol
1st November Westgarth SC, Middlesbrough (SOLD OUT)
2nd November Northern Edge, Berwick
8th November Tyne Theatre & Opera House, Newcastle
12th November Oslo, London

Tickets: www.cattleandcane.co.uk/#tourDates

Navigator

I Wish I Knew Jesus (Like You Do)

Credits:
Vocals, Lyrics, & Music by London Lawhon (@ondonawhonusic)
Music & Original Production by Warren Huart (@warrenhuart)
Remix Production by Tobi (@tobisonics)
Mixed by Chris Sweet (@confectionarysound)
Mastered by Tobi (@masteredbyTobi)

A blast from the past!  My unofficial remix of London Lawhon's astonishing song of heartbreak and moving on, 'Locked Up'.  The official release was produced by Warren Huart and you can hear it here:

https://soundcloud.com/spitfiremusicgroup/london-locked-up

I re-visited my remix of 2 years ago and re-did the production from the ground up.  Enlisted my good friend and stellar mix engineer Chris Sweet to give that 'radio-ready mix' and I mastered.

Remix Production Break Down:
The production came all too easily (which never usually happens to me).  Playing around with chords, I stumbled upon a change of chord pattern.  London's voice is so incredible it sounded translated fantastically well to the new chords.  With the basic chords played out on Steinberg's Neo-Soul, I dropped the pulsating, sub and bassline in (added additional weight and sub with Waves Submarine).  Then the awesomely grungy/lofi 2bit Choir (EastWest) was added in the choruses.

With those elements in the place, the track already moved and felt like it was alive and driving.  The drums, strings, and tambourine are taken from Warren Huart's original production.  I trashed the drum samples up some and added some weight to the kick.  Introduced variations with reverb automation.

Next, I added additional percussive elements and 'ear candy' through the verses and choruses.  In the re-visited production, I added extra synthpop elements in the 2nd verse and choruses.  I also added extra brass hits in the choruses.  Every element was re-processed with attention paid to tone + timbre.  I also worked to increase depth and contrast with the instrumentation itself and in terms of the arrangement as a whole,

Handing the mix off to Chris was a no-brainer.  His 'radio-ready' mixing puts him right up there with some of the very top mix engineers and the remix needed to really 'pop'.  His first pass was a touch too much on the side of synth-pop; but like the professional he is, he had a re-listen to the reference tracks and came back with a mix that got us 90% of the way there.  

The advantage of working with a top mix engineer is you know when a production element is falling short,  I rejigged some of the production elements and Chris took the mix the rest of the way there.

Mastering comes with two kinds of pressure - typically, the pressure is to make up for the shortcomings of the production/mix without compromising the final master.  In this case, there was nothing to 'make-up' and, instead, I could simply get on with the job of mastering.  This is the second type of pressure.  Don't mess it up.

I worked to lift the track to a competitive loudness without being aggressive and while ensuring I preserved the dynamics and the hard work that Chris had put into the mix and I had put into the production.  Balanced used of Ozone 7 Dynamics model, DMG Limitless, and Fabfilter Pro L2 resulted in a loud, dynamic track rich in detail and contrasts in tone with a heavy, full sub and low end.  Additional EQ, parallel compressions and saturation enhanced the details, depth, and width.  

I processed the master at 64 Floating Point/192 kHz with additional oversampling to produce a clean harmonic response and reduce aliasing.  PSP X-Dither gave it that extra polish.  And I used the Nugen Mastercheck and Sonnox Pro-Codec to maximize the quality and loudness of the track across the various formats.

I lot of hard work and passion went into creating the various elements that make up this remix.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I am proud of it.    

Useful Links:
Have a go at mixing/remixing 'Locked Up' by joining the Produce Like a Pro Academy.  www.producelikeapro.com

London Lawhon Locked Up (Unofficial Tobisonic Remix)

DREYKICKIT - Orange Soda (Prod. Temper)

Slow Down

Going Nowhere

A Woman Like You

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