For all you vocal nerds: yes, I sang this in the original key! This is probably the highest I've ever sang with my chest voice on a record (high C). 

So my girlfriend introduced me to this song a few months ago. The first time I heard it, it just clicked with me. I've always been a fan of minimalist electro influences, orchestral arrangements and heavy tribal percussion. The depth of the chorus really drew me in -- to be able to layer so many different sounds while making the chorus really open up was a challenge that I'm always eager to try. It's like trying to convince someone that your really dirty room is actually organized. 

Then came recording it. I'm not going to lie, I struggled with this a lot. Not so much the instrumental production, but more so the vocal production. Let's be honest -- I haven't record anything in 10 months. I rarely get to sing anymore (besides sitting in traffic). I originally recorded the song a whole step lower than the original, but it felt boring. So I just said fuck it and belted it in the original key haha. 

All in all, this track took me about a month of on-and-off producing and recording. 

I hope you guys dig it! As always, I'll try to put out material more often.

Thank you guys so much for the constant support. I love you guys.

Unconditionally (Cover)

Watch the video here: http://youtu.be/pzfu-eaZKAY?list=UUf6-VoZqDXJ_k9ioiAOsorw

I've been wanting to do an acapella cover of DJ Snake's AlunaGeorge remix for the longest time, but I never got around to it until recently. So I'm vibing out in my room to the track to try to make an acapella arrangement and out of nowhere I started hearing freaking Selena Gomez's voice in my head and was like HEY WAIT A MINUTE.

Then this happened lol. 24-part acapella arrangement. Probably the most technically challenging track I've ever engineered. 

Hope you guys dig it.

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Heart Wants What It Wants // You Know You Like It (Acapella Cover/Remix)

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I Knew You Were Trouble (Dubstep Remix/Cover)

Don't Start Now (Cover)

Everything you hear in this track was recorded using only my mouth, hands & feet.

I’ve always been a sucker for acapella and being able to really hear those subtle 7ths & little inversions. It’s been years since I’ve recorded a full-blown acapella track for you guys, and this song immediately came to mind as soon as I started brainstorming. The beginning is an original TTBB arrangement I made, since I don’t really like the way the original song starts off. Timbaland really goes to town with the beatboxing and the clicking & tongue work, so I tried my best to replicate that.

At the end of it all, ended up with a 15-part acapella arrangement of a great song. 

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