Iro‐aku / 色悪
"Sexy villain." This is a role in Kabuki that is a combination of a handsome, sexy leading man and a frightening villain. 

This weeks track was pretty fun to make. At first, I wanted to do an older style trap song. The trap songs I listened to late high school, but I was inspired by the sounds of some Japanese instruments and acquired shakuhachi and koto libraries. The result is some sort of Kabuki inspired trap beat.

I think I could have spent some more time during the mix down to get some of the levels right to push up the loudness, but I tried.

Week 5 - Iro‐aku

All the songs I've been working on in this project have started from a reference track; a song that I am inspired by and pull into the DAW to try to replicate. I never truly replicate it and at a certain point my song becomes something completely different from the reference track. I think working with reference tracks has really accelerated my song making process and skill. It's been really helpful in teaching me things such as interesting drum patterns, how certain elements sit in the mix, and the relationship between melodies and chord progressions.

Week 6 - Be Where You Are

did I spend too much time on this? maybe. was it a waste of time? no.

migaku