"You want to take a crack?  I'll give you a smack.
I'm a plus, you're subtract."  

Playing with a few new toys on this latest Interbay track (did you know that a new, never before heard by ANYONE, Interbay track is being posted EVERY DAY here on SoundCloud?  You should follow this page so you don't miss any.  AND you should go back and check out yesterday's posted track, "What A Way To Go"--it is a fun track and it got absolutely slept on!)  

Where was I?  Oh yeah, new toys.  

Plugins, whether effects or instruments, are tools for computer based music producers to be able to get the sounds that are in their head into a a shareable product so that you can also hear those sounds--but, they are also toys to experiment with, to find something unexpected, unplanned, and to go beyond the limits of one person's imagination.  

Two of the new toys (new to me, at least) feature prominently on this track. Zynaptic's Pitchmap Colors is the first one--using this plugin took a bog standard chord of mine and turned it into a whole vibe.  This track wouldn't sound like this without that vibe--and I have just barely scratched the surface with what I might be able to do with that effect plugin.  

The other new toy used for the first time on this track is the Typecast Text To Speech program.  In the past, I've either used royalty-free vocals (that don't always say what I want them to say), or Icarus-endangering sourced snippets (which carries with it some inherent risks...however much fun they are), a narration-specific text to speech program (much love to the Elevens for making many of these SoundCloud Exclusives possible)...but this is the first time that I could craft vocals from my words in a rap flow.  Now, I still have to do a lot of work on it to make it fit--and I'll admit, this is a skill that I intend on improving as I use it more in the future.  

But, for a first try?  I think it gets the job done.  

Of course, your mileage may vary.  

I worked backward from the royalty free sung vocal hook and built a "don't call it a comeback" narrative around it.  Granted, the full vocal and the narrative don't match up exactly--but the Tesla Cybertruck proves that "matching up exactly" may be overrated (or, depending on your keen eye, undervalued.)  

Also, don't read too much into the thumbnail today.  Falling back into line is a hard thing to find a visual representation for...  

There's a lot going on musically in this track (another new toy, Drumtraqs, provides the old school drums you'll hear in parts and there are a couple of new synth sounds making their way into the final mix of an Interbay track as well.)  

There are parts of this track that give me a Talking Heads, Remain In Light-era feel.  Not sure if you'll feel that, but I do.  Similarly, there's a section where I get a "Body Language" by Queen connection.  

Mea Culpa:  there are a couple of rough transitions here that might offer the opportunity for a re-edit/remix someday, but nothing so painfully bad that I couldn't share this original version with you today.  

Let me know if you agree by giving it a listen.  

And, if you like it--like it!  
Do all the things!  
Please!  
Thank you!

"Falling Back in Line" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

Post-punk, dance, indie, electronic, and mutant pop in various styles (seriously!)--new tracks being posted daily (every day for over a year, so far!)

Interbay is the new project of Peter Greyy (previously of Cremation Dance and DangerScience), based out of Seattle and Phantom Laboratories West.