"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*

Time Bomb

Written, Performed and Produced by Sarah Paradise-Brown

This track is not yet mastered.. it may be a bit quiet... will do another mix before this becomes the final version.  This song will complete my album due for release on 22nd Sept (This year!) 🤪

Sometimes I feel nobody
But a stand-in for everybody
An overachiever’s make-believer’s mind
But in truth I’m dying, dying
To be good enough for you

You know my trophies
The prizes they bring
They don’t win me love
They don’t mean a thing
Those medals will just turn to rust
What matters is I'm good enough

Not good enough for you
I can feel it's true
Got the world in my hands
But I'm losing you
Oh I'm shinning bright
But it's all out of view

Not good enough for you
What more can I do

Love me when I am only
Too old and just sad and lonely
An overachiever’s make-believer’s mind
But in truth I’m dying, dying
To be good enough for you

No matter if my world is falling down
My world is falling down
My world is falling down

You know my trophies
The prizes they bring
They don’t win me love
They don’t mean a thing
Those medals will just turn to rust
What matters is I'm good enough

Not good enough for you
I can feel it's true
Got the world in my hands
But I'm losing you
Oh I'm shinning bright
But it's all out of view

Not good enough for you
What more can I do

An overachiever’s make-believer’s mind
But in truth I’m dying, dying
To be good enough for you

Good Enough For You

I do love it when your brain just locks into an idea and it feels effortless to create something.  

I also like it when MY brain does that, too!  And that's what happened with "Quibble"--the latest Interbay track to drop exclusively here on SoundCloud.    

At 114bpm, it grooves instead of sprints.  The palette of sound colors is limited to just a few and the grind of repetition is a feature on this track, not a bug.  There is progression and there is acceleration, as the energy level of the song does built throughout the tracks length.  

And the lyrics construct a narrative that is about storytelling techniques and escaping a seemingly inevitable fate--"the magic of quibbles."  That sure feels like a worthy topic to make an Interbay song about!  

Is there at least a little bit of Rufus Du Sol influence here?  I think so.  Your mileage may vary, of course.  

"Keep your eyes out for those sly quibbles."  

Heading into the weekend, this slightly dark but still worthy of an enthusiastic dance track feels perfectly timed.  Hopefully you'll give this one a listen, a like, a repost and share.  Add it to a groovy dance playlist.  Leave a comment.  

Most of all, please give this page a follow.  If you'll look, there's nearly 500 original tracks in the back catalog of Interbay here--and all of these have been posted one per day for nearly 500 consecutive days.  That means, so far, every day brings a new surprise present for you to open up and check out--of course, it's always the same...a new Interbay track...but, those tracks sure aren't going to sound the same as each other!  

Worth it?  I think it is...though some may quibble with that admittedly biased opinion.

You should make your own decision.  To do that, you need to listen...and you should follow!

"Quibble" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

Running on water

Crypto Obsession

Mia Wray - Ghost In My Machine (feat. Gabrielle Aplin) (cover)

We are all gods

Amantis

The Bunker

let me feel you this moment

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.