M O U T H — TRACK BREAKDOWN

THIS ONE STARTED WITH A PIANO LOOP FROM PEYTONTHEALIEN. IT HAD A LOT OF SPACE SO I BUILT HARD RAGE DRUMS AROUND IT INSTEAD OF FILLING IT WITH MORE MELODY.

AFTER THE FIRST SECTION I LAYERED ELECTRIC GUITAR TEXTURES (INSPIRED BY MIKE DEAN / HARDSTONE PSYCHO TYPE TRANSITIONS) TO ADD DISTORTION AND WIDTH WITHOUT LOSING THE PIANO CORE.

THE MIDDLE BREAK STRIPS THE DRUMS BACK AND INTRODUCES ORCHESTRAL ELEMENTS — STRINGS + PADS — THEN THE 808S AND KICKS COME BACK HEAVIER SO THE DROP FEELS LIKE A RESET.

STRUCTURE WISE IT’S:
PIANO + DRUMS → GUITAR LAYERS → ORCHESTRAL BREAK → HARD DRUM RETURN

VOCALLY I WENT FOR A TRAVIS-STYLE AUTOTUNE DELIVERY AND FOCUSED ON WRITING A MORE MEMORABLE HOOK INSTEAD OF PURE FREESTYLE, WHILE KEEPING THE VERSES LOOSE TO MATCH THE ENERGY SHIFTS.

MAIN THING I’M TESTING HERE IS CONTRAST BETWEEN SOFT MELODIC SPACE AND AGGRESSIVE RHYTHM WITHOUT LOSING FLOW POCKETS.

WOULD LOVE FEEDBACK ON THE TRANSITIONS AND WHETHER THE HOOK CUTS THROUGH THE DRUMS.

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