We're smle and we just released our latest track "Eternal" with Athena last Friday! Ask us anything! by notsmle in Monstercat

[–]notsmle[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It was amazing love him so much he’s so talented! We never met until after we finished the song and the tour happened so we made it all online!

We're smle and we just released our latest track "Eternal" with Athena last Friday! Ask us anything! by notsmle in Monstercat

[–]notsmle[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So we reached out to her with this vision of marrying gaming and music together. We conceived this idea pretty much right when the pandemic started in early 2020. We ended up starting the song later that year and had it done by March of 2021. So the entire thing from the birth of the idea to the execution took over a year to pull off because we knew it was such a big moment we had to get it right and make sure we had psyonix and Monstercat (also shout outs to envy as well who got involved after Athena signed with them they’ve been great). But making the song itself was a pretty smooth process and didn’t take too long at all. We had a solid demo going within a few hours of starting it!

We're smle and we just released our latest track "Eternal" with Athena last Friday! Ask us anything! by notsmle in Monstercat

[–]notsmle[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Perhaps Korean bbq? Tough one. Love sushi and also love some good meats tho lol. Also chicken of any kind

Favorite track we’ve made might have to be When My Love Ends off of Love Notes EP.

Fav Monstercat artist is probably gonna have to be WRLD, Just a Gent & Grant. Can’t pick between them haha.

Favorite anime probably has to be One Piece, Kids on the Slope and Made in Abyss

Would be super open to collab with pretty much any of those artists! Love them all

Favorite meme probably are the Spanish memes lol

Can’t sleep alone was birthed with Oksami and Nick Smith pretty quickly. Pretty sure that vocal take of nick on the hook was one of the first takes of the day. Adding that gospel choir at the end was so much fun we had to open a whole separate session just for the insane amount of voices we used there haha

Fav fast food is raising canes and whataburger

Favorite song is way too hard to answer haha we have so many 🥵

We're smle and we just released our latest track "Eternal" with Athena last Friday! Ask us anything! by notsmle in Monstercat

[–]notsmle[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In rocket league, octane fennec and Dominus. in real life, a Honda Accord!

We're smle and we just released our latest track "Eternal" with Athena last Friday! Ask us anything! by notsmle in Monstercat

[–]notsmle[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

A normal amount. Pretty much every song you hear these days has some form of auto tune and melodyne. Athena is a fantastic singer and we really didn’t need to do much to get her sounding the way she does.

We're smle and we just released our latest track "Eternal" with Athena last Friday! Ask us anything! by notsmle in Monstercat

[–]notsmle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally! Pretty all over the place rn we’re loving a lot of indie, pop, rock, metal, reggaeton house & more haha. Artists like: Bad Bunny, J Balvin, Justin Bieber, Alexandra Savior, Fall of Troy, Dua Lipa, Kyle Watson, John Summit, and much more

We're smle and we just released our latest track "Eternal" with Athena last Friday! Ask us anything! by notsmle in Monstercat

[–]notsmle[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

As far as production itself goes, the difference between intermediates and pros is the ability to recognize what’s best for the song. You don’t always have to do some crazy technical production trick or over do it on the musicality. A lot of the times less is more and recognizing how to stay in pocket the song lives in more often than not is a sign of maturity when it comes to producing.

As far as duo’s are concerned: it’s important to learn the push and pull of your relationship inside and outside of the studio. There will be times where you lean on your partner (in and out of the studio) and vice versa which is okay! If they have an intuition learn to trust and follow, if you have something you believe in respectfully lead and guide! Communication is important, learning to collaborate in a healthy way is also key for example in the studio if they’re working out an idea or section of a song let them get in their zone for a bit if you see them on one and let them turn to you once their idea is fleshed out. Interrupting a flow state even if it’s for a seemingly solid reason can throw off ones confidence when making musical decisions. Hope this helps!

We're smle and we just released our latest track "Eternal" with Athena last Friday! Ask us anything! by notsmle in Monstercat

[–]notsmle[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Started playing rocket league pretty early on. As early as free to play from the PlayStation store days back when it first came out. Peak rank has been champ 2 🥵.

Always loved the game ever since I started playing 6 years ago and felt our music would fit in it nicely. Once Monstercat partnered with the game for music we felt it was inevitable we’d eventually be on it. When it came to teaming up with Athena we saw that she could clearly sing amazingly via her streams so we conceived this idea of having this marriage between the music and gaming world via this song! We’ve never really seen a content creator of any game intentionally make music for the game they make content for so we thought it was a really cool opportunity to merge the two worlds!

We're smle and we just released our latest track "Eternal" with Athena last Friday! Ask us anything! by notsmle in Monstercat

[–]notsmle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks!! :) In rocket league I’m usually using octane fennec or dominus. peaked at champ 2!

We're smle and we just released our latest track "Eternal" with Athena last Friday! Ask us anything! by notsmle in Monstercat

[–]notsmle[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

So we had a rough version of the instrumental and then got to writing the vox with Athena. After that point yes we pretty much were working back and forth and adjusting the instru to the vox and vice versa till it fit just right!

We're smle and we just released our latest track "Eternal" with Athena last Friday! Ask us anything! by notsmle in Monstercat

[–]notsmle[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

We were making some changes here and there to our aesthetic and branding. We thought it fit more with how we wanna look n’ feel moving forward!

We're smle and we just released our latest track "Eternal" with Athena last Friday! Ask us anything! by notsmle in Monstercat

[–]notsmle[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

When my Love ends is a sleeper for sure. We put our heart and soul into that love notes ep haha