by djnarrative | 20 Jul, 2013 | The Reckorder Project
Aside from a few post dated tutorial posts i've had no contact with any of my websites after all the hassle with the hosting. I think they're running well no, but after the month spent i needed some time off the reckorder project and got busy finishing the painting and getting some sun. Yesterday however i received a really cool email from my favourite birmingham based label beta birmingham asking if i had any tracks for their next compilation of remixes. Harley liked a couple on my soundcloud and asked for anything more recent. Pointed him to the reckorder project site and he wants the superstition remix! I'm too critical of everything i make at the best of times, but hearing such positive feedback from someone i'd such respect for as a producer really made me reconsider the approach. I do think the track needed work as it was only intended to be a practice track, but listening back to it with fresh ears i'm hearing it in a whole new light. Anyway suffice to say im going to work on it and update this post with the finished version. I'm really pleased as you can probably tell, and even though it's a free release, it's given me confidence to play people my tracks instead of waiting until i've reached the level i want to as a produce and musician, as that will always be a continuous and ever evolving process. Update : I recorded some scratches, and new parts to phatten it up, and posted the track above, However i also got working on a few others, and...
by djnarrative | 25 Jan, 2013 | The Reckorder Project
A few days after starting the iko iko track, i had an idea for a bassline for Stevie Wonder's classic track Superstition. Its one of my favourites ands so i thought it would be a good way of putting some of what ive learnt into practice, and in particular use the live bass and brass instruments. Superstition is one of the surefire tracks when i play the bham opera afterparties. To be fair every track is well received as its such a great crowd to play to, but even with such a great opportunity to play a load of funk and soul classics to a really up for it crowd of people, this track is one of the big tracks in the bag for obvious reason. For all my other gigs though, it doesn't quite have the pace (or bass) to keep up the energy in the mix, so i've always thought it would be a good one to have a go at remixing. As its such a classic i'm more going for a reedit than a remix, but it seems to be turning out pretty well so far, and im thinking maybe a cool start to a collaboration with brummy legend Mylz Hedz, (who got in touch after checking out my prequel album of remixes to ask about doing a track together), as he plays very much on the funky end of the spectrum. I normally make a remix out of laying an acapella over an existing track when i dont know where to go with it, so this was a first in using the vocal first and building...
