this is a grungy disco dance. I like the break and the bending synths. Of course the lyrics are great you guys rock

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..just right with the accent and the sounds to create a Euro classic.

Right up my rue, mon ami!

Jim

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but still waiting for the euros to rain down on us...

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you mean we jack! it's a good sign Egobandit the bassmaster likes the break.

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this is how disco should have originally been created. Not the light fluffy stuff.

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you can do with with disco, I guess. It has no pretension to dignity or purism whatsoever. It's the most unashamed genre one can think of. That's why we thought it fit the topic.

Thanks for listening.


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i'm liking this way better than any of those brooklyn hipsters.another classic. almost reminds me of soft cell in a way.

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you like it. If you have your doubts about the hipsters in Brooklyn, you should see the hipsters in Paris!!!

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In the direction of The Blood Hound Gang, who are quite successful over here. Glad to hear this one.
Thanks,
LL

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This is another great song, CJ. The disco beats and bassline are really fresh and totally unique, adding a very interesting flavor to your savory sound.


There are, however, a few things I'd do to it if I ever had the chance to get extra arms around it.... (as if I didn't already - just play along with me) Why, I'd beef up the synthesizers and bring your vocals up a bit louder and add an insane blippity lead somewhere in the middle and take this to the heights of today's ugly disco sound.

You never play it safe cj. If I were to have an idol, you'd be it. But I can safely say, you are my role model for challenging one's self artistically. You know what I mean.



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is mostly Brentford's. It clicked the first time I heard the demo he sent. I liked the way his new wave sound formed a dark undercurrent below the booming vulgarity of the disco beat. My challenged was to take something as common and contrived as this beat and use it for a song that's maybe one of the most personal I posted here, but would still be a fun song.

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Hey CJ,

I meant to tell you that I practically flipped a coin as to what to do with that tricky drum beat at the very start of the song - just before the bass... I loved it and I hated it, so I obsessed with it for hours. The timing on it is intriguing to say the least. It works. It doesn't work. Like I said, I obsessed over it, and it sounds like I still am obsessing over it.

I ended up beefing up the bass and dropping the drum on my version. That crazy buzzing sound that starts the song (da Hornet!) was so perfect to me. I almost used it as the outro, but decided that was too easy and besides, I wanted to bring BK's great guitar sound back again and preserve the original elements of the song that I liked the most.



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Maybe I slightly misplaced the beat at the start of the song while manipulating it. it's such a short sample. Whatever you did was well thought and pushed the song forward.

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After at least 100 listens, I am convinced the intro is timed perfectly, it's just that my ears are misaligned or something grotesque like that.

I bet there's a drummer out there that knows what kind of timing signature you used. If there is, an explanation would mean everything to me and help me comprehend something as simple as the concept of time, rhythm and rhyme.



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Very good. Reminds me of Blue Monday meets the Bloodhound Gang. Like the rising synth and the downbeat vocals. I felt that the bass should have been more prominent in the mix given the disco feel. Whack some compression on it and turn it up!! Enjoyed it though.

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the bloodhound gang but Blue Monday is holy scriptures to me. Thanks for stopping by.

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