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The Breakdown of Wonder

By Chrisfoo on January 7, 2022 3:10 am

Hey WB!

Very good to be back and I'm very excited to catch up with everyone/start listening to your music again.  Had a pretty cruddy year and haven't really been able to get myself to produce a finished product in awhile, so I'm happy to be start this up again as it really helped me stay on track in 2020.  Anyways, hope you guys enjoy my first track of the year.  I feel like it has some pretty cool sounds but I'm not super crazy about it from a songwriting standpoint and think I was definitely too ambitious on the vocal range though.  The low register of my voice (which I hit the very bottom of in the verses) sounds like trash so I had to go a bit over the top on processing to get it to work.

Also, I made myself some production goals this year.  Going to publish them here so I can refer back to them:

-Write music that's less dense (Don't need a ton of instruments/pads/effects filling up the spectrum all the time)
-Get better takes, don't rely on editing/processing as much
-Write vocal parts to stay in strong part of range(G3-B4ish)
-Use more adventurous chord progressions

Thanks for listening!

That intro is everything Flaming Lips I could ask for. Great start to the year bud! Let's get some duo going sometime

Hey! Great to see you back at it again for another round! This is such a chill jam, I love it, especially those vocal harmonies. Really looking forward to what you got in store for us my guy. Have a good year heart

Oh that descending line is catchy! This is a sweet track to start the year! I love the positive vibe. And you got a tasty bluesy guitar solo at 2:40!

It's nice to get more of your music this year, looking forward to it!

Welcome back!  This is a warm soulful start to the year.  Love the shimmery verb on the guitars. Nice bass as well. Really good to hear your music again smile

It's a really nice feel-good song! I also think this might be the highest effort production I heard so far big_smile I do agree with what you wrote about the density of the track, it could be more spacey to make everything matter a bit more rather than blend together, but that being said it does work with the vocals and with the general atmosphere of the track. I couldn't understand all the lyrics but it made me feel good so maybe it doesn't matter smile
Loved the smooth intro! And love that it's a complete song! Great job!

Really dreamy vibes. Love the main instrumental melody!
Looking forward to see what you make this year smile

What an excellent song! Best of luck pursuing your production goals - I like your sound a lot already, and I'm excited to hear how you'll grow it this year. Happy 2022!

already interesting chord progressions

Great pipes dude!

Indi-music from outta space. Wonderful!!!

Love this track! Neat sounds and beautiful melodies big_smile

Good to see you back here and great song to start off the year.  You're beginning on a much more ambitious note than I am.  I can definitely relate to your production goals.  I want to do some of the same things for sure.

It's so nice to hear that lovely voice again

We make completely different music but I feel you on those music goals 100%. Anyway, welcome back! I really dig this track smile

SubPop should be calling you any day now. That was lovely, thanks!

This track floats!

dreamy vibes - your vocals sound great! hope 2022 is gentler on you!

Hey man it's great to see/hear ya back!  Love the feel of this spacey track.  The wavyt synth with your vocals really sets the mood.  Def agree with ipaghost, I be floatin'!  Also I'm with ya on making less dense tracks this year.  That's my hope as well.  Especially after my producing nightmare tongue  Here's to a productive but fun year!

Really great to hear new stuff from you again! Love the dreamy vibes of this track, and looking forward to more throughout the year. smile

Nice one, great vocal and atmosphere on this. Welcome back!

Yes!! Glad to see you back, and kicking off so dreamily. Super loved that little breakdown at 2:15-ish. Great track man.

Welcome back. I understand having issues with completing tracks. Last year was a tought one for me as well. But as you said, we can look forward to 2022 to complete tracks and do it while surrounded by great people on Weekly Beats.

Very nice track, a very good start for the challenge. I was browsing around and your music really gave me a chill sense in the background.

And that's a very nice set of goals! Especially the first, people all too easy forget about how instruments should all have their own distinct space and always be placed in a mix (even if the other parts are not yet finished in terms of writing, a couple of bars in a loop is still fine). Many times it has happened to me that a guitar that was sounding absolutely gorgeous on its own simply didn't fit well in the song I was making. So I have presets that I use only as starting points and then adjust them as the rest is playing - similar with bass guitar.

Jokinen wrote:

That intro is everything Flaming Lips I could ask for. Great start to the year bud! Let's get some duo going sometime

Hell yeah dude, would love to work on something with you this year!

2haf wrote:

Hey! Great to see you back at it again for another round! This is such a chill jam, I love it, especially those vocal harmonies. Really looking forward to what you got in store for us my guy. Have a good year <3

Kedbreak136 wrote:

Oh that descending line is catchy! This is a sweet track to start the year! I love the positive vibe. And you got a tasty bluesy guitar solo at 2:40!

It's nice to get more of your music this year, looking forward to it!

NWSPR wrote:

Welcome back!  This is a warm soulful start to the year.  Love the shimmery verb on the guitars. Nice bass as well. Really good to hear your music again smile

danju wrote:

Really dreamy vibes. Love the main instrumental melody!
Looking forward to see what you make this year smile

Reilly Farrell wrote:

What an excellent song! Best of luck pursuing your production goals - I like your sound a lot already, and I'm excited to hear how you'll grow it this year. Happy 2022!

trumbuthegn wrote:

already interesting chord progressions

fetalface wrote:

Great pipes dude!

Q-Rosh wrote:

Indi-music from outta space. Wonderful!!!

Mission Crossing wrote:

Love this track! Neat sounds and beautiful melodies big_smile

CosmicCairns wrote:

Good to see you back here and great song to start off the year.  You're beginning on a much more ambitious note than I am.  I can definitely relate to your production goals.  I want to do some of the same things for sure.

Devieus wrote:

It's so nice to hear that lovely voice again

Sodabelly wrote:

We make completely different music but I feel you on those music goals 100%. Anyway, welcome back! I really dig this track smile

eoe.grooving wrote:

SubPop should be calling you any day now. That was lovely, thanks!

Ipaghost wrote:

This track floats!

emily wrote:

dreamy vibes - your vocals sound great! hope 2022 is gentler on you!

hent03 wrote:

Really great to hear new stuff from you again! Love the dreamy vibes of this track, and looking forward to more throughout the year. smile

miraclemiles wrote:

Nice one, great vocal and atmosphere on this. Welcome back!

Judgement Act wrote:

Simon Koehn wrote:

Yes!! Glad to see you back, and kicking off so dreamily. Super loved that little breakdown at 2:15-ish. Great track man.

Anon_Buster wrote:

Welcome back. I understand having issues with completing tracks. Last year was a tought one for me as well. But as you said, we can look forward to 2022 to complete tracks and do it while surrounded by great people on Weekly Beats.

Thanks for listening!  Good to be back, looking forward to this year.

horatiuromantic wrote:

It's a really nice feel-good song! I also think this might be the highest effort production I heard so far big_smile I do agree with what you wrote about the density of the track, it could be more spacey to make everything matter a bit more rather than blend together, but that being said it does work with the vocals and with the general atmosphere of the track. I couldn't understand all the lyrics but it made me feel good so maybe it doesn't matter smile
Loved the smooth intro! And love that it's a complete song! Great job!

Tone Matrix wrote:

Hey man it's great to see/hear ya back!  Love the feel of this spacey track.  The wavyt synth with your vocals really sets the mood.  Def agree with ipaghost, I be floatin'!  Also I'm with ya on making less dense tracks this year.  That's my hope as well.  Especially after my producing nightmare tongue  Here's to a productive but fun year!

Aletheia wrote:

Very nice track, a very good start for the challenge. I was browsing around and your music really gave me a chill sense in the background.

And that's a very nice set of goals! Especially the first, people all too easy forget about how instruments should all have their own distinct space and always be placed in a mix (even if the other parts are not yet finished in terms of writing, a couple of bars in a loop is still fine). Many times it has happened to me that a guitar that was sounding absolutely gorgeous on its own simply didn't fit well in the song I was making. So I have presets that I use only as starting points and then adjust them as the rest is playing - similar with bass guitar.

Thanks for listening dudes!  And yeah, its been becoming more painfully obvious that the reason mixing is such a long and complicated process for me is that I always feel the need to keep adding instruments that don't need to be there.  Definitely think working on that will make this year more enjoyable. 

eoe.grooving wrote:

SubPop should be calling you any day now. That was lovely, thanks!

ooo good call

great track!  love the swirl, awesome vocals, cool drum sound.  very impressive!  sorry you had a bummer last year, glad you're here now

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