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Are We On Our Own?

By Martiln on January 21, 2024 4:48 am

OK so I'm actually really happy with this one! The lyrics are probably my favourite I've ever written.

I've been watching Pluto (which is a cool adaptation of Astro boy) on Netflix, and the lyrics were somewhat inspired by that. It's kind of about a group of super-human beings who have maybe done some bad things in order to save the rest of the world but get ostracised by society because of it.

Vocals on this were recorded with my MacBook microphone once again. I'm really impressed with how it sounds actually.

Lyrics:

I know
We could save everyone
Somehow
It’s hard to say
If we’d have done enough
Maybe
We weren’t meant to live at all
But where do we belong?

Do they believe in us?
(Are we on are own)
Will they remember us?
(Are we on our own?)
Or have we done enough?
(Are we on our own?)
Oh what have we become?
(Are we on our own?)


If we
Could remember our sins
Would we
Be strong enough
To fight another day
Would they
Turn their backs on us again
Will it ever end?

Do they believe in us?
(Are we on are own)
Will they remember us?
(Are we on our own?)
Or have we done enough?
(Are we on our own?)
Oh what have we become?
(Are we on our own?)


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Wow! What a track men! The rhythm section and that lead synth are amazing! The vibe reminds me 90,s electronic music (the rhythm particularly reminds me the “Freestyler” track from Bumfunk MC’s). This is one of my favorites!

Zatelite wrote:

Wow! What a track men! The rhythm section and that lead synth are amazing! The vibe reminds me 90,s electronic music (the rhythm particularly reminds me the “Freestyler” track from Bumfunk MC’s). This is one of my favorites!

Thank you!! I love 'Freestyler', it's one of my favourite tracks of all time hahaha.

Solid track, gives me strong Monstercat vibes. Would not have guessed your vocal recording setup. Long live melodic DnB!

Damn, super kickass once again! With storyline and everything - How do you do it??

I'm loving the drum and bass vibe you've got kicking at the moment mate. That lead is super cool, love the risers as well, solid track.

This is sickkkk. Also, the quality of the MacBook mic? I feel like I’ve been sleeping on this gear !

are you kidding me?! A macbook mic!? Wow
This is so great, lyrics, vocals, synths, arrangement. Favorite added!

This is great, the stuff you did to the vocals, the beat and just the vibe
- Ebrit

Love it. I really like the beat drop before the beat drop. Haha. The call/response part in the chorus is cool too, and I like the lyrics. Nice job this week!

Duuuuude... these vocals were recorded with your Macbook mic!!!!... I mean... wow.  Just goes to show, the quality of gear is no substitute for the quality of performance and production. This is a banger, well done. 

Cool story to this song.  Great energy and the vocals really sound great.

vocals sound really excellent, great track, nicely done!

Jetkick wrote:

Solid track, gives me strong Monstercat vibes. Would not have guessed your vocal recording setup. Long live melodic DnB!

LeBernd wrote:

Damn, super kickass once again! With storyline and everything - How do you do it??

mashedup wrote:

I'm loving the drum and bass vibe you've got kicking at the moment mate. That lead is super cool, love the risers as well, solid track.

theemeraldruby wrote:

This is sickkkk. Also, the quality of the MacBook mic? I feel like I’ve been sleeping on this gear !

SQF wrote:

are you kidding me?! A macbook mic!? Wow
This is so great, lyrics, vocals, synths, arrangement. Favorite added!

Devieus wrote:

This is great, the stuff you did to the vocals, the beat and just the vibe
- Ebrit

SteveSkiano wrote:

Love it. I really like the beat drop before the beat drop. Haha. The call/response part in the chorus is cool too, and I like the lyrics. Nice job this week!

Napear wrote:

Duuuuude... these vocals were recorded with your Macbook mic!!!!... I mean... wow.  Just goes to show, the quality of gear is no substitute for the quality of performance and production. This is a banger, well done.

CosmicCairns wrote:

Cool story to this song.  Great energy and the vocals really sound great.

nedsferatu wrote:

vocals sound really excellent, great track, nicely done!

Thanks everyone!! I've been really impressed with the quality of the MacBook mic. It's a 2023 14" Macbook Pro, so it's a fairly recent model. I didn't use that crazy processing either. Melodyne and auto-tune for tuning, some native Ableton Live devices for compression and EQ as well as some fabfilter plugins for slight EQ and de-essing. Even the reverb and delay is stock Ableton Live. Only additional thing is iZotope Nectar 4 for for some fake double tracking. smile

That's awesome. I have heard that about those Mac mics. Very cool process

Wonderful vocals on this track; great production values all around.  A small touch I really enjoyed was the chorus-like double-tracking of the beep lead on its own (1:03, 1:14)


Martiln wrote:

I've been watching Pluto (which is a cool adaptation of Astro boy) on Netflix


What a coincidence―I've been sharing the Pluto manga with my partner this month!  It's a trip re-reading it in 2024, but it's still excellent.

Lot of energy on this track! Great production, the mix is clean and really has a lot of oomph. Digging it!

My partner heard this and asked me to come back and tell you that it would perfect as an anime closing credits song.  Also that it rocks.

ineff wrote:

Wonderful vocals on this track; great production values all around.  A small touch I really enjoyed was the chorus-like double-tracking of the beep lead on its own (1:03, 1:14)


Martiln wrote:

I've been watching Pluto (which is a cool adaptation of Astro boy) on Netflix


What a coincidence―I've been sharing the Pluto manga with my partner this month!  It's a trip re-reading it in 2024, but it's still excellent.


I loved the Pluto anime! It was so good. big_smile


Kedbreak136 wrote:

Lot of energy on this track! Great production, the mix is clean and really has a lot of oomph. Digging it!

Thank you!! big_smile


ineff wrote:

My partner heard this and asked me to come back and tell you that it would perfect as an anime closing credits song.  Also that it rocks.

OMG amazing! This is such a compliment! big_smile

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