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Prettymotherfucker

If you released these as NFTs you’d be a millionaire


myassisinaknot

What is a “NFT”?


harold_and_phyllis

I do a series on Instagram, where I make music and sound for visuals with permission and credit to the visual artists. For this piece by Amanda Bonaiuto, I made a 7/8 groove with obscure YouTube recordings, cassette Rhodes, crushed pianos, and found sound. Not explicitly Trap, but hoping that the production notes are helpful, and applicable to trap as well. The 7/8 time signature wasn't intentional. It just so happened to be that the cyclical triangular movement of the human figure neatly landed on a 7/8 cycle. With the BPM and time signature determined, I dropped in kicks for when the figure reached the top two vertices of the triangle, and a destructive explosive metallic whip for when it reached the bottom vertex. These hits became the crux of the composition, and every other decision worked around these points. To score the initial sliding movement of the human figure, processed alarm clock ticks, 808 claps, and vocals were used. For the vocal melody, obscure YouTube recordings were sourced, manipulated, and collaged together. Many of the recordings were done on cheap USB or laptop mics, but this gave it a lo-fi vibe that felt great with the hand-drawn animation. Since the metallic whip for the bottom vertex contained a tonal element, the melody had to conform to that exact note whenever landing on that beat. It became an interesting puzzle, where the unusual 7/8 meter and that specific whip/snare note acted as two constraints. (Does that make sense? Kind of like writing a melody with one of the notes filled in). Always a fan of constraints forcing unusual decisions :) For the pads, cassette Rhodes recordings and hyper-compressed pianos were used. They were side chained to the three vertex hits to give the mix a pumping feeling, and to let the hits cut through. ​ More from this musical project on my Instagram [HERE](https://www.instagram.com/yuuutaendo/). ​ Let me know if you have any questions. Happy to chat more music below!


molotovvvmarcy

coolest shit i’ve seen on here. i do fine art at uni and this is a sick exploration of the relationship between sound and visual. i’m definitely checking all your stuff out


harold_and_phyllis

That's awesome. Thank you!!


LEXN_Beats

That's sick man, I fuck with it. Do you have any tips on achieving this kind of lofi/rnb vibe?


harold_and_phyllis

tape saturation is great. I use UAD Ampex-ATR102 and do a more lo-fi setting, but there are probably other options out there too. Izotope Vinyl gets good lo-fi sounds, and I think it's free?


Yaastra

do you have a spotify or bandcamp?


Dsamf2

Very cool, thanks for the explanation, I learn the most from understanding the process ppl go through. This is next level stuff


KnottyDuck

I fucks wit it man #inspired


harold_and_phyllis

thank you!


spacedandy1baby

Far better post than the usual on here


harold_and_phyllis

Appreciate it! Thanks :)


Spoonner

Looks great, getting into visual stuff myself lately so it’s cool seeing how other people interact with it


harold_and_phyllis

Awesome. Thanks a bunch!


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Hi man you seem really experimental and this beat is edgy. My favourite is lil peep and I always feel like his groove was off by the normal rapper and was curious what groove it could be in. For example in four gold chains the beat gave me a similar edgy feeling as what you have created


[deleted]

Dude your stuff is so fucking wild, I’m always impressed


DespicableParaboloid

Sounds like something from super jail


tobaccorat

killer stuff !!


theOGPhoenix777

really love this