So I have been focused on ways to efficiently create an environment that is, as
Ra Scion says
"conducive to producin" music.
With this upcoming album, i recognize that I am not the type of person that can write a song on demand. Sometimes I'm not in the mood, and sometimes I consciously realize that I am not
'in the zone'. With this being said, I can not
force music. I once had a discussion with
Pit about this, explaining that I can't just make the music, it often feels like I'm being summoned. Because yes, I can improvise on the piano or listen to some quiet storm songs, but i am usually aware when my inspiration is most receptive. So just for kicks, I 'forced' a beat. i was ofcourse aiming for something hot, but I wasn't expecting anything because I wanted to prove to Pit that I can't just make a hot beat when I want.
Well...life is so beautiful because of it's unrelenting unpredictable...ness. I love a good twist in a story.
I ended up coming up with a beat that night, sent it to Pit, and this is what we got:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/14779294ae6e9e03/
So the point of that is that I can never predict when the best time to make music..BUT...I can make it as comfortable as possible. For example --
food always helps so i often eat some fruit or crackers while i'm making beats. Also when if i've been recording vocals for a while and my voice gets dry I chew
gum to balance out the saliva proportion. Not only that, but I can look up
movies that are related to the topic of my song, the better the movie, the more inspiration and motivation and energy I have to create. And of course listening to good music always helps. I prefer to listen to
music that is not rap when i'm consciously searching for inspiration--so that I don't unconsciously bite another rapper. Speaking of which, I purposely have not got Kanye's Graduation, 50 Cent's Curtiis and Lil Wayne's Carter III because of those reasons lol. So many people bite these guys' style, and I make music so...yeah i think I can sacrifice that. There's a ton of good music out there that isn't like mine :)
Most recently in the progress of
S.F.S., I learned a new technique to help with the process of writing lyrics (which most of the time aren't written--
they're typed...this is the 21st century people!). I don't want to reveal what this technique is just in case it jeopordizes it somehow. But along with that, is this thing i'm doing where I type of stray lines or thoughts that go with the beat, because for those that don't know...the beat is usually the boss of my music--it tells me what to write, and it's up to the different parts of my brain (supervisors) to translate this to my rythym section in order to properly have a synchronized, syncopated, and successful J.E.P.H. song.
Progress on the album:
-2nd and 3rd verse added to 'MOTS'; instrumental enhanced
-Stray lyrics added to 3 instrumentals; 1 chorus and 1 hook added
-2nd track of the album has been placed with concept documented
-A piano melody has been created (it would be perfect for an outro but it's still young)
To Do
-talk to producer "N" about a beat
-blueprint RiskAssessment and possibly get "C.S." to feature
-stand for something...
"J-E-P-H!" [Throwaway Beat] (2007)
"J-E-P-H!" [Throwaway Beat] (2007)
