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Originally Posted by J. Lee Graham
ĦAy, caliente! 
So THAT'S Reggaeton! I'd heard of it, but until today I'd never actually heard any of it...surprising, considering I live in Los Angeles. But then again, around here one hears more Mexican styles of music. For fairly obvious reasons, I was expecting it to be basically Jamaican Reggae with Spanish lyrics. Not even close.
Dude, I didn't know you did stuff like this! Pretty cool. I think I could get my groove on to this a lot better than to Hip Hop, which I really dislike (yes, children, Uncle Lee still gets his groove on, albeit like a gay white man who learnt to dance in the 70s and perfected his skills in the 80s). I agree, this is pretty professional production quality, though I also agree that some of the synth stuff sounds dated and a little cheesy. But by the same token I love the old skool scratchy record background, so maybe vintage sounds is what you were after. Also, is it normal for it to have a pretty free form? I wasn't able to discern even any pop form to this (you know - intro, verse, pre-chorus, chorus, verse, chorus, outro - bla bla bla).
This was a kick in the ass to listen to! Good luck with this...I hope you're able to release it. A lot of people are doing it themselves nowadays...all you need to do, assuming this is a final mix, is master it and bang out the CDs, put 'em on CDBaby and iTunes, and you're set pretty much.
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It's one of my hidden talents. I'm finishing off another right now, so if you're interested, look for in either later tonight or in a few days. Since I'm latin America, I try to bring latin beats and latin sounds into all my music I do. At least, music i'm serious about.
As for the form, I wouldn't say there is a set form. The way I like to work with this style is first write the hook and chorus. From there I work outwards and try to make flows that work into the chorus. From there it's a matter of how you want to mix and match your lyrics with your sound.
For example, I've heard songs that had only three verses but they were arranged in such a way they it sounded like more. I'll try to find an example or better yet record an example. The basic goal for this style of music is to get people dancing to the beat. The lyrics are there to drive the mood and keep it going. Thus attitude of he voice is extremely important in this type of music.
I've thought about doing CDbaby and if I do do it, i'll be a pretty lengthy cd with a mixture of most of my styles. As of now, I would want my partner in crime to work on it with me. Since, he is busy with real life (being a latin America rebel) our side project is on hold.
Thank you for listening though!