This scares people

This is hot stuff! Wow, I love it a lot. Very dancy, and blends elements of several music styles... Hell its professional grade production on this. *bows to your superior production skills*

By the way, that beat is HOT.

I got to listen to it. It was very well done for that kind of music, it sounds like the others.

by the way I don't like reggeaton and I lives in a place where I have it around me. Lol

this scared the shit out of me.

it's done well though.

I really like that!

Too bad that you're not around to reply and read to my post...

It's very facny, very hot AND sexy! It's also ready for production and being sold! It's very well produced and carefully mastered! Hope you get a publishing deal or whatever you wish...

FUCK! THis is a hit! his is awesome! I can listen to it through the summer! Time to rip it and steal it, etc... (kidding)

Originally Posted by nikolas

It's very facny, very hot AND sexy! It's also ready for production and being sold! It's very well produced and carefully mastered! Hope you get a publishing deal or whatever you wish...

FUCK! THis is a hit! his is awesome! I can listen to it through the summer! Time to rip it and steal it, etc... (kidding)

I agree. This deserves to be aired. It's so sexy, the mixing is professional. Go sign a record deal! Form a band! Get this piece out to the world now.
EDIT: Under genre, it's still labelled as "classical: baroque". I suggest you change to get more hits.

Originally Posted by nikolas

I really like that!

Too bad that you're not around to reply and read to my post...

It's very facny, very hot AND sexy! It's also ready for production and being sold! It's very well produced and carefully mastered! Hope you get a publishing deal or whatever you wish...

FUCK! THis is a hit! his is awesome! I can listen to it through the summer! Time to rip it and steal it, etc... (kidding)

Thank man lol. I am not really into the whole publishing thing anymore. I used to be and I got a few things under my belt professional, but it's a time consuming task. Feel free to steal it =).

I agree. This deserves to be aired. It's so sexy, the mixing is professional. Go sign a record deal! Form a band! Get this piece out to the world now.
EDIT: Under genre, it's still labelled as "classical: baroque". I suggest you change to get more hits.

Lol that won't be possible.

The guy who recorded this with me is a Colombian rebel. In light of recent events he went back to Colombia and rejoined his rebel unit. So there goes our mini band lol.

As for classical thing, it's a joke and now my account is under review. Kind of funny, but ya know it happens.

I pretty much agree with what has been said: great beat, catchy hook, etc. Very lively string arrangements. A few complaints, however:

* I feel that the mix could be improved. Snare drum is too quiet, vocals are too loud.
* Not sure I agree with the parts with the kick drum in 16th notes; it's pretty overwhelming. Maybe reduce the volume on the intermediate kick hits between the downbeats?
* A lot of the synths have a fairly cheesy, dated sound to them, particularly the fanfare-y hook synth.

¡Ay, 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.

Originally Posted by nhomas

I pretty much agree with what has been said: great beat, catchy hook, etc. Very lively string arrangements. A few complaints, however:

* I feel that the mix could be improved. Snare drum is too quiet, vocals are too loud.
* Not sure I agree with the parts with the kick drum in 16th notes; it's pretty overwhelming. Maybe reduce the volume on the intermediate kick hits between the downbeats?
* A lot of the synths have a fairly cheesy, dated sound to them, particularly the fanfare-y hook synth.

I disagree with the snare and vocals part. I feel they are at the right level.

I agree with the synth, but something is needed there. At the time I couldn't think of anything better to use. It seemed to fit. If you have any ideas feel free to tell me.

Originally Posted by J. Lee Graham

¡Ay, 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.

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!