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What Daft Punk Means to Me

I personally never would have become a music producer if it wasn't for Daft Punk. It is not exaggeration when I say, I hated dance music as a kid. Techno, House, D&B, all of it I considered boring, repetitive and uninteresting.

One of my hobbies as a kid was to sit behind my brother as he played tracks on the family computer, and wait to tell him how much I disliked the song he had just played.

On one day such as this, my older brother played "Digital Love", and I honestly could not believe how beautiful a track it was. Imagine me, sitting there ready to speak my mind and validate my limited beliefs about dance music, and I had nothing bad to say about the song I had just heard.

Even more so, I wanted to hear more. Not only did I not have anything bad to say, I couldn't think of any other song I had ever heard that had made me feel like this one had.

From that day on, a hungry fan was born. It became my mission to find more music that sounded like that. Repetitive? Yes. Beautiful? Yes again. My world had been shaken.

It took a few years for me to sadly conclude that there wasn't really any other artist who sounded like Daft Punk did. Sure, Deadmaus had some great tunes, but they didn't feel the same. Royksop had a great sound too, but it was hardly comparable to French House. Ratatat was also making incredible music at the time, but they had developed a sound completely unique to them.

Many more and far too many artists to name were found along the way, but none who could measure up to that first magical moment that I experienced behind my brother.

It only took a moment to decide what I was going to try to make when my cousin gave me a copy of FL studio at the age of 12.

Fast forward to today, and I'm releasing my first cover of a Daft Punk song, from the album that inspired it all. I still have a lot to learn, and so much more that I want to accomplish with my music, but in light of their recent separation/conclusion I felt like I had to do something to honor their memory.

To Daft Punk, One More Time.

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Too Many Harmonies? Never! When I first heard the song "I Only Have Eyes For You", by The Flamingoes, it captivated my attention with its unique melodies and rhythms. Recently, as a music artist myself, I've been enjoying covering some special songs from all different genres. The things that inspire me. And this song is no exception. Having grown up in a household of many different music tastes and preferences, I developed habit of listening to music the way I wanted to hear it. I had no idea at the time, but this habit I would later attribute as a skill when it came to sample chopping and composing music of my own. I hear it the way I want it to sound. That's the best way I can describe what I'm talking about. This is why I don't feel like a fraud when I say, like many people do, that "I love all kinds of music". I mean it. Jazz, Disco, Rock, City Pop, Bossa Nova, House, and Country (yes even Country), are all genres that I've spent extensive time listening to in the car of my own volition. I do apologize to any other genres that I left off the list. You are seen and heard, and I appreciate you all lol. I trust my point was made. When I set out to make my version of this amazing song; I had only to think, "what would this sound like if FootRocket did it"? Having considered many other covers of this song that have come before, including an extremely inspirational one by Tatsuro Yamashita (good luck finding it), I then began the task of recording each vocal part one by one. I say one by one because as a largely solo act, it's easy to just keep going with harmony ideas as none of the parts would be there if I didn't sing them, so what's the trouble of recording one more after already doing 7? It's not like I'm working with a quartet of singers like a traditional group. 34... By the time I finished the mix, I was looking at 34 different layers of vocals that I had recorded for this song. This is why I claim this release of mine to be the most ambitious vocal work that I have ever made to date, but it certainly won't be the last. Thanks a million to all of you who've streamed it already and for the many kind words. I have plans to sing much more in the future.

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Songs without words can still tug at the heart.

(a look at my track FreeFall)

Most people who don't like electronic music have one claim, and that's that the lack of lyrics makes the music sound boring.

As a seasoned music producer of many genres, I would argue that that could not be further from the truth.

No, I'm not here to tell you that some music is for the elite listener, or that you're too dumb to understand it. I am simply here to provide you with a, perhaps eye opening, and different perspective on the matter.

In my song "FreeFall", for example, there are no words, but the track is, through the use of tension, release and sound design, able to push and pull the listener in a way that conveys a sense of freedom and wonder.

The song begins with the use of several voices, used to create a landscape from which the rest of the track will spring from. Sprinkled throughout the track is a combination of a rain stick and shaker, flush with reverb to create the feeling of space.

Coupled with the use of a noise synth sweeping through the mix, the nostalgic synths and the tribal sounding vocals convey a mood of freedom, perspective and relaxation.

Even while making it I imagined myself being in one of those all too familiar anime scenes, where the characters are seemingly plummeting to their doom from the sky, but haven't a care in the world. As if the freedom to fall makes all the other cares of this world not so heavy.

That's what this track is to me. A reminder that sometimes letting go is the best way to attain what you're after. A leap of faith doesn't always have to be scary.

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#whacktrackwednesdays is my ongoing beat series with @marvkrown. Check it out, and enjoy

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Whacktrackwednesdays! Many more tracks to come.

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#whacktrackwednesdays . We back. We still whack. . The beat series with @marvkrown FULL VID IN BIO Whackness may vary .

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Published on Jun 13, 2018 BANDCAMP LINK https://footrocket.bandcamp.com/track…

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A remix by Continue?再生を押す:

https://soundcloud.com/disk-jockey-iii/paul-mcartney-wings-arrow-through-me-continue-hack

Edit by Laric:

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From the beat tape: Tautology |by Tony G.| https://soundcloud.com/onlyonetonyg/s... 

 One of my favorite tracks from the tape, and also the first. Go check this masterpiece out and show Tony G. some love. The entire project is fire, so check it out!^_^! 

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This is one of my favorite tracks that drozy has put out recently and I had to make an edit for it.^_^.   

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miniluv Spring is Near: A study on Bill Evans voicings made into a lofi beat. https://soundcloud.com/mini-luv/sprin... This track is super dope, and I'm glad I had the opportunity to make an edit for it. Keep up the good work miniluv!^_^! CHECK OUT MORE VIDEOS ON https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCXBfE4LYe19Y0S5RC4iS3Ug Exiled Destiny Boys Edit. Category People & Blogs License Standard YouTube License

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Edit two. From the rejects collection, I bring to you Ep Reject 2. FREE DOWNLOAD: https://footrocket.bandcamp.com/track/ep-reject-2 SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/pidari/ep-reject-2

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Marv Krown dropped this track a while ago and I think its really dope.^_^.  Hit me up if you want me to make an edit with your music as I will be uploading a video at least once a week!!^_^! Free download: https://marvkrown.bandcamp.com/track/allthuhwey

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