"Daddy's Home" St. Vincent :: Review

Sitting on too many drafts. Forcing myself to publish some things even if not fully complete. 

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Finally sat down and listened to St. Vincent's newest album "Daddy's Home". Right from the beginning, I like the piano, but the moans with the title, and the erotic moans. Is this some weird thing or are you trying to show your intellect with an homage to Zoot Allures?

"Pay your way in pain"

The bass is dope, but my old butt thinks of Sweet Dreams by Annie Lennox in the first song. Reference? Tied in Title wise? Over abstract? Orchestration is deep. Dope. I can still rock this. Reverb/ Echo? Both? Lots of Compression of many sorts. Wow. Lots of it. Thick. (How can I type this drunk and still not look at the keyboard?) Tough Vocals.  Shame.  

"Down and out downtown"

Wow. Love the lush vocals. So thick. Again very lush orchestration. The bass is thick, smooth, and warble.  The twangy guitar.  Down and out. Choke at the end. Then Question?

"Daddy's Home"

The Keys part carries the tune at the beginning.  Yeah, you added some echo. reverb. compression to a lot of tracks. Ow. Ow. The dynamics are forced. 

Oh please.  Really?  Daddy's Home? Davero?

"Live in the Dream"

Wish you were here much? "Don't do anything that Randall "Pink" Floy d wouldn't do".  At this point is this originality, or banal copycat-like.  Almost too many references.  Like, look how much music I have listened too. 'Fix it in the mix'?

Ableton Wavetable Videos

How To Make Slap House Bass In Ableton Live Wavetable

Thanks to :: Rudram

Used this to create a bass used in part of an upcoming song called "Deep Groove" by 31ric. I liked how the bass cut through on it's tone in his track, but was going to target mine to be a little brighter sounding. This video led me to put some variation in the original sound. It was a good video to get started with twidling the knobs a bit. He does not go into why he is setting things the way that he is though. 

I got a lot more out of this video, by ignoring the values he was setting, and worked towards something that worked better within my song. 

The very quick bit at the end with the saturator was a nice little tip for me as well. I threw that on both basslines and it perked them right up. I have found a new effect to play with for a minute.

5 Wavetable Sound Design Tips You Should Know!

Thanks to :: Dowden Production Academy

The random tip in here was great! Thanks very much for that. Added to the instrument, and the other bass sound, and it added just that little bit of variety.

Masterclass :: Mira Nair

Get out and see the world.  Yes practice your craft.  Hone your craft.  Know the history of your craft.   Now spend time doing other things.  Taste the food you make.  Read the book you just bought.  Sit under the tree in the park.  

Don't wait for someone else to write your story, you need to write your story.  You can also find a story in anything, but think of the different dimensions of that story.  

Never apologize for your work.

Masterclass:: Hans Zimmer

This is for the more advanced music student maybe.  There is not much discussion about notes, chords, or theory. This course is going to go more into the theory of why you might write something for a particular thing.  What is the story you are trying to tell?  There are some poignent stories to set the mood or timbre of the conversation.  While this is great and very inspiring in it's own way, the course is a little light in video material.  There are not many videos compare to others on music.