LUMINAIRES: Behind The Beat
This came a little late #MyBad y'all but I can explain: So the other day, my charger broke and my laptop died (so I wasn't able to get to doing this). And at first I was quite anxious about it. But it's only today that I realized that I made the original chop on my old laptop. So now I'm writing this blog on the same old laptop I used to make the beat for Luminaires. It's hilarious how coincidental life can be sometimes. I made the beat last year August. The original sample was in a 6/8 time signature, so for a little experiment I decided to see if I chop it to sound 4/4. I time-stretched it an extra bar and I started chopping away. I noticed that it gave it a swing-esque sound when I started laying down the chops. I ended up liking how it sounded, and I sent it (along a few other beats) to Will. I didn't think he'd like it at first, but he ended up writing to it. And a few months later, he demo'd what would become Luminaires @ Daniel's studio. Dani...