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MANDELA

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JOSEPH COOKLIN LEVEY - UNIT:7B

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FROM START TO FINISH

Start

Post 1

This track is a spontaneous, random and completely open production. The foundation of the track was laid out at 3am... after a night out. I stumbled into my room and saw I'd left my keyboard on from earlier in the day and started playing Dave Brubecks "Take 5"; a jazz piece I love and play alot. I was playing the chords (in 5/4) when I started to slip, and I went into 4/4 with a different kind of...

R&D

Post 2

So I have this cool but weird track. It sounds alot like a kind of merge between reggae and jazz. My first step was finding a vibe. I went nuts with drum effects and tried out hundreds of snare and kick sounds for my drums. I knew that after I had drum sound set I could have a clearer picture of what I was...

Finish

Post 3

Once I had my layers all together and the instrumentation slotted in place, I began the mixing process. The music (all though not exactly dub reggae) definitely carries similarities in the way of...

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