Ska Punk Collab Experience

[idkQuicksilver 48]

Hey guys, 

 

Just wanted wanted to share the song me and VaceslaV made. I had a blast making this! Even with the time zone difference (I live in the US Eastern Standard time zone while he lives in Australia where they're 15 hours ahead of me) I think that the collab went very smoothly and turned out quite well! 

Any feedback is appreciated.

 

Lyric Video:

 

 

Thanks for checking this out!

[Pinkie-Guy 563]

Pretty cool, though I would have added some horns if I could.  How did the collab process actually work?

[idkQuicksilver 48]

Pretty cool, though I would have added some horns if I could.  How did the collab process actually work?

Yeah the thumbnail is kind of misleading lol. If we could've gotten some real horns it would have been cool.

 

Hmm as far as the collab process went:

 

-Vaceslav hit me up to do some ska/alternative stuff so I showed him some chord progressions I was messing with.

-He used the chord progressions to make one of the most chill reggae bass lines I've ever heard (his bassline is the one in the verses). So with that bassline I added a rhythm guitar and synth to get the verse done

-After we got a verse done I made a rough draft of the intro into the first verse (with a few simple drum beats, nothing too fancy)

-The intro minus the lead guitar kinda became the chorus by changing the rhythm and timing of the guitars.

-After we got some music done, Vaceslav told me he had some lyrics written that he could make fit, so while he was tracking some vocals I began messing with basslines on my end.

-If I was up and he wasn't I'd be working on cleaning up the instrumentation, wheras If I was asleep he'd be working on the vocals and lyrics

-I'd either be up late or he'd be up late so we could bounce ideas off each other, it was fun though 

-we'd just share our progress on the song through file hosting websites like mediafire and dropbox, it was pretty painless

 

so to summarize

-Get an idea, start with rough takes and brainstorm, Communicate, if the ideas stick, you continue to polish the project while getting feedback from the person(s) you're collabing with. Communication is key

Edited January 6, 2015 by idkQuicksilver

[Pinkie-Guy 563]

Not bad at all.  I just wasn't sure how the labor was divided. I really like the song.

[Jora 164]

sweet i'd want to do some colabs what software do you guys use?

[idkQuicksilver 48]

sweet i'd want to do some colabs what software do you guys use?

Me and Vacelav both use Ableton Live. Ableton isn't usually used for rock music, but it's really handy when you want to use real and virtual instruments (Plus it has a bunch of great sounding built in effects!). 

 

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Edited January 7, 2015 by idkQuicksilver

[Jora 164]

ha not a prob man lol an ah~ okay

[Range the Musician 8]

hm catchy i like it the guitar playing is top notch and the melody is really nice as well

[Pinkie-Guy 563]

I use Cakewalk Sonar, poorly.  It's very powerful, but probably too complicated for my needs.

[idkQuicksilver 48]

I use Cakewalk Sonar, poorly.  It's very powerful, but probably too complicated for my needs.

I googled it to see what the interface looked like. It really reminds me of when I started with Cubase

[idkQuicksilver 48]

Holy crap did not expect this song to get spotlight on EQD! Almost 1.5k views!