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August 26, 2009 at 3:35 pm #550934
Kim Jong IllParticipantThe song is called "Nerdiness", by my hip-hop group Kim Jong Ill. It is the first test pressing of ours that’s intended to go on our album, "The Get Down"
All comments welcome.
[url:39uhij1c]http://www.myspace.com/thekji[/url:39uhij1c]
AdSense 336x280August 26, 2009 at 3:35 pm #671202
Kim Jong IllParticipantThe song is called "Nerdiness", by my hip-hop group Kim Jong Ill. It is the first test pressing of ours that’s intended to go on our album, "The Get Down"
All comments welcome.
[url:39uhij1c]http://www.myspace.com/thekji[/url:39uhij1c]
AdSense 336x280August 26, 2009 at 6:51 pm #671209
GMoneyParticipantThought it was really good, very beastie boys up until about 0:45. Then the beat changed, and after that it became obvious there was no hook and no real regard for song structure. It was just like 3 verses slapped together. Or maybe there was a hook, and I missed. Either way, no real impact if there was.
On the good side, I really quite enjoyed the first verse! Thought that was very good, was right into it.
I’d say come up with a solid hook, change up the beat for it, get rid of the singing and that part of the beat and get the song into a proper verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus format or at least something similar. It has potential.
Good effort, maybe would work as a bonus track or something but it’s a little abstract for me personally as it is.
AdSense 336x280August 26, 2009 at 7:17 pm #671213
Kim Jong IllParticipantHmm. I guess I never eve thought about it that way. We knew from the get-go that the chorus was way different from the verse (at first this song was just a sort of experiment), but I always saw it as rap verse – sung chorus – rap verse.
I guess in that getting used to it, we no longer see the chorus as that jarring, but it’s good to know that it still is. I was planning on rerecording all vox in that part as is, as well as panning the drum a bit too, but none of that would fix what you’re referencing.
Definitely is an abstract song and not one of the songs we’d view as a "single", but I always saw the hook as the notes of the sung part (not the words, but the sung notes as what gets stuck in the head). Maybe I need to look at how I can focus on this in the song. Maybe it is too abstract for your taste, but I still appreciate the feedback and will think about your advice, as songs should reach as wide an audience as possible. Thanks.
AdSense 336x280August 26, 2009 at 7:32 pm #671214
GMoneyParticipant^ I always think of the "hook" as a short phrase, sung or spoken with a catchy melody that gets repeated at least a couple of times…. something like this… hehehe (shameless plug): http://www.musicandpeople.com/genre-hip … money.html
Ya I mean, from a totally creative standpoint I think it’s actually a good tune. Not my taste maybe, but who cares.
In terms of reaching a wider audience, I think you’re going to have to follow some standard song structure and get a catchy lyric going during the chorus.
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