How I Did It
Stayin' Dynamite by Admiral Bob
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Tools I Used
Garageband, Gibson Les Paul, Yamaha Piano, Akai LPD8 drum pad controller.
Samples I Used
Greg Baumont's funky guitar loop, spinningmerkaba's Staying Positive.
Original Samples
A rhodes part, a drum part, a lead guitar part, and a brief clean guitar part, meant to be in continuity with the "Greg guitarist" part, but less frenetic.
Process
So I tried to weave Jason's part in with Greg's but they're at different tempos. So I sped Greg's part up to 107 BPM, and used Jason's part in small clips (it is close to 107, but not quite) and quantized the heck out of them.
I spread out the parts so there were always things changing up, and I played a drum part to line up with the ever changing dynamics. I took Greg off the last few bars, and had the rhythm carried by the more frenetic drum playing that is at the tail end.
I added the Rhodes, moving up and down an octave depending on whether Greg was in or out.
Finally, I added two guitar solos to make it a bit more organic. I didn't turn the whole song into guitars showing off, because that would be boring, but used a mid break and the end.
During the mid break I wanted Greg's guitar back in, but not quite so frenetically, to keep it live feeling. So I played a guitar with a similar tone, but with more space in the part, and put it in halfway through the first guitar solo.
Other Notes
Making something sound natural can be a lot of work!
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