Source
Reference
Inspired by 👤 The Neptunes
Sound selection
- less clean, more organic/acoustic
- something very colorful
Arrangement
- BPM: 90-105
- 4 repeating bars (stutter effect)
- explode into full beat
Percussion
Summary
The beat should be open and almost empty.
- very swung feeling; nudge samples slightly off the grid, don't have them all align
- humanise all samples to move things just slightly off the grid + time-shift (? is that a Logic feature or only FL Studio)
- clap + rimshot layered – the rim just a little off from the clap (don't put them exactly together)
- triangle to fill empty spaces
- shaker similar rhythm to triangle, but in a different pocket
- breath samples
Melody
Analog synth
- 🎹 Jup-8 V4; m9, dom7, m9, maj9, dim
- "jazzy, neo-soul" = lots of minor sevens
- keep it short – about 1.25 counts
- syncopate
- chop it up
Plucks
- a higher accent, one octave up (only 1st + 3rd + 5th)
- alternate bars
Lead
- kind of fading in and out, very transient and soft
Bass
- root notes, but following drum beats
- ghost notes and filler – prominent in the mix