Music Production and Technology
In they sink, Arnalds uses layered piano recordings and feedback delay effects to effectively play more notes than would otherwise be possible. This creates an interesting stereo image that sounds (on monitors with descent soundstage) like the recorded piano is dispersed all around your head.
– Nick Andreev
In re:member, Arnalds uses short call and response phrases in the composition. Call and response phrases mimic human interaction, and thus such composition styles appear frequently in music all over the world.
– Nick Andreev
In Forever Changeless, Frahm uses close-miking to more clearly capture the sound of a piano’s action mechanism. This, combined with a very soft-sounding piano, creates a distinctly intimate sound.
– Nick Andreev
~ The drums in this song are very bouncy and easy to bop your head too. The flow the artist brings is what makes the groove of the song change. During the verses the beat will occasionally dropout to let it breath then bring it back. These small things are very effective in a hip-hop song like this.
In Midnight Cascade, Sevish employs just intonation in tuning their instruments.
A just intonation tuning system is any tuning system that attempts to tune musical intervals as whole-number ratios. Such whole number ratios appear naturally in almost all sounds as the harmonic series, and when sounded, no beating is heard. That being said, attempting to create rigid tuning systems using the rules of the harmonic series doesn’t work as one would first expect, as music commonly requires more notes than just one harmonic series can provide. As such, just intonation tuning systems frequently sound just as, if not more, out of tune than standard twelve-tone equal temperament. However, if one is using a scale-free instrument like a trombone, voice, or any instrument of the violin family, they would naturally be inclined to play in what is called adaptive just intonation, which is basically what all just intonation tuning systems attempt to emulate.
– Nick Andreev
~ At 1:00 the horns take the main stage and play a very infectious pattern to build tension / excitement. At 1:13 the main vocals come back in with smooth background vocals.
~ at 1:45 she changes her cadence in the verse, this change really catches your ear and builds a lot of energy. The energy that is built here perfectly sets up for the hook that comes very shortly after.
~ At 32 seconds background vocals come in and it builds the energy of the song. My favourite part is at 1:04 when the chords change, the vocals get more intense, then the drum break hits at the top of the tension and tension is released.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQyrXIyZM0g&list=PLl0lBgbhKo3uoB0It9e57y6lxtVx6h3zM&index=1
I’ve been listening to Pinkpantheress for a couple months, starting with her small discography on SoundCloud. Time With Me is one of her songs that I discovered more recently, and it’s quickly become one of my favourites of hers. Pinkpantheress’ sound has influences of DnB & electronica and uses funk samples in a couple of her tracks. I love this track specifically because of its funny lyrics, its dirty jazzy chords, and the quick but laid back drums.