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I remember when reference tracks were a controversial thing, and people on here were literally trying to run with the narrative that if you use reference tracks… or EVER used a reference track, then you do not write your own shyt…
Well.. watch this:
Cliffs: He’s drunk recording on twitch, sometimes even using lyrics Twitch users suggest. T-Pain is showing some of his recording process. Really interesting watch if youre interested in making music or ever wondered what someones process may be.
T-Pains process is creating reference tracks for him to redo, re-make, polish, etc. it’s a 2-D way of sketching ideas instead of actually writing it down with pen and pad while editing and arranging at the same time.
So.. what T-Pain could do is complete the reference track… bounce it and create a whole new beat using just those lyrics built around that beat (if he hated the beat but liked the lyrics).
Or, he could keep the beat he has, create more music around it, create tracks for the choruses, bridges, verses, etc., and then re-record them in a more cohesive way, maybe in a different key, different tempo, etc.
OR… he could fukking sell it. Maybe even give it away or if he’s getting paid, then he’s helping to work on a project with his ideas. Thats what he’s getting paid to do.. write.
T-Pain could just give it away to someone like Chris Brown, DRAKE, or a female artist, and they do something with the idea as long as they pay royalties. They might have even had the idea for the chorus already they wanted him to sing.. Ever heard a producer say “I originally made the song for” or “I imagined so-and-so on this”… they pretty much had an idea of how they wanted the song to go. Thats the music creation business
So this is why reference tracks are not fukking new in music. They probably aren’t even mixed or bounced into a wave/mp4/mp3. They are just there as a reference. Some people could make a reference of a reference. You wouldn’t even know who’s song it is. Some people just sound different saying the same shyt. If you are making a song sometimes depending on the situation, these situations might arise.
Even the label could give you a reference track and want you to perform it because it will have a longer reach with you singing it aka more money. If you are being paid to write, that might happen. Artist might even hate the song or beat. DMX talked a lot about this. He hated Ruff Ryders anthem beat but Swiss had an idea
Well.. watch this:
Cliffs: He’s drunk recording on twitch, sometimes even using lyrics Twitch users suggest. T-Pain is showing some of his recording process. Really interesting watch if youre interested in making music or ever wondered what someones process may be.
T-Pains process is creating reference tracks for him to redo, re-make, polish, etc. it’s a 2-D way of sketching ideas instead of actually writing it down with pen and pad while editing and arranging at the same time.
So.. what T-Pain could do is complete the reference track… bounce it and create a whole new beat using just those lyrics built around that beat (if he hated the beat but liked the lyrics).
Or, he could keep the beat he has, create more music around it, create tracks for the choruses, bridges, verses, etc., and then re-record them in a more cohesive way, maybe in a different key, different tempo, etc.
OR… he could fukking sell it. Maybe even give it away or if he’s getting paid, then he’s helping to work on a project with his ideas. Thats what he’s getting paid to do.. write.
T-Pain could just give it away to someone like Chris Brown, DRAKE, or a female artist, and they do something with the idea as long as they pay royalties. They might have even had the idea for the chorus already they wanted him to sing.. Ever heard a producer say “I originally made the song for” or “I imagined so-and-so on this”… they pretty much had an idea of how they wanted the song to go. Thats the music creation business
So this is why reference tracks are not fukking new in music. They probably aren’t even mixed or bounced into a wave/mp4/mp3. They are just there as a reference. Some people could make a reference of a reference. You wouldn’t even know who’s song it is. Some people just sound different saying the same shyt. If you are making a song sometimes depending on the situation, these situations might arise.
Even the label could give you a reference track and want you to perform it because it will have a longer reach with you singing it aka more money. If you are being paid to write, that might happen. Artist might even hate the song or beat. DMX talked a lot about this. He hated Ruff Ryders anthem beat but Swiss had an idea
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