I think one of the most important qualities to have while making music is being able to see your vision at early stages when the song is bad. I've had ideas that I know could be amazing, but I didn't know what I needed to do to get it to that point. That part is fun, is a lot of experimentation, trying new sounds, blending elements of other genres. Today I did that with C U, maybe my favorite from Digital.
The song Bad Timeline comes from the theory of Quantum Inmortality. I was having amazing realisitic dreams at the beginning of last year, and then I would wake up and be like "whaaaaat? that didn't happen?" When I explain this to people, they usually tell me "So being dead is better than being in this timeline?" But what came to my head today was: maybe because our death was avoided, something good had to be sacrificed. Still, this is a great timeline, it was just a big contrast with the dreams I had at the time.
Adding to that last thought, I think if I hadn't been delusional and really think "I'm an amazing rapper" I would have quit and never got to the point I'm at. The same with the beats. Maybe I'm still there and I'm just crazy.
I think Weekdays EP is a great reminder that I should never prioritize schemes over thoughts. I cringe to every song in that project (not to much to Don't Fight, that one is kinda cool).
When people compliment a song I just released it's like a a compliment with delay. "Time Capsule is amazing! You are getting better." Thanks, I actually made it like 8 months ago, so hopefully you'll compliment the song I just finished today in some weeks.
I don't think people noticed that Weekend Desk Sessions has 7 songs because it's 7 days of the week. With INTJ, when the EP came out my boss was like "oh is it 4 songs because of the 4 letters?" and I was like fuckkkk that's genius, I didn't think of that.
Have you realized that Drake doesn't touch the 1 (in the beat count) in a lot of his songs - that's why some of his punchlines sound harder. Like the normal thing is to don't touch the 4, but he skips the 1. 8 out of 10 is a great example or 30 Hours.
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A 10/10 song scratches my brain, heart and ears. A requirement for anything I put out is to feel 2 of those minimum.
Time Capsule is one of my favorite songs of all time (in general)
I lie in 25%-30% of my songs, so people that know me be like "I know that's not true. Is this other line that I know nothing about true or not?"
I was listening to INTJ and was thinking if someone thought if I was talking poetically in that line of me seeing Spiderman. My sister and I really saw him in our window. I've been doing research and apparently a lot of paranormal things happen in Ecuador because is in the middle of the world.
What I was trying to say in that line (and the next ones that complete the thought) is that me seeing Spiderman and my dreams are the same. Both in my mind are real - I 100% believe I can be someone in Hip Hop and that I saw Spiderman. I feel like people not believing the Spiderman thing has been a training to continue believing in what I say, no matter what other people think.
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I don’t really show off, but whenever someone asks me about my writing, I always end up shifting the conversation to the time André 3000 (yes, the same one that did Ms. Jackson, Aquemini, Hey Ya!, She Lives in My Lap and the whole The Love Below) gave me advice on how to rap.
One thing from the 2000s that I love is that they had blogs - I guess twitter and instagram are good replacements, but I don't like the idea of putting my thoughts there.
I don't know if I can upload videos here, I would love to put those sessions I record myself making music (only the beat making part is interesting, the vocal recording process is weird for me).
Another thing, I hate when they call me a rapper, singer or producer. If you call me rapper, I am like "you just butchered my best quality: producing and making beats." I also feel like you are putting me in the same level as a Soundcloud rapper.
If you call me a producer, I feel like it undermines the bravery I have to put out my thoughts and my voice for anyone to hear. And a singer because I barely "sing."