fallingalice contributed her text record, Vinegar (A Monologue), to the RE: MY FAVORITE THINGS collab.  And obviously, I liked it.  I still can't predict it, but sometimes certain pieces of writing just make me want to read them aloud.  Well done alice!  

I'll be curious to see how this might get used to make a little short film or something...

It's been a year today since I came across this place.  After a year and incidentally 199 records (this makes 200!!) this is how I HitRECord. 

grooving to Robo_J's music.  Lyrics might make a good base for someone to create from.  (I can sorta hear a man read Metaphorest's Sorrow Bird over this.)

Songs of sorrow

Sang by sodden souls

Echo around these hollow halls

And make all warmth grow cold

**UPDATE*** IF YOU HEART THIS PLEASE GO HEART CHRISTOPHER.HARNS BEAT TOO.  PRETTY PLEASE? : )

It was too fun not to remix :)) I may have gotten a little lyric crazy

Let the beat shake, rattle up the walls

Make the pitter patter faster

Keep my love muscle strong

Don’t waste this pace

On a sad song

Pump that red matter

Nothing makes me happier

Than my pulse rate

Maxing out at 10

Times the legal limit

Head rushing

Make the room spin

You’re my new friend

If you let the flutters in

Let’s start the race

Make the heart attack begin

I was sippin on a mai tai

When I saw this guy

Smooth Don Juan

Sans a senorita on his side

“Hey what’s your name?

Can I get your number?”

Things I wouldn’t say if

I was three drinks sober

But he smiled and he winked

As he sipped

Said he’d order drinks

Asked me what he should get

I’m really really feeling

Muy caliente

I’ll take tequila on the rocks

Then I’ll replay

Set it up, set it up, set it up

Keep my heartbeat

Bump bump bumping

Keep my heartflow

Pump pump pumping

Keep the hydro

Pump pump pumpin

Keep the hot beat

Bump bump bumpin

Yeah, yeah, yeah

I'm always excited to see RECords for Emcees.

This was a fun song to write for.  Especially if you compare it to the rest of the music I've RECorded, but I'll let you be the judge of that.

ashes2ashes has a very sultry sound to her voice which was a challange to stand out against!

It was also important that I kept the lyrics in tune with what was already on the page, so I listened to the song a few times and picked out the bits that I really wanted to accentuate.  I completely wanted to find a way to counter ashes2ashes's line "make my love muscle strong".  I just couldn't imagine a line that wouldn't make me laugh everytime I heard it.  So I thought... yeah, better leave that one alone.

There are also tons of "vocal stabs" to use in production.  I can imagine some cutting, pasting; possibly compressing, or the adding of effects would make them sound cooler.

The image I used as the cover art is called "She's Really Enjoying That Drink", by L.d.n..  Firstly, because "Carnival Tequila" is about a woman getting tipsy and losing her inhabitions.  Secondly, because most people will look at THAT picture before a picture of me ;)

All in all, Tons of fun!  Enjoy!

I've always wanted to write a song that was a story within itself.  As hip hop music tends to be dominated by violent lyrics, and myself being a mostly peaceful man, I could not write this story from experience.  So I made up a character called Sandpaper James.

I actually intended and had plot out an entire album dedicated to this character.  Unfortunately I never got around to writing the entire plot line and left it at this song.

What I like most about this particular song is the build up.  It also has lots of cool sound effects to support what is happening in the story.

The world was full of wondrous things, waiting just outside.

So we opened up and a took a chance that some might come inside.

The woods were my kingdom

the trees were my castles

and there I ruled from dawn to dusk

(Tiny Story by: CoccinellaSeptempunctata )

So there is the final product!! you guys were right, it does look better with ink! :)