1950s

Starting with the rhythm I used a roots preset for the drums stripping back on the complexity of the rhythm, using a strophic sound commonly used in the 50s and emphasising use of toms in the instrumentation for a deeper whole sound in the back of the sound mix using plate reverbs for then majority of instrumentation to replicate the roomy sounds of the 50s in production. Backing this rhythm back up with a blues bar piano loop from the sound library matching with the blues harp instrumentations, for the vocal sampling with the absence of 50s samples I got a sample before changing the pitch to the relative key of emajor trying to replicate the tone of Elvis as close as possible eq'ing. The first section of the song also following a walking bassline I wrote to fall into the change halfway where I move into a stripped mix focusing more on the guitar as the lead, the bassline now palm muted and having a more punctuated kick to it, the guitar now playing a bluesy vocal-like phrasing with the repetition and bends - inspired by artists such as BB King - the tone being slightly more crunchier however having that whole sound. Ending the song with the harmonisation of two blues harp melodies ending with the strophic beat.

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