June 13, 2009

• So, if I haven't said so before, the verses from Conversation In Song may be some of the best I've ever written (also considering that I've thrown out a lot of my earlier work because I had neither the maturity to understand what should make a good rap verse with structure, rhyme, etc. or to understand what made decent topics to create a song about). Particularly the first verse. It crafts it's beginning rhyme schemes around the open vowel of E, which allows not only for a very fluid concept of what words ought to fit in this rhyme scheme but also allows many other rhymes to make short appearances within the scheme and fantastic parallels between similar rhymed words that go beautifully with the rhythm. And that's the most fantastic aspect about it - the rhythm. Since it's usually the verse that jumps to me to perform (largely because the rhyme is practically bumper-to-bumper, making it fun as all Hell), I've been fleshing it out more. Then I listen to what I recorded. I decided to take my typically very straight forward flow with it and it sounds horrendous. Not only that, I get so off beat sometimes it's awful. The verse sounds just fun and entertaining when its natural bouncy rhythm is added to it. Otherwise, even despite the rhyming, it sound a bit boring in comparison. I'll have to re-record the thing. It needs polishing, really, and a more confident delivery. Of well. If I could nail delivery, the whole thing would sound phenominal. I used Canon In D by Johann Pachelbel for the beat and it sounds surprisingly great. It's really takes you back for a second how well the beat totally melts into the music.

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