January 1st, 2010 Comments Off
Allow me to introduce two men that really need no introduction – Michael Jackson and Ne-Yo!
Here are two songs from completely different eras that share some interesting similarities… “Rock My World”, and “Nobody”.
Enjoy:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MFCznVXlCk[/youtube]
July 8th, 2009 Comments Off
“Your Love” was the first track I recorded with Neha, and the also my first time experimenting outside the box with heavy syncopation in RnB music. At the time I wrote the track (around 3-4 years ago now), I was just starting to discover artists like Aaliyah and Brandy – and I was beginning to take a real interest in the likes of Timbaland and Darkchild. I was absolutely fascinated by their complementary (or perhaps opposing) use of cabasa and electronic hats, and the off-beat snare and kick work.
A year or two after completing the track, Neha and I were asked to play a charity benefit gig in Sydney. I jumped at the chance, and saw it particularly as an opportunity to re-arrange some of the harder, beat driven RnB tunes we had worked on just for acoustic guitar and a single vocal (as opposed to the layer upon layer of vocal harmonies that are typical of our songs, but also of RnB in general).
We performed Your Love and a number of other originals as acoustic tracks on the day, and the reception we received was so good that we quickly made the decision to record Your Love again, but this time as an acoustic track.
The intention for this track was to go for a really stripped back feel, and keep it very organic and live sounding. I promised Danny that we would take it easy on the harmonies for this version (this is always easier said than done for me – a self-proclaimed harmony lover), and I think I was more or less true to my word.
You can check out the finished product below, in all of its acoustic glory!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUn3bWqLB6k[/youtube]
