Album III

This is going to be a long one, so buckle up. Shortly after releasing Ripper EP I decided to start producing with samples and I can confidently say I’ve been producing my best work yet. The three tracks I’ve made for this new album are already my best, and it’s a hump I’ve been trying to clear for 2 years now with Auracane. There was an essence missing in my songs, and I’ve found it in samples; to me it feels like the soul of a song, and of course I had a hard time producing that because I’m not playing real instruments in my DAW. The saxiphone sample from a man in the 70’s portrays the dusk of NYC as shadows crawl across the boulevard while a horn wails the days fairwell. This isn’t something I can make with a midi keyboard and a saxaphone patch. Now that I’ve got a tremendous grip on the Rhodes organ, I’ve realized it compliments almost any instrument well, and I’ll combine my production with samples to make something I’ve been trying to produce since starting Auracane. How foolish I was, thinking I could make vintage hip hop beats without samples for years. Instead of dwelling in the past I’m starting my future.

Later that day, after producing 2 of the 3 new songs I recieved crushing news. It’s kind of funny how life has that balance. I produced my favorite song I’ve ever made just hours before this news, had it been any later the song never would’ve been made. My happiness left me and won’t be back for a while, but I’ve learned that I can still make music without it (something I hadn’t been able to do before). It’s because of that impending sorrow that I was able to make that track, and I believe that moment, along with that song, will change my life forever in different ways.

This single will be released ahead of the album in a month or so, but for now I’ll let you hear what I’ve been rambling about: