It began as a straight amen stepper with stabs, strings and dark sub bass.
Luckily Southstar* was online just as I'd finished the first draft.
Sequenced entirely in Modplug Tracker, I sent the .it file over to him via messenger for his opinion. I received no response from him for at least 20 minutes (which was weird). Then suddenly, he replied with an amended file and told me to check it.
Surprisingly, he had decided to edit the patterns and chop the breaks up. I had no idea that the track would take this direction! His first break edits were impressive, and almost became a challenge for me to ensure that my edits were on par with his.
I then retaliated and sent the file back to him. We decided to edit 16 bars each and send the file back and forth until all the beats were edited.
Within 3 hours the track was virtually complete but still lacked that "special ingredient"
Then Southstar* came up with an idea to record vocals for it. I wasn't entirely sure what he was going to record but within 10 minutes he sent me over various recordings of himself shouting "OMEGA!" down the microphone.
Upon hearing these my mind somehow started thinking about Dillinja's classic "Ja Know Ya Big" and the way he timestretched the main vocal hook on the drop.
I gave that a try, laid the vocals down across the track and voila! It all started to work.
After a few more hours of EQuing and mixing down, our track was finished.
Not only is this my most successful collaboration to date, but also one of the fastest tracks I've completed in a long time!
At least that's 1 track ready for our Valve demo CD now...
